From: Al Stangenberger (forags_at_nature.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 12:24:09 PDT
Holly -
The file names strongly suggest that these are PC files.
A useful tool for identifying possible programs associated with file
extensions is:
http://filext.com
Their list has a few of possibilities -
.gen may be a Dbase application generator compiled template
.bdb could be a Microsoft Works database file
.spe = CCD Camera Bitmap Image (Princeton instruments) (doesn't seem likely
in 1992)
There may be other possibilities - good luck!
-Al Stangenberger
At 11:05 AM 6/26/03 -0700, Holly Forbes wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>We received a large photographic slide collection of mostly cacti (ca.
>15,000), accompanied by the donor's 3 1/2 inch PC-formatted floppy disks
>of what are reported to be the inventory/catalogues of these
>slides. Whether the source was from a PC or a Mac isn't certain. Most of
>the files are small, ca. 38 KB.
>
>We have tried, some talented students have tried, but no luck finding a
>way to use them.
>
>The files have the following types of names (and date to 1992 and 1993):
>cact-n-a.gen
>cact-n-a.num
>cact-n-a.qua
>
>and others that appear to be related:
>coryph.num
>coryph.qua
>coryph.spe
>
>and other apparent groupings:
>opuntia.bes
>opuntia.num
>opuntia.spe
>
>agavemex.nam
>agavemex.num
>agavemex.qua
>
>There are also some files that end with ".bdb", ".nam", ".bst", ".tot",
>".ncf", ".wor"
>Some configuration files are labeled "macros" or "works"
>
>Suggestions for how to proceed would be most welcome.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Holly Forbes
>
>
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>Holly Forbes, Curator
>University of California
>Botanical Garden
>200 Centennial Drive, #5045
>Berkeley, CA 94720-5045
>
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>
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>FAX: 510-642-5045
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