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Re: AppleWorks 1.3 to IBM?

In <3n9cqj$kd8@mark.ucdavis.edu> szrick@dale.ucdavis.edu (R Harris) writes:

>I need to move a database on an Apple ll to an IBM.  The database is 
>rather large so we cannot re-enter it.  The Appleworks is v1.3.  The 
>Apple has a modem.  I have access to new Apples of several types.  I have 
>a new P5 120 so I can probably run emulation software.  I know nothing 
>about apples.  I cannot see anywhere in the AppleWorks manual that it can 
>export an ascii file.  I would need a delimited ascii file to import the 
>DB into the WIN application.  What would be my best course of action?

I'm not sure about AW1.3, but you might be able to _print_ the database
to a text file (ASCII file) and use something like tabs to separate
fields, or CR's.  Whatever your IBM will accecpt is what you want for
field separators.  Just print the DB to an ASCII file, transfer either
via modem or null modem and load it up on the IBM.
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