Hi, my friend just pulled his old IBM 286 out of storage and there are some files on there that are saved in MS-Multiplan format. Now he wants to read the files, but he dosen't have the actual software. Maybe someone could tell me where to get it? Thanks!

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Hi Peter, The first place I look for almost everything is ebay. Look here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=183&item=5138406160&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW I can't tell from the page whether the disks will work on IBM. If I was in this fix, I would look for a program that would import the multiplan files or convert them to some widely used format, dbf csv xls. What is the file extension? M$ says you can open it in Excel 5: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=http://support.microsoft.com%2Fservicedesks%2Fbin%2Fkbsearch.asp%3Farticle%3D214250 HTH M2

I'm pretty sure that MSWorks 5x for Dos can convert old multiplan documents..it runs just fine on a 286 and it's been freely available from Microsoft for some time now..not sure of the link tho..lightspeed's site may have it- you'll have to google for that site as all my links for it on this system are duds...