Re: 2GS Appleworks database transfer

["Tim Hull" <thully@worldnet.att.net>]

You could copy the comma-delimited file to a 3.5 inch disk, and then take the disk to a Mac with PC Exchange.  copy the file from the disk to the HD, and then move the file to a PC disk.

Tim


In message <19990710133100.12221.00000964@ng-fs1.aol.com>, bandpreed@aol.com (BandPReed) wrote:
> I have a 2gs that was used by a family member to compose several AppleWorks
> databases in the late eighties.  These have now come to me, and I would like to
> tranfer the data to format recognizable by my PC for conversion into another
> database (either Access or ClarisWorks).
> 
> My questions are these: 
> 
> 1)  If I made a delimited text version of each database onto a 3.5 floppy and
> found someone with a GS system connected to the Internet, could they attach
> this text file to an email so my PC could use it?
> 
> 2)  Is there anyone out there with a internet-capable 2gs system that is
> willing to help with this project?  Or, anyone who offers this service for a
> fee?  I don't feel I have the technical knowhow or resources to connect my 2gs
> to a network, especially for only one session of data transfer.
> 
> In case you are wondering, these databases contain information on South Dakota
> postal history; post office names, dates, locations, etc.  I could still use
> them in their current format on my 2gs, buy wish to share them with other
> historians.  Converting them would make a number of people quite happy and
> clear the space of one computer in my office.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your responses,
> 
> Byron Reed 
> 
> 

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