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[tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly)]

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>From: xzr1tvl@aol.com (Xzr1tvl)
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>Subject: APPLE IIe APPLEWORKS --> IBM and/or MAC MSACCESS
>Date: 4 Apr 1996 06:37:01 -0500
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>I have an APPLE IIe with APPLEWORKS 3, no modem, 5.25 drives.
>I need to get one or more APPLEWORKS Databases to MSACCESS on MAC or IBM.
>I may have access to intermediate machines (ie: IIgs)
>What is the quickest, most straight forward method of doing so, without a
>hardware investment?
>This is about 8 years history for a non-profit organization, and I don't
>want to rekey it or spend much money on it.


Try this:
1) load DB in appleworks and then save it as a delimited text file to a 3.5
disk (ProDos)
2) Copy the file to a HFS formatted disk on a IIgs.
3) Read the file on the HFS disk into the program that will use the data.
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