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Offline Matt_H

Re: Looking for a current Final Copy user
« on: December 28, 2013, 06:43:57 PM »
Hi Bruce, I think we can help you get your files.

The first matter is reading the disk. You can make a disk image with a utility called adfread (see the download section of winuae.net), but it requires 2 floppy drives (and a PC that can support 2 floppy drives). There are also hardware solutions called the Catweasel and the Kyroflux that can read Amiga floppies. The Catweasel is only available second hand these days and requires a PCI slot. The Kyroflux uses USB and should be available, but their website appears to be down at the moment. Or, depending on where you're located or if you're willing to mail it, someone here could probably image the disk for you.

The second matter is reading the files. Final Copy evolved into Final Writer, and it should be compatible, so that broadens the pool of people here that can help you :). I think Final Copy and Final Writer can both print to PostScript, so we can probably generate a PDF. If not, a hard copy should be possible.

(There was also a Windows version of Final Writer in the late 90s, but I don't know how compatible it is with the Amiga version. If you do manage to find that, there will probably be some font interchange issues.)

Let us know how you'd like to proceed. :)