I have heard from several people that they have had trouble with Biturn for converting to .ase format. I just downloaded the latest version on the web (
http://mirex.mypage.sk/index.php?selected=1 )and didn't seem to have any problems - I've attached the relevant files for reference.
Note that textures never import with the .ase file and I did import the texture
before scaling (by 1/10) to get a good scale for Alice.
This was done on a machine with XP and the latest updates - I have no idea whether this will work on a Vista machine or a Mac.