TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: quicken
to: PAUL GODFREY
from: JOHN MOSER
date: 1995-08-27 22:11:00
subject: Re: data file compatability

 -=> Quoting Paul Godfrey to All <=-
 PG> Does anyone know how downward compatable the data files are?  Such as
 PG> DOS version 7 to version 6 or 5?  I know some of the newer versions
 PG> have added help, quick-fil, instant reports, etc.  I want to have a
 PG> new person to be treasurer of a non-profit group and their computer is
 PG> an older 286 and the outgoing treasurer has been using a 486 and
 PG> Quicken version 7.  I'm not sure which version the new treasurer is
 PG> using, or which version could run on the 286 machine.  Thanks
 PG> inadvance for your help. 
Paul,
I used Quicken (DOS v6), and had no trouble when I upgraded to DOS v8.
All my data files converted just fine. Note that they are NOT backward
compatible.... that is, ver 8 data files can't be converted to ver 6.
                                       ... Regards
... Copy from another: plagiarism. Copy from many: research.
--- GEcho 1.11+
---------------
* Origin: Infinite Archives, Dallas, TX (214) 484-6296 (1:124/8010)

SOURCE: echomail via exec-pc

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.