Re: [PAF] PAF 2.2 ? or upgrade ?

["Ardean" <kbooth61@cybertrails.com>]

Thomas,

If you are LDS your best choice is to upgrade. Temple Ready works with PAF
2.3 and up. And I'm not sure how long it will continue to even work with PAF
2.3. So I would advise you to upgrade and avoid having to go through all the
steps of learning each upgrade. True, there are some things in PAF 2.31 that
I miss (like the auto capitalization on the 1st letter in each word, I got
lazy on that one) but there are a lot of new things I like in PAF 4.0.4. So
I would advise upgrading today. My sweet ladies at the FHC groan each time I
mention a new update. You can avoid several of the groans by updating.

Ardean


----- Original Message -----
From: <Tomcat466@aol.com>
To: <paf@innernet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 6:24 AM
Subject: [PAF] PAF 2.2 ? or upgrade ?


> 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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