Ken, your points file must be of the form:
1101.307253 -568.543427 1101.310000 -568.540000
1101.307253 -595.980997 1101.310000 -595.980000
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1103.678348 -896.410869 1103.680000 -896.400000
east north east north
old co-ord's new co-ord's
but make sure the file contains only the points and no headers of any kind.