Re: 2GS Appleworks database transfer

[cornelio@san.rr.com (Louis Cornelio)]

Hi Byron

You hit me in the right place -- IIGS *AND* postal History (see my web
page, I like CT, but limit myself to one county -- the whole of SD is
ambitious!)
I have a IIGS & could email you the text file. But I will be in & out of
town for a week or 2. Let me know if you need help!

-Louis

p.s. You might enjoy this link:

                     http://postalhistory.com/



In article <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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