Need help reading IBM disks

In article <280120082005110613%Paul@home.somewhere>, Paul Mitzner
<Paul.DeleteThis@home.somewhere> wrote:

> Hi,
> I need a program to install on my new Mac Pro that knows how to read
> IBM text and maybe pictures. I bought a copy of The New Yorker book -
> the one with everything, everything, they have ever published in their
> New Yorker magazine. It has like 9 CDs in the back. So my question is -
> What do I need to do to be able to read it?

First, you need to find out what kind of files they are.
If they are any kind of common format, then you simply use the Mac
program that uses that kind that you prefer.
For instance, if they are in PDF form, you download Adobe's Reader or
use the included Preview program.

Second, though, you really have to get away from using IBM in ANY
discussion. Unless you are talking about one of their products, they
are simply immaterial. There is NO SUCH THING as an IBM-type file, and
never has been.

Data files are not about platform (never have been, ever, period). At
the very worst, they might be tied to a particular PROGRAM, and that
program may be available only on Windows or only on Mac.
If they are images, you'll find it's far easier to view them on Mac.
Text is even easier. PDFs and most media just don't come up as Windows
or Mac.
Notice: you have never had to consider whether a Web site was made on
Windows or Mac. You are using a browser and newsreader and e-mail
client that would never tell you whether you are reading content from
Macs, so why would you imagine that there has ever been a difference?