Hi Paul and WAMUG'rs, Glad to read that you are now a 'happy chappy'!!
I purchased Reunion on line directly from the publishers. That ensured I had the very latest version. However there has been an update only recently, but works wonderfully well under Leopard or X 10.3.9. By the way, Reunion is considered by many as the very best. Kind regards, Philippe C on 4/12/07 10:36 AM, Paul Weaver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Re: Reunion 9 & PAF GEDCOM? > > Many thanks to those who responded on and off the list. > > Personal Ancestral Filer (PAF) was free software originally distributed by > the Mormon Church, but they dropped support for Macs some years ago. This > was a bit disconcerting seeing as I'd collected data on over a thousand > family individuals since prior to 1994. GEDCOM was a standard data > transfer protocol initiated by the Mormons, but over the years they made > changes to the standard which were not always well interpreted by other > software over time. There was a lot of doubt about compatibility. > > Nevertheless, I'm pleased to report that Warren using his Reunion on OSX > was able to easily read a test GEDCOM file generated from my very old > software. I think it was originally initiated on on one of my OS 7 machines > prior to 1994. (It still works just as well today on OS9.) > > So even more happily, the old GEDCOM version will be able imported into a > modern OSX Mac running Leopard. Another victory for humans. > > Now I need to buy a copy of Reunion for OSX. Do any list members of local > dealers have one for sale, either new or second hand? Apple Store US sell > it, but not Apple Store AU. Alternatively I could pay online to have the > demo unlocked. > > Kind regards, Paul. > Palmyra. > 93396593. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
