On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 17:55:33 -0400
Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:

> I have a GPE calendar, which I still use daily,  and some GPE
> contacts.
> 
> The machine these run on is starting to fail -- spontaneous reboot, 
> random battery life, and the like. 
> 
> It still runs well enough that I can *copy* the GPE data bases.
> 
> Any ideas how to move the data to a modern format?  And what modern 
> calendar format to use?
> 
> GPE was last seen packaged in Debian wheezy.  I *might* be able to
> find an old wheezy installation, but I'm not sure it will still run.
> 
> Development on GPE seems to have ceased more than 10 years ago.
> 
> The caledar data base is in sqlite 2.1 format.  Even ten years ago, 
> people still using it and asking for help were being told to get on
> with sqlite 3.0.

Depending on how they structured the sqlite, you might be able to
reverse engineer the thing just from looking at what's in the tables
and columns.

 
SteveT

Steve Litt 
June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
http://www.troubleshooters.com/28


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