Old (Really Old) Apple Files /Disks Not Recognized by Current Computers

This has doubtless been asked before, but I could not find anything in the 6 pages of recent postings under "Older Apple Products."
How can I access old Applewriter and Clarisworks / Appleworks word processing documents and save in an updated format? I was able to retrieve most old documents by going back to OS 9 and use Appleworks 5, then use OS X and Appleworks 6.2.9 to save in newer format. However, some very old documents are on 3.5 disks that are not recognized by my current Apple computers, or my Windows XP laptop.

Cloyd G wrote:
However, some very old documents are on 3.5 disks that are not recognized by my current Apple computers, or my Windows XP laptop.
You appear to be talking about two separate issues—translating the files from an earlier version of ClarisWorks/AppleWorks to the AW 6 file format, and retrieving the old files from disks that cannot be read by your current machines.
You have solved the first issue—If you can access the files, you are able to open them with AW 5, Save them, then open the saved copies with AW 6.
For the second issue, you are going to need a Mac with a 3.5" drive that is capable of reading the disks on which the files are stored.
3.5" floppy disks came in three varieties. From oldest to newest, these were Single sided (400 KB. These had a single hole, near the top edge of the case, with a write protect slider used to prevent data from being written to the disk), Double sided (same, 800 KB, with two holes, one of which had the write protect slider) and High Density (double sided, 1.44 MB, identifiable by stylized "HD" molded into case). The early Macs came with a 400 KB drive. The last of the pre-iMac versions had HD drives. When the original iMacs(with no floppy drive) were introduced, some third parties offered external HD floppy drives that plugged into the new USB slot. Note that pre-iMac machines did not include USB.
Once you have a machine with a floppy drive that you can use to read the files, you can collect the files on that machine's hard drive. From there you can move the files to your current machine, open and save them with AW 6.
Moving the files from one machine to the other can be done via ethernet, email, or sneakernet A or B.
A: Burn the files to a CD. Copy from the Cd to your current machine.
B: Save the files to a Flash drive. Copy then to the new machine.
Regards,
Barry

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