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From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Lotus 1-2-3
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.041112.26270@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>
Date: 28 Mar 91 04:11:12 GMT
References: <1991Mar27.165100.1333@rushpc>
Organization: I.E.C.C.
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In article <1991Mar27.165100.1333@rushpc> news@rushpc (Usenet news administrator) writes:
>Lotus [for System V] creates its on data files in the UNIX filesystem but,
>the book says that it can also use DOS Lotus files.  My question is, can I
>somehow read a DOS floppy directly with this LOTUS or do I need to have VPIX
>software?

The file format for Unix versions of 1-2-3 is compatible with that for PC
1-2-3, but 1-2-3 doesn't try to do any magic with disk formats.  You have
to use some external means to move the files from place to place.

To get the file on and off a DOS format floppy you might use VP/ix or one
of the DOS to Unix disk utility programs that float across the net from
time to time.  Another inexpensive possibility is to run a cable from your
Unix box to your PC and use xmodem, kermit, or zmodem.

-- 
John R. Levine, IECC, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 864 9650
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