Re: nb file from mac to windows
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- Subject: [mg15585] Re: nb file from mac to windows
- From: Anthony Wilson <wilsona at earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 04:23:19 -0500 (EST)
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Alright, in a follow up to my original vague post, here are some more details. I have created several mathematica notebooks in Mathematica 3.0 on my macintosh. I would like to work with this files directly on my PC using mathematica 3.0. I have tried several instances of getting the files transferred. I copied via floppy. I tried both a floppy formatted on my and a different floppy formatted on the pc. To my surprise the file was not readable by Mathematica, it froze to the point that I had to quit the program using the task manager. Next I emailed to myself using uuencode formats using both eudora and outlook on both my mac and pc. To no avail, the file still was not readable by Mathematica, it froze again. In transferring the files, in each case i tried opening the file directly in mathematica. I also opened them a text editor then saved it again as a .nb file. I then proceeded to try the save as special... and open special... commands. None of these worked. Could someone please answer this for me. In a compatibility test, i then created from scratch a .nb file on the pc. I then copied the .nb file to a pc formatted floopy. then took the file to my mac, copied to the hard drive and then opened the file from mathematica. It worked flawlessly. No surprise. Could someone please shed some light on this? What could I be doing wrong? I know this should work. System Info: Fujitsu LifeBook C350 PII 266 Mathematica 3.0 64M Ram Emmanuel Peccoud wrote in message <786tat$285 at smc.vnet.net>... >Anthony Wilson <wilsona at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Okay, I know this sounds like a very novice is asking, but I am very >> frustrated. >> >> I am just trying to open a .nb file on a windows machine that was >> created on a macintosh. I have done this before by just copying the >> file over. > >How did you copy it? FTP or floppy? > > >> But for some reason, on the windows labtop I have not been >> able to open the .nb file on it. > >That's odd. What do you mean by "not able"? The computer crashed, you >did not see the file? > > >_________________ >Emmanuel Peccoud >e-Notebooks Ltd. >Visit our web site at http://www.e-notebooks.com >