[K12OSN] OT File Help

Gentgeen gentgeen at linuxmail.org
Wed Jan 4 14:02:00 UTC 2006


Not sure how helpful this will be, but when I ran "head" on it (like
tail but the opposite) -- Ifound this line near the end of the output:

Applications:HyperStudio:HS Sounds:Brook.Rptÿÿ¦  Brook.RptSÿ

For me the MimeType is coming up as plain text.

Could it be a HyperStudio Document, and not a PowerPoint Document?



On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 06:25:55 -0500
"Thomas E. Haynes" <haynest at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Folks...
> 
> This is decidedly off topic, and if I need to be taken to task, I'll
ask
> forgiveness and not do it again.
>  
> I have a series of files that were created on a Mac in probably the
early to
> mid-90's. The owner is a nice guy but has no more information. He says
they
> were "PowerPoint" slides that were put together by an instructional
tech
> director who has been gone for 10 years. The files have no file
extension.
>  
> Got any clue about how to figure out what they are and how to open
them?
> 
> I have a copy of one of the small ones zipped on the web site if
anyone is
> willing to take a look.
> 
> http://academies.culver.org/STAGESO0.zip 
>  
> I tried to open them in Word and also in PPT hoping some filter might
give
> me a clue. No haps...
>  
> Regards...   Tom
> 
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