Importing Outlook 2001 into Entourage?

[Thundersmash]

I bought OS X and Microsoft Office X for my G3 thinking I would be
able to import the email data files backed up from my other Mac's (MS
Office/Outlook 2001) without any problem, just like on my MS Windows
machines with .PST
files.

Apparently (after talking to MS technical support) Office X's email
application, Entourage, cannot import the data files from Office 2001's
Outlook. They told me to "export your email as text or mbox format and then
import it into Entourage" .. I can't do this from backups on CD or tape!!

It looks like the import feature of Entourage just looks for an
application installed on the local hard drive anyway, and can't be
used to point to a data file. The OS X mail application looked similar
in that respect.

Does anyone know how I can take the "Personal Folders" files from
Outlook 2001 and get them imported into some application on OS X or
Office X?

I'm hoping there is some way to get my Outlook 2001 data files (personal
folders) imported into the OS X mail or MS Entourage applications. Or at
least some kind of utility to convert "personal folders" files into
something more compatible ..