Re: [PAF] PAF 2.2 ? or upgrade ?

[Cheryl Singhal <csinghal@CapAccess.org>]

Depends.  Do you _like_ Windows?  If so, sure, may as well transfer it now.
If not, why bother?  so long as the programs RUNS and does what you need 
it to, stick with it.  

Do you touch-type?  If not, probably makes no difference; if so, you'll 
hate the constant reaching for the mouse that WIN requires.

I have PAF 2.0, 2.2, 2.31, 3.0, 3.0M, and 4.0.4  My PREFERENCE is 2.2.  
But, I touch-type at close to 100 wpm (500 cpm), am an experienced DOS 
type, and have tens of thousands record-entries behind me -- I can 
virtually input an entire family in my sleep in 2.2  3.x and 4.x are the 
least convenient for me.  But they do each do something I like having 
done for me.  

Still, eventually, your DOS-box will die and you'll be shoved into using 
a WIN program,  so there's something to be said for changing NOW before 
you develop a liking for poor ol' PAF 2.2. (g)

Cheryl

On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 Tomcat466@aol.com wrote:

> Hi everyone. This is my first attempt at a post on this board.
> 
> Years ago, my father did lots of research on our family ancestry (before he 
> got dementia) and put all of the data on 5 1/4 disks using the PAF 2.2 
> program.  I found all of this material and I am taking over the project now.  
> Luckily, I still have my old computer with both 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 drives, so I 
> was able to copy all of the program and data disks to 3 1/2 disks and install 
> the program on my new computer which has no 5 1/4 drive.  
> 
> Everything seems to be working fine, although it's been a long time since I 
> have used DOS.  Would it be better to figure out how to use this program and 
> continue working with the data in this way?...Or should I get the newest PAF 
> windows version and transfer all of the data into it?
> Also, what is the best way to transfer the data from the disks to the new 
> hard drive so that if I do the upgrade that it is all moved into the new 
> program?  Do I just put it into a PAF subdirectory called "data"?...Or should 
> I just keep the data on the 3 1/2 disks?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.  :-)
> Thomas Schneider
> 
> P.S.  I'm sure glad that Dad kept paper printouts of the disk data also so 
> that I even knew what these disks were about so I didn't throw them away.  Be 
> careful, think ahead!  Print out the data, or make that book today.  Share 
> the information before it is lost.
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