I don't want to sound like a TMG salesperson...I am not. In fact, I would
not recommend it for a beginner computer user. The only thing I can say is
that I imported my FTM database in a couple of minutes, which is about a 2M
file for a couple of thousand people.
Lee Zuker
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Beeman [mailto:crb@ponyexpress.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 2:17 PM
To: RIGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [RIGENWEB-L] RE: Geneaology Software
"Hello again Cousins!"
Is The Master Genealogist still a 16-bit program? If so, beware trying
to import a large database into same. Several months ago, I tried many
times unsuccessfully to import my PAF databases into TMG via different
methods, and at every attempt I met with a time estimate of some four
days to import same. Never did succeed as I gave up in disgust at not
being able to access e-mail during that time frame, and every time that
I tried to download e-mail, had everything lock up and found myself
having to start all over again.
When I contacted Whollygenes, the tech advisor laughed when I told
him the size of my database, and said that I likely needed a mainframe
computer to deal with a database of that size. An that was back when
I only had about 120,000 entries in my working databases.
Check out any and all programs very carefully before buying, as each
and every one that I have found has assets and liabilities.
Good luck!
TTYL
Craig
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