Consulting request - looking for export from ancient Mac .DD1 file to something readable by modern tools

[Nick Stenz]

I totally forgot about that. The client did mention to me that they are
using Disk Doubler as well. They're still actively using the software-
would they be able to decompress the data before handing it off to somebody
else without DD?

The .DD1 is only 12 MB, so I don't think the space required for extracted
files would be an issue, even on a machine that old....

Nick Stenz
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Mark Phillips <mark.phillips at mophilly.com>
wrote:

> Nick,
>
> As it happens, we have an old PowerPC Mac that may still boot correctly,
> so at the very least we can take a look at it for you.
>
> However, as the others have said, there are issues. Omnis 3 is very old.
> It went out of production in the 1980's, IIRC.
>
> If Michael is correct about the DiskDoubler files, then you may be in a
> difficult spot. I never used DiskDoubler so I doubt we have a copy to work
> with.
>
> As Stephen mentioned, the relationships between tables are defined by
> "omnis connections", which are not readily visible. While not completely
> inscrutable, there is work to do to map the relationships so you can
> reassemble the data.
>
>  - Mark Phillips
>
> On Aug 26, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Nick Stenz <nstenz at kdsmoses.com> wrote:
>
> > We have a client with an old, old Mac running Omnis 3 for a customer
> > database that has decided to switch to our software. Unfortunately, we
> > don't have any tools that can read Omnis data- especially not anything
> that
> > old.
> >
> > Instead of re-typing the bare minimum of data by hand, we're looking for
> > somebody who can open the database and export it to something we can work
> > with (Access DB, Excel spreadsheets, XML, DBF, any other Windows ODBC
> > driver, etc.)
> >
> > If that person is you, please contact me via e-mail as soon as possible.
> > Whether we automate it or type everything manually, it needs to happen
> this
> > week.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > nstenz at kdsmoses.com
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