Importing an old address book from mac LC111 into my mac os x 10.5.8

I have an old hard drive on my desktop-LC111-claris works-appleworks. In this is my very precious address book. I have not been able to open this book since buying the new mac a few months ago.
"You cannot open this application as the Classic environment is no longer supported."
How can I find a way to import this address book into my new computer? I have a copy of the book on my desktop.

Welcome to Apple Discussions
It all depends on what version of ClarisWorks/AppleWorks the address book is save as & if it's a database or a spreadsheet or text. Only AppleWorks can open ClarisWorks/AppleWorks databases & the newest version of AppleWorks, 6.2.9, can't open many ClarisWorks 4 or earlier files. The easiest thing would be to send the file to someone with AppleWorks who can open the file & re-save it at text or a spreadsheet. If you don't know anyone, you can send it to me & I'll send it back as soon as I can.
You could buy a copy of AppleWorks 6.2.4 which will run in OS X & will open any ClarisWorks or AppleWorks file or you can try MacLink Plus from DataViz.

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Importing an old address book from mac LC111 into my mac os x 10.5.8

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