Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!ames!ll-xn!oberon!lipari.usc.edu!jan From: jan@lipari.usc.edu (Jan Vandenbrande) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: PC stuff <-> Mac SE? Message-ID: <10432@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: 6 Jul 88 18:55:03 GMT Sender: news@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: jan@lipari.usc.edu () Distribution: na Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles Lines: 30 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!vdb