jan@lipari.usc.edu (Jan Vandenbrande) (07/07/88)
Can someone comment on the transportability of data (MSWord
Lotus 1-2-3) and possibly sources between an IBM PC (clone)
using the 3.5 discs and a Mac SE.
The problem is as follows: I use the Mac for writing my thesis
but my wife uses IBM PC clones at work. We would like to get
a Mac SE so that I can write at home but would also like to
have the possibility of my wife using the same machine for
her work. She uses MSWord and Lotus 1-2-3 on the IBMs, while I use
MSWord on the Mac only. We would like to know if:
1] the IBM 3.5 disks are readably by the Mac
2] the Mac's MSWord can handle IBM MSWord files
3] Is there some conversion between the formats necessary
4] Has anyone used SoftPC, how does it work and perform.
If this has been discussed previously, my apologies. I am not
a frequent reader of this net so please send your replies directly
to me at
jan%lipari@oberon.usc.edu
or
vdb@cse.usc.edu
Jan
arpa: jan%lipari@oberon.usc.edu
vdb@cse.usc.edu (or vdb%cse@csnet-relay.arpa)
uucp: ..!{{decvax,ucbvax}!sdcsvax,hplabs,allegra,trwrb}!sdcrdcf!uscvax!vdbmdc@mcp.entity.com (Marty Connor) (07/07/88)
The Dayna company makes a SCSI device called the DaynaFile that
would let you read and write IBM-PC floppies (5.25 and 3.5 inch).
I have one connected to my SE at work and write and read IBM-PC
Floppies all the time with it. I believe ABATON also makes one of
these drives. From what I understand the Dayna box is much more
transparent to use because they have a nice device driver that lets
the Mac think it is talking to just another SCSI drive.
Look in MacWorld or MacUser or the "Macintosh Buyers Guide" which you
can find at your local authorized Apple dealer for more info on the
companies I mentioned. There is usually an index to advertisers in
the back of the Magazine. I bought my DaynaFile for somewhere in the
neighborhood of .7k or so.
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Marty Connor
Director of Innovation, The Entity
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