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Re: WriteNow/Mac =?= WriteNow/NeXT

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From: Monty Solomon
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 08:28
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In article <1992Aug3.212427.284@eecs.nwu.edu> garyc@eecs.nwu.edu (Gary I.  
Chang) writes:
> 
> 	Does anybody know the compatibility between two versions of WriteNow
> on NeXT and Mac? I tried to load a Mac version .wn file and got a lapse of
> alert panel saying somthing about "Macintosh....." And the application quited
> without any further explanation. The version on NeXT is 2.0 and 2.2 on Mac.

I have no problem reading Mac WriteNow 2.2 files on the NeXT.  It converts the  
characters properly.

Mac WriteNow 2.2 doesn't properly convert the NeXT special characters to the  
appropriate Mac ones.  I haven't tried WN 3.0 yet.

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# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# monty%roscom@think.com
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Subject: Re: WriteNow/Mac =?= WriteNow/NeXT
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