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Subject: Re: PFS data on apple 2 disks
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Date: 20 Jul 89 02:42:00 GMT
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Subj:   PFS data on apple 2 disks

From:   EDU%"dewey.soe.berkeley.edu!thom@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU"
>I been asked by a person in Bogata, Columbia who to move PFS data to dbase
>on a PC. They have about 10 years worth of stuff and they are planning to rekey
>the information but it seems like a waste of time.
>The problem:
>I have never used an Apple 2 so I have no idea how the disk format works.
>I have no idea how PFS file stores their information.
>Possible solution:
>If we can get it into ascii format we may be able to send it out the printer
>port and thru a null cable.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>--Thom Gillespie

Thom:
 I have done almost the exact procedure you have suggested.
I put a serial card in slot one and simply printed the Information to a PC
over a serial cable. I used Xtalk on the pc BUT almost any software would do.
good luck
Murray
Stevens@Seneca