Hi Stefan,

The Windows version (I've tried with 0.92 rev1 32 bits) of Inkscape will effectively import AI 8 files but we first have to install uniconvertor-1.1.5-win32 from the link you provided.
After installing, it is necessary to apply a patch to connect Uniconvertor to Inkscape.
The patch installation intructions will be in c:\ Program Files (x86)\sK1 Project\uniconvertor-1.1.5\docs\about-patch.html
After that, it will be possible to directly import (select Import - File Type : Adobe Ilustrator 8 and previous) to Inkscape without errors.

Thanks to Michael for remembering it and to Stefan for this link !
It saves from first opening in AI to convert it.

Michel

Hi Michel,

for Mac users they have to compile the source code for UniConverter, but no Inkscape patch was needed, as far as i remember.

Regards
Stefan