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Phil Lane <accumulator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> asks:
>am contemplating switching from Signal to BMI... not that great of an
>upgrade I realize, but I was wondering what it will take to keep everything
>working without a hitch. Question is, what happens to all that data I've
>been collecting with Signal? Can I append it to the new BMI data so I can
>have some history on my charts, or will I have to start collecting from
>scratch???

As I recall (it's been a few years since I made that switch), I renamed
my Signal data to the BMI format, SP U9 becomes SP9U, etc.  No big deal.
You do have to do the rename for each symbol, and figure out what the
new format is, but other than that, it's straightforward.

Jim