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From: wew@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Bill Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Conversion
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Date: 26 Oct 90 18:15:02 GMT
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From article <90298.180612JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>, by JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT):
> A friend of mine has a large (18,000 records) database in dBase IV
> on the AppleIIe which he needs to convert to dBase (any version) on
> the PC.  This database is obviously too large to retype, and would
> be a major headache to even re-format by hand.
>

I think you may have gotten a miracle to work.  dBASE IV on an
Apple IIE?  I thought they only released dBASE IV for MSDOS
machines...  If you mean dBASE II (the one for CP/M on an Apple),
then there are some ways to move the data.  The first thing
that you can do, is to buy an Apple card such as the Matchpoint
card from Microsolutions.  The card costs $195 and allows your
existing 5 1/4" PC drive to read and write Apple disks.  Another
solution would be to get Kermit for both machines and then
use the Kermit binary file transfer to transfer the data.  The last 
choice would be to pay someone to transfer the data for you.  I
would be willing to for $15 per disk, if no other formatting
was necessary.  Most transfer can only be made from the top
(side 0) side of an Apple disk.  Flippy disks do not work on
an IBM unless there is a timing hole in the right spot on
both sides.
 
> Is there a conversion program that will let us use this database
> in dBase on the PC?
>

Once it is on the PC, dBASE comes with a conversion program to 
translate dBASE II files to III/IV format.
 
I can also handle Mac disks, CP/M in almost any size, and some 
others.

Let sleeping dragons lie........               | The RoleMancer 
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Northern AZ Univ  Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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Let sleeping dragons lie........               | The RoleMancer 
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Bill Wilson             (Bitnet: ucc2wew@nauvm | wilson@nauvax)
Northern AZ Univ  Flagstaff, AZ 86011