Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figure does not appear (using \special for importing)

[hami9293]

I have been given a large latex file that uses an old style of figure importing.
Here is an example:

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\begin{figure}
\unitlength 1cm
\begin{picture}(13.5,6.5)(0,0)
\put(-0.0,-.45){\special{psfile=Images/fdata3a.eps   hscale=50 vscale=50}}
\put(7,-.45){\special{psfile=Images/fdata3b.eps   hscale=50 vscale=50}}
\end{picture}
\caption{Example1}
\label{fig:example1}
\end{figure}

When I compile this code on my computer the figure does not appear in the pdf file. Whereas, the same code would work on my colleague's computer.

Does anyone have any idea where the problem is?
I am not looking to change the code to \includegraphics , because there is just too many pictures.

[Johannes_B]

You cannot compile to pdf directly, you have to use latex in dvi-mode, and convert the result using
dvips -> ps2pdf