Help with old software

I've got a backup disk with info on my family that my mother (since
past) used. She lived in southern Utah and even taught others how to
use it. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the program.

reid_francis...

Okay, on further search, I found its a backup to PAF 2.31
sorry to intrude.

Dave Hinz...

That could be very good news indeed. See previous re: emailing me the
files, this might be easy.

Frank Reid

The backup disk has six .bak files. They are named:
INDIV2.BAK
MARR2.BAK
NAMADD2.BAK
NAME2.BAK
NOTES2.BAK
REPTITL2.BAK
Does anyone recognize these backup files and know the program and where
I can find it?

Dave Hinz...

Frank, if you have a Mac, Linux, or unix system, you should be able to
use "strings" to see what's in them. If you don't, I would be happy to
try it for you. Email me them and I'll give it a shot. Of course I
will treat your data with privacy and respect and nobody but me will see
it, and I'll delete my copies after sending you what I can. I won't
promise I can get anything from it, but we may be able to at least learn
what application created them.

What can you tell us about the system she was using, or what software
she might have had? People here have an amazing array of different
programs and systems, the more info we have to work from the more likely
you'll get information from those files. Do you have her computer?

Dave Hinz

Frank Reid

Steve Hayes...

PAF 2.x

Dave Hinz...

Where could I find an installer for PAF that old? I have his files and
a system to install it on, anyone have it?

Joe Makowiec...

- Apparently PAF 4 will read PAF 2 files. Or maybe your local FHC
still has an older version installed?

- Ancestral Quest will do a 'Direct import of PAF 2.1 – 2.31

- The Master Genealogist will directly import a whole range of formats.
They used to have a comprehensive list on their website
will import PAF, just not if it will go back that far.

Robert M. Riches Jr....

The PAF 5.2 CD has versions 2, 3, and 4 on it in other
subdirectories. (I don't know for certain whether 2, 3, or
4 run under Wine, but 5.2 does.) If you need, I could pick
up a CD and toss it in the mail to you, but it will probably
be a couple of weeks before I'd be able to get my hands on a
CD.