[H] MAC to PC

2007-07-11 Thread Winterlight
I am giving a modern P4 Compaq computer to a friend of mine who still uses a 10 year old Apple MAC. Her computer has no internet access, no network card. All her data is in Word files, and when her version of Word loads on her MAC it says Word for Windows. Can I copy the Word files to a

Re: [H] MAC to PC

2007-07-11 Thread Harry McGregor
Winterlight wrote: I am giving a modern P4 Compaq computer to a friend of mine who still uses a 10 year old Apple MAC. Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running Click on the apple, go to about this Macintosh. Some 10 year old apples could have USB

Re: [H] MAC to PC

2007-07-11 Thread Scott Sipe
IIRC, just about any version of Mac OS should support reading/writing FAT floppies. if it's REALLY old you might have a problem with FAT32 though? If it's ~10 years old and has a floppy, I guess it doesn't have USB? Could always use a thumdrive if it does. Scott On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:36

Re: [H] MAC to PC

2007-07-11 Thread Winterlight
Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running I called and got the model number Power PC Macintosh Performa 6400/200. The OS will have to wait until I can be there. Some 10 year old apples could have USB 1.x on them even. no I checked for

Re: [H] MAC to PC

2007-07-11 Thread Scott Sipe
On Jul 11, 2007, at 9:17 PM, Winterlight wrote: Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running I called and got the model number Power PC Macintosh Performa 6400/200. The OS will have to wait until I can be there. I don't believe you

Re: [H] MAC to PC

2007-07-11 Thread Harry McGregor
Winterlight wrote: Need to know exactly which 10 year old mac, and what version of MacOS it is running I called and got the model number Power PC Macintosh Performa 6400/200. The OS will have to wait until I can be there. That model would have to be at least OS 7.5, as that was the