Newbies Sand Posted May 11, 2006 Newbies Share Posted May 11, 2006 Hi there! I have some very old tables done in FileMaker long ago -- somewhere between 1986 and 1990. Unfortunately, I no longer even possess a Macintosh and am trying to recover the data contained in these files. There's no schema to speak of -- just a few two- or three-column tables, one per file as I recall. What's the best way to get at this data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wim Decorte Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I think you can still find a trial copy of FileMaker Pro 2.1 on the Apple FTP site. Convert the files with that, then you can open them in FM6. From 6 you can go to 7 or 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Sand Posted May 11, 2006 Author Newbies Share Posted May 11, 2006 Can I run FM2 on Windows? I have no Mac access to speak of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdealData Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Forgive me if I'm wrong here but I think FMPro 4 will do the job as well here and I think the trial versions were limited to handling 50 records or so. You can still pick up FMPro 4 on ebay, but you have another more pressing problem... The data files are most likely on floppy disks, which are formatted on Mac format, so you'll have difficulty reading on a PC. Also, as you haven't read the disks for some time there's a great possibility the disks have lost their data. So, possibly you still need a Mac with floppy support. As the data is probably very important then you're unlikely to want to send them anywhere without you being in hand - maybe you can find a local Mac enthusiast who can help. As Mac is very popular in the printing industry you could try searching for local printers. There's even a chance they might use FMP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Sand Posted May 11, 2006 Author Newbies Share Posted May 11, 2006 Fortunately I was smart enough to migrate the files as I upgraded computers...just too dumb to keep the formats current! I have the files on a PC hard drive so I'm pretty sure they are good (and both data and resource forks should be in there, I recall having a converter that carried both across). I will look for Mac people in the area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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