DPD Word-11 converter?

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Anthony E. Scandora, Jr. - 12 Jan 2005 04:40 GMT

I've been presented with a load of valuable documentation written on an old
VAX in Data Processing Design's (DPD's) Word-11 and a serious request to
read it.

Google can't find Data Processing Design. I found them on DECUServe, but
their 800 number is disconnected, and their 714 number is a modem or fax
machine. Might that mean they're out of business?

Does anyone know how to translate DPD Word-11 documents to Word or anything
else that I might be able to run on a PC or a Mac?

Thanks,
Tony Scandora
AEScandora2@acm.org

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Charlie - 12 Jan 2005 15:23 GMT

>I've been presented with a load of valuable documentation written on an old
>VAX in Data Processing Design's (DPD's) Word-11 and a serious request to
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>Tony Scandora
>AEScandora2@acm.org

Tony,

I have a copy of Star Office, and it will open just about anything. If
you'd like to send me a small document, I'd be willing to give it a
try. Send it to charliehoffp at Yahoo dot com.

Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

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Pat Garard - 19 Jan 2005 21:52 GMT

G'Day Anthony,

I think you might be unlucky. DEC bought Word-11 from
DPD and integrated it into their "All-In-One" suite.
When WordPerfect gained ascendance, they replaced
Word-11 with that (All-In-Bits?).
I seem to remember a Word-11 to WordPerfect
conversion tool.......
If you were very lucky, someone at HP might be able
to help - they eventually gobbled up DEC (I think).

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Pat Garard
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> I've been presented with a load of valuable documentation written on an
> old VAX in Data Processing Design's (DPD's) Word-11 and a serious request
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> Tony Scandora
> AEScandora2@acm.org

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