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From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: compatible portable??
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Date: 21 Mar 90 22:22:27 GMT
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In article <0a1xxuW00Uh_Q1nkoC@andrew.cmu.edu>, gh0t+@andrew.cmu.edu
(Gordon Hester) writes:
> I would like to have a portable computer to take on trips with me so
> that I  could use it to edit papers, write memos while things are fresh
> in my mind, and other text creation and editing tasks. I use ms word 4.0
> on my mac. I just can't see shelling out $7000 for a mac portable for
> these lightweight, mundane uses. Besides, I don't _have_ $7000 to shell
> out for a portable!
> 
> does anyone know of a portable I could use that would be "compatible"
> with my mac in the sense of being able to edit existing word 4.0 files
> and create new text files that I could then transfer to my mac and edit
> as word files with minimal hassle? I'm looking for something in the
> $2000 or under range.
Uh, sacrilege, but since Apple doesn't cater for your needs and you _really_
need something "lightweight", how about a nice cheap "PC clone" portable
with 3.5" diskette drive? If you have a high-density diskette drive on
your Mac, you can read the PC disks using Apple File Exchange. Otherwise,
you'll need a serial cable and file transfer software. Word on the PC should
be compatible (check this out: I last did this a couple of years ago).

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu