[NTLK] Older RTF format for "MoreSoups, LostInSpace, etc" documents?

[Dennis Swaney]

I downloaded one of the RTF files and it opened just fine in LibreOffice 7.4.7.2 and TextMaker 2021. Have you tried MS Word?

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

Cogito Ergo Mac




> On Aug 2, 2025, at 11:27, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 2, 2025, at 11:32 AM, Jim Witte <jim.witte at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I downloaded a bunch of the rtf developer note files from
>> <https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/apple/newton/>
>> and can't open them.
>> 
>> Is that an older version of the RTF spec, or some "JSON-ized" RTF?
> 
> I ran into this same problem a couple of months ago when I stumbled across those same files.
> 
> The only thing I haven’t tried is opening the RTF files on one of my classic Macs under System 7 or 8.
> 
> I do have PDF versions of most of those articles on the Newted Community site, if that helps.
> 
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Behind_Bars.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Bit_Parts.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Lost_In_Space.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/More_Soup.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Newton_Still_Needs_The_Card_You_Removed.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Package_Deal.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Soups_On.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Tales_From_The_View_System.pdf
> https://newted.org/download/manuals/Up_In_Alarms.pdf
> 
> g.
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