Re: Help with PFS File

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:

> Dale Baskin (baskin@concentric.net) wrote:
> : I'm hoping somebody can help me solve a problem.
> 
> : My grandfather has had an Apple //e for about 15 years.  During this time he
> : has built up a substantially large geneology database (possibly thousands of
> : records) in the program "PFS File."  He recently got a new Windows PC, and
> : would like to transfer these records to the new computer.  (Both to provide
> : increased functionality, but also to assure that at some point these records
> : are not lost forever)
> 
> : Unfortunately, PFS File will not allow you to save records in any sort of
> : text format, only the program's proprietary format.  We are trying to figure
> : out a way to move them to a more modern computer.  Any ideas on how this
> : could be accomplished would be appreciated.
> 
> The fact that you say that PFS:File won't save the file as a text file or
> anything else tells me that you have the older, more common Pascal version
> of PFS:File.

There is a freeware program that can read data directly out of Pascal
PFS:File data files and save it on a ProDOS disk as a tab-delimited text
file (it runs under ProDOS).  I recall it being in my user group's disk
library, but don't remember its name offhand.  PFS.CONVERT, perhaps?

I've never used it myself.

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David Empson
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