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<blockquote data-quote="Bob M." data-source="post: 1865888" data-attributes="member: 200112"><p>Randy B. Singer,</p><p>Thanks for the whole story or the story underneath my specific problem. Usually, when I have a computer problem I learn alot about the specific problem/cure and become somewhat smarter or al least, better informed. If I keep having problems, I'll eventually understand most areas of computing. I'll help me to move farther ahead.</p><p></p><p>I spoke too soon in my last post when I said by opening the unix executable in question with Text Edit I was able to solve my problem. This is only half true. If a file I was attempting to open only contained alpha-numeric data, like a letter to or from a client, then it would be converted without problem, as I said in my post above. But I also have some business forms I've created, like grids, using Adobe Illustrator and these files cannot be opened/converted using Text Edit. (BTW, this is why I started this whole thing - to get these business forms).</p><p></p><p>I've spoken with Adobe and the version of illustrator I used back then (8.0) is not compatible with the current Illustrator release (25.0) and this current one will not read files over 5 years old. (my files are 14~15 years old). The output of my older version of Illustrator has three different output file types but so far, I've struck out at getting a useable, converted versions into my iMac. I guess what I really need is a program/app that converts unix executable files into Rich Text Format and other formats used by today's computers. I wonder if there is such an app out there like that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob M., post: 1865888, member: 200112"] Randy B. Singer, Thanks for the whole story or the story underneath my specific problem. Usually, when I have a computer problem I learn alot about the specific problem/cure and become somewhat smarter or al least, better informed. If I keep having problems, I'll eventually understand most areas of computing. I'll help me to move farther ahead. I spoke too soon in my last post when I said by opening the unix executable in question with Text Edit I was able to solve my problem. This is only half true. If a file I was attempting to open only contained alpha-numeric data, like a letter to or from a client, then it would be converted without problem, as I said in my post above. But I also have some business forms I've created, like grids, using Adobe Illustrator and these files cannot be opened/converted using Text Edit. (BTW, this is why I started this whole thing - to get these business forms). I've spoken with Adobe and the version of illustrator I used back then (8.0) is not compatible with the current Illustrator release (25.0) and this current one will not read files over 5 years old. (my files are 14~15 years old). The output of my older version of Illustrator has three different output file types but so far, I've struck out at getting a useable, converted versions into my iMac. I guess what I really need is a program/app that converts unix executable files into Rich Text Format and other formats used by today's computers. I wonder if there is such an app out there like that? [/QUOTE]
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