Grant HutchinsonFeb 20
Migrating 30 year old FileMaker data to something accessible is not for the weak.
Show threadChris Mackay 🇨🇦Feb 20
@splorp Oh, god. The last FMP database I built was for a website (running on StarNine’s venerable WebSTAR under Mac OS 9) at the Centre for Learning Technologies at Mount Allison University in 1998. Around the time I met @harold.
Show threadGrant HutchinsonFeb 20
@tantramar @harold If I had built this database, it wouldn’t be nearly as big of a challenge. This is a mostly German language database of #AppleNewton resources created by Apple GmbH in 1995. Password protected, of course.
Show threadChris Mackay 🇨🇦
@splorp @harold Oof. Here’s hoping they used vintage, ca. 1995 password strength. 😬🤦‍♂️
Feb 20 at 4:01amWeb
Show threadGrant HutchinsonFeb 20

@tantramar @harold So, I have the guest password … which works when I open the original FileMaker 2 file in FileMaker Pro 3 and 6 under Mac OS 9. However, I don’t have the admin password, which means I can’t remove the guest password.

Trying to access the same database with FileMaker Pro 11 or 12 under High Sierra causes those apps to crash when entering the password.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Show threadChris Mackay 🇨🇦Feb 20
@splorp Oh, man. I don’t envy you this task. (Wild guess that you’ve likely thought of, but I don’t suppose there’s any chance the admin password is stored as plaintext in a resource fork that you could find poking around in ResEdit?)
Show threadGrant HutchinsonFeb 20
@tantramar That is a thought. I’ll try that tomorrow.