Re: getting Appleworks DB into a PC

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Rwybeaker (rwybeaker@aol.com) wrote:
: I was asked by a friend that has used a IIe and AppleWorks to help him track
: his music and video collection.  However, he wants to move everything over to
: his PC now but doesn't want to re-type all the data!
: 
: I'm looking for ideas.  
:    How to get data from IIe to PC
:    What programs on the PC can translate an Appleworks database into something
: Access can read?
: 
: Or is he just screwed and will have to re-enter the data manually?
: 
: Rob Young
: rwybeaker@aol.com

AppleWorks can save data as a DIF file, which I'm sure can be read by any
self-respecting database program on the PC side. To get the DIF files to
the PC, why not do the Internet two-step?

1. Upload the files from the IIe
2. Download the files to the PC.

Alternatively, have the PC telephone the IIe, modem to modem. (Others will
suggest getting a null-modem cable or buying a copy of CrossWorks, which
will directly translate AppleWorks to dBase, but I wanted to stick to
solutions that were no-cost and lower hassle).

-Gareth