Convert .shw file to EOS/ION on a MAC

To convert from Expression to ASCII, you need the Expression Offline Editor, which is PC only I'm afraid.. but, attached is your file converted to ASCII since I'm on a PC!

I believe you should be able to load this into the Mac Eos offline now.

-Tom

Thanks so much for the conversion, and so quickly too!

At the risk of starting a MAC/PC war. I wonder if there is any merit in a mac app that will simply do conversions. I know that since the express/expression line is being discontinued, the idea of an offline editor for the MAC is an exercise in diminishing returns.

The fact of the matter is though, that these consoles aren't going away any time soon. This is not the first and certainly won't be the last time I need to do the same such conversion. I know the simple answer is to have a PC on hand for such things. The idea of having a netbook for just this purpose is not entirely unreasonable.

Having said that, I don't know what it would entail to create a MAC application that could convert .show<>.esf and **crazy talk**: obII files

Anyone have any insight? Notice I didn't say incite.

I currently use parallels or crossover to run pc apps on my mac and have had good luck with the etc offline editors running on both.

I currently use parallels or crossover to run pc apps on my mac and have had good luck with the etc offline editors running on both.

I've had good luck with VirtualBox on a Mac running XP/Expression Off-Line. It is free, too!

I use WineBottler, a port of the open source Wine, which can run windows software on your Mac without needing windows.  I use EOL and OOL 5 quite successfully, and both are very fast.  I run Strand's LP 500 OLE and Showport via Wine as well.

Incidentally, for OOL v2-v4 and ETCEdit, I use DOSBox and Dapplegray to tinker with the settings.  It did take some tinkering, but all run flawlessly now.

-Josh