Old version of FTM

[Paul Blair]

A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the answer
is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.

TIA

Paul

[Hugh Watkins]

Paul Blair wrote:

A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the answer
is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.

don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

[Paul Blair]

Hugh Watkins wrote:

Paul Blair wrote:

A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the
answer is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

It's $66 in Australia. Her present software is adequate for what she
wants...

Paul

[Tom Perrett]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:08:06 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:

Hugh Watkins wrote:
Paul Blair wrote:

A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the
answer is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

It's $66 in Australia. Her present software is adequate for what she
wants...

Paul

You say "old" version without mentioning
the actual version number which might
be needed to be known to actually
attempt to answer your question.

tom

[Paul Blair]

Tom Perrett wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:08:06 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:


Hugh Watkins wrote:

Paul Blair wrote:


A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade *****************
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the
answer is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

It's $66 in Australia. Her present software is adequate for what she
wants...

Paul


You say "old" version without mentioning
the actual version number which might
be needed to be known to actually
attempt to answer your question.

tom


Up the top, Tom, 3.02

Paul

[Tom Perrett]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:23:28 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:

Tom Perrett wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:08:06 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:


Hugh Watkins wrote:

Paul Blair wrote:


A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade *****************
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the
answer is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

It's $66 in Australia. Her present software is adequate for what she
wants...

Paul


You say "old" version without mentioning
the actual version number which might
be needed to be known to actually
attempt to answer your question.

tom


Up the top, Tom, 3.02

Paul

dUH, OF COURSE it hit me in the eye
as I was scrolling down the above.

Only way to know for sure if 3.02 is to
see if it can be installed and used, if it
doesn't then maybe the XP "compatability"
option might work in this case.

Tom

[Paul Blair]

Tom Perrett wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:23:28 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:


Tom Perrett wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:08:06 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:



Hugh Watkins wrote:


Paul Blair wrote:



A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade *****************
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the
answer is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

It's $66 in Australia. Her present software is adequate for what she
wants...

Paul


You say "old" version without mentioning
the actual version number which might
be needed to be known to actually
attempt to answer your question.

tom



Up the top, Tom, 3.02

Paul


dUH, OF COURSE it hit me in the eye
as I was scrolling down the above.

Only way to know for sure if 3.02 is to
see if it can be installed and used, if it
doesn't then maybe the XP "compatability"
option might work in this case.

Tom


And I thought only I did that!

The lady is 1500km from me, so I will mail her my old v8 disks. My
underlying concern is whether the data will load...

Fingers crossed.

Paul

[71073511]

Paul you should be more worried about whether the xp will run on the old
machine, the makeup of the programme is totally different from win95,
although xp is based on win95.

Stephen SG


this will set the cat amongst the pigeons

"Paul Blair" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
| Tom Perrett wrote:
| > On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:23:28 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:
| >
| >
| >>Tom Perrett wrote:
| >>
| >>>On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:08:06 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>>Hugh Watkins wrote:
| >>>>
| >>>>
| >>>>>Paul Blair wrote:
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>>A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to
upgrade *****************
| >>>>>>the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>>Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the
| >>>>>>answer is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>>If not, I will give her an unused v8.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>>don't mess about with antiques
| >>>>>
| >>>>>$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk
| >>>>>
| >>>>>Hugh W
| >>>>
| >>>>It's $66 in Australia. Her present software is adequate for what she
| >>>>wants...
| >>>>
| >>>>Paul
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>You say "old" version without mentioning
| >>>the actual version number which might
| >>>be needed to be known to actually
| >>>attempt to answer your question.
| >>>
| >>>tom
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>Up the top, Tom, 3.02
| >>
| >>Paul
| >
| >
| > dUH, OF COURSE it hit me in the eye
| > as I was scrolling down the above.
| >
| > Only way to know for sure if 3.02 is to
| > see if it can be installed and used, if it
| > doesn't then maybe the XP "compatability"
| > option might work in this case.
| >
| > Tom
| >
| >
| And I thought only I did that!
|
| The lady is 1500km from me, so I will mail her my old v8 disks. My
| underlying concern is whether the data will load...
|
| Fingers crossed.
|
| Paul

[Charlie Hoffpauir]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:02:06 +1100, Paul Blair <[email protected]>
wrote:

Tom Perrett wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:23:28 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:


Tom Perrett wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:08:06 +1100, Paul Blair wrote:



Hugh Watkins wrote:


Paul Blair wrote:



A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade *****************
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the
answer is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

It's $66 in Australia. Her present software is adequate for what she
wants...

Paul


You say "old" version without mentioning
the actual version number which might
be needed to be known to actually
attempt to answer your question.

tom



Up the top, Tom, 3.02

Paul


dUH, OF COURSE it hit me in the eye
as I was scrolling down the above.

Only way to know for sure if 3.02 is to
see if it can be installed and used, if it
doesn't then maybe the XP "compatability"
option might work in this case.

Tom


And I thought only I did that!

The lady is 1500km from me, so I will mail her my old v8 disks. My
underlying concern is whether the data will load...

Fingers crossed.

Paul

Paul,

If she can get the v8 loaded, it will import her old data. But I
"think" her old version will also run on the XP computer. As best I
can recall, it was Win98 compatible.... And I was able to run later
versions, (also Win98 compatible) on an XP machine with no problems.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

[whayface]

A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the answer
is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W

For what the average person uses it for they do not need the latest and greatest version
of all the software out there. I use FTM version 11 and could not begin to tell you what
all is encluded in the program as is the case with most of the people I know that use it.
Kind of like MS Office. Most people use it for writing letters and such and do not need
to keep upgrading to get all the useless stuff they keep adding to the program just so
they can charge more!!

[Paul Blair]

whayface wrote:

A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the answer
is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.



don't mess about with antiques

$29 gets the latest FTM 2006 single cd flat pacxk

Hugh W



For what the average person uses it for they do not need the latest and greatest version
of all the software out there. I use FTM version 11 and could not begin to tell you what
all is encluded in the program as is the case with most of the people I know that use it.
Kind of like MS Office. Most people use it for writing letters and such and do not need
to keep upgrading to get all the useless stuff they keep adding to the program just so
they can charge more!!

OK folks, thanks for the points of view. I know v8 will run on her new
XP, it's only a question of whether (or not) v8 will read the old data.
We'll give it a try.

XP is/was only a pretty version of Win 2K...just to take up the
challenge! And no, we don't all need the latest and greatest
software, especially as the genie companies now try to sell you 2 or 3
partial programs, instead of one competent package. <vbg>

Paul

[Lesley Robertson]

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OK folks, thanks for the points of view. I know v8 will run on her new XP,
it's only a question of whether (or not) v8 will read the old data. We'll
give it a try.

I had no trouble going from a ver 4 file to ver 10..... For safety, get her
to make a grdcom from ver 3 before you upgrade. While I agree that few
people need every single improvement in the programme, there are significant
improvements between vers 3 and 8 that I think she'll like.
Lesley Robertson

[Paul Blair]

Lesley Robertson wrote:

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OK folks, thanks for the points of view. I know v8 will run on her new XP,
it's only a question of whether (or not) v8 will read the old data. We'll
give it a try.


I had no trouble going from a ver 4 file to ver 10..... For safety, get her
to make a grdcom from ver 3 before you upgrade. While I agree that few
people need every single improvement in the programme, there are significant
improvements between vers 3 and 8 that I think she'll like.
Lesley Robertson

Golly, Lesley, I would *hope* that 5 releases would produce something!!!
From 8 to 12 was a disappointment.

Paul

[Lesley Robertson]

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Lesley Robertson wrote:
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OK folks, thanks for the points of view. I know v8 will run on her new
XP, it's only a question of whether (or not) v8 will read the old data.
We'll give it a try.


I had no trouble going from a ver 4 file to ver 10..... For safety, get
her to make a grdcom from ver 3 before you upgrade. While I agree that
few people need every single improvement in the programme, there are
significant improvements between vers 3 and 8 that I think she'll like.
Lesley Robertson



Golly, Lesley, I would *hope* that 5 releases would produce something!!!
From 8 to 12 was a disappointment.

I've not found some of the later changes particularly useful (except the

all-in-one tree and the entire database tree), but some time around ver 5
(ish) they introduced the improved methods of sourcing, merging of
indivivuals and better trees.
Lesley Robertson

[Paul Blair]

Golly, Lesley, I would *hope* that 5 releases would produce something!!!
From 8 to 12 was a disappointment.


I've not found some of the later changes particularly useful (except the
all-in-one tree and the entire database tree), but some time around ver 5
(ish) they introduced the improved methods of sourcing, merging of
indivivuals and better trees.
Lesley Robertson

What's the diff between all-in-one and entire database?

The fun thing is to work your way through a GEDCOM import, which has
gotten worse with each successive model...FTW reads the GEDCOM twice,
tells you the import is Done!, then asks which individuals to include. What?

Now it reads the GEDCOM for the third time, tells you no-one matches (of
course), repeats the message, and then, at last, you're done. Not an
intuitive method!

Paul

[Lesley Robertson]

"Paul Blair" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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What's the diff between all-in-one and entire database?

You can tell it to show all relatives of a single individual, or you can
tell it to show trees for everyone in the database. The latter is very
useful for someone like me. I'm doing a 1-place study rather than a 1-family
study and my FTM file is full of unrelated families. Last time I ran an
all-database tree, I found several very small families I'd forgotten about!
Lesley Robertson

[Paul Blair]

Lesley Robertson wrote:

"Paul Blair" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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What's the diff between all-in-one and entire database?


You can tell it to show all relatives of a single individual, or you can
tell it to show trees for everyone in the database. The latter is very
useful for someone like me. I'm doing a 1-place study rather than a 1-family
study and my FTM file is full of unrelated families. Last time I ran an
all-database tree, I found several very small families I'd forgotten about!
Lesley Robertson

Gotcha. Thanks.

Paul

[whayface]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:41:55 +0100, "Lesley Robertson" <[email protected]>
wrote:

OK folks, thanks for the points of view. I know v8 will run on her new XP,
it's only a question of whether (or not) v8 will read the old data. We'll
give it a try.

I had no trouble going from a ver 4 file to ver 10..... For safety, get her
to make a grdcom from ver 3 before you upgrade. While I agree that few
people need every single improvement in the programme, there are significant
improvements between vers 3 and 8 that I think she'll like.
Lesley Robertson

I agree on the difference between vers 3 and 8. When I said everyone did not need the
latest and greatest I was thinking more along the 2006 bersion I think it is called.