AppleDean Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My friend gave me an unregistered copy of Filemaker Pro 5.0 but he can't find the install disk. Would anyone be able to make me a copy of the 5.0 install disk and mail it? I can send money via Paypal. I'm pretty sure that this is legal to do, since I have my own registration code, I just need a copy of the install disk. Thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 ? If you have a copy of FileMaker 5.0 for MacOS, what do you need with an installation CD? It should just run when you double-click it. (or are you just wanting it to have YOUR registration code and company name etc showing in the splash screen?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleDean Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 Sorry, I should have clarified. I have the registration code (+manuals, etc.) but not the software CD. It sounds like from reading another post that it would be illegal for me to get a copy of a CD from someone else. I guess that you can only get them directly from Filemaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Witberg Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I guess that you can only get them directly from Filemaker. trouble is, Filemaker discontinued support for version 5 which is eight years old and 6 versions ago. You're in a bind... Version 5 requires Classic or OS 9 if you run it on Mac. This is not available in Leopard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHunter3 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Correct, although there was a MacOS X version of FileMaker 5.5. It would run in Rosetta on any Intel Mac, or natively on a PowerPC Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleDean Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 Thank you for the info. I have OS 9 so that's no problem. I just thought that this would be a cheap way to start using Filemaker. I'm looking to see if I can buy an upgrade to a newer version so that I could use the registration code that I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Witberg Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 essentially that's the same story... you can't upgrade any longer from version 5. You might try amazon or ebay, but watch out for pirated software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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