Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!vsnyder From: vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari text --> IBM text Message-ID: <1991Mar19.012857.21832@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 19 Mar 91 01:28:57 GMT References: <8800.27e16bb9@jetson.uh.edu> Reply-To: vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Van Snyder) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 17 In article mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) writes: >As far as I know... >... you don't need *ANY* utilities to convert ASCII text from >the Atari to the IBM... > >..., and if you get an >MS-DOS word processor that reads ASCII (most can) then you can do fancy >things with it (like add fonts, boldface & stuff that doesn't convert >well.) WordPerfect 4.2 for the ST schleps just fine to WP 5.1 on the PC. Like the original article said, format your 3.5" diskettes (at 720k) on the PC. -- vsnyder@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov ames!elroy!jato!vsnyder vsnyder@jato.uucp