PAF for Macs

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John Burns

PAF for Macs

Legg inn av John Burns » 21 des 2004 17:26:26

A cousin who is new to genealogy has a Mac. I'm looking for a software
program for her. Reunion is fairly expensive. Has anyone tried the PAF 2.3.1
for Macs? It is only $6. If she used this can she transfer her data to other
programs later?

Kay Archer

Re: PAF for Macs

Legg inn av Kay Archer » 21 des 2004 17:53:26

"John Burns" <johnburns@telus.net> wrote in message
news:S8Yxd.11221$dv1.2981@edtnps89...
A cousin who is new to genealogy has a Mac. I'm looking for a software
program for her. Reunion is fairly expensive. Has anyone tried the PAF
2.3.1
for Macs? It is only $6. If she used this can she transfer her data to
other
programs later?



Almost all genealogy programs (and most certainly PAF*) can share files
using the GEDCOM file format.


There is a free program available for download at freshmeat.net. I have no
experience with it.
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=genealog ... x=0&Go.y=0














*The creators of PAF were a major force in the creation of the GEDCOM format
(g).

Dave Hinz

Re: PAF for Macs

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 21 des 2004 19:21:09

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:26:26 GMT, John Burns <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:
A cousin who is new to genealogy has a Mac. I'm looking for a software
program for her. Reunion is fairly expensive. Has anyone tried the PAF 2.3.1
for Macs? It is only $6. If she used this can she transfer her data to other
programs later?

Yes. I'd use a newer PAF for PC, run Virtual PC and do it that way.
But, Reunion is really, really, really good.

singhals

Re: PAF for Macs

Legg inn av singhals » 21 des 2004 19:24:47

John Burns wrote:
A cousin who is new to genealogy has a Mac. I'm looking for a software
program for her. Reunion is fairly expensive. Has anyone tried the PAF 2.3.1
for Macs? It is only $6. If she used this can she transfer her data to other
programs later?



Yes, she can. And the upside is, DOS-PAF & MacPAF were written for
novices to both genealogy and computers. Which cannot be said for WIN-PAF.

Cheryl

Ron Parsons

Re: PAF for Macs

Legg inn av Ron Parsons » 21 des 2004 19:42:14

In article <32r7slF3qutljU1@individual.net>,
Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote:

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:26:26 GMT, John Burns <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:
A cousin who is new to genealogy has a Mac. I'm looking for a software
program for her. Reunion is fairly expensive. Has anyone tried the PAF 2.3.1
for Macs? It is only $6. If she used this can she transfer her data to other
programs later?

Yes. I'd use a newer PAF for PC, run Virtual PC and do it that way.
But, Reunion is really, really, really good.



Yes, but Virtual PC costs a lot more than a copy of Reunion.

--
Ron Parsons

John Burns

Re: PAF for Macs

Legg inn av John Burns » 21 des 2004 19:43:05

Dave I don't understand your response. "use a newer PAF for PC..." but she
has a Mac.
John
"Dave Hinz" <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:32r7slF3qutljU1@individual.net...
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:26:26 GMT, John Burns <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:
A cousin who is new to genealogy has a Mac. I'm looking for a software
program for her. Reunion is fairly expensive. Has anyone tried the PAF
2.3.1
for Macs? It is only $6. If she used this can she transfer her data to
other
programs later?

Yes. I'd use a newer PAF for PC, run Virtual PC and do it that way.
But, Reunion is really, really, really good.


Dave Hinz

Re: PAF for Macs

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 21 des 2004 21:19:53

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:42:14 GMT, Ron Parsons <jrp59@gte.net> wrote:
In article <32r7slF3qutljU1@individual.net>,
Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote:

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:26:26 GMT, John Burns <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:
A cousin who is new to genealogy has a Mac. I'm looking for a software
program for her. Reunion is fairly expensive. Has anyone tried the PAF 2.3.1
for Macs? It is only $6. If she used this can she transfer her data to other
programs later?

Yes. I'd use a newer PAF for PC, run Virtual PC and do it that way.
But, Reunion is really, really, really good.

Yes, but Virtual PC costs a lot more than a copy of Reunion.

Well, there's that. Given the choice (and I have been), I'd run Reunion
(and I do), even though I have VPC (which I never use anymore, come
to think of it).

Lots of options, though. If someone just _has to have_ some PC app, we've
got that option. If it makes their transition to Mac easier or
more likely to happen, then it's a net positive for all concerned I guess.

Dave

Dave Hinz

Re: PAF for Macs

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 21 des 2004 21:21:37

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:43:05 GMT, John Burns <johnburns@telus.net> wrote:
Dave I don't understand your response. "use a newer PAF for PC..." but she
has a Mac.

Yes, but if you run Virtual PC on the mac, you can run pretty much any
Windows software you want. With enough RAM for the Windows virtual machine,
and with a non-3d-game-ish program, performance is somewhere between
"tolerable" and "can't tell a difference". With PAF, it's more the
latter, as it's graphical and CPU requirements are minimal so it's easy
for the emulator to handle.

Dave Hinz

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