.fh9 ??

[rogerw]

anyone know what kind of file this could be and, more importantly, how i can open it?

 

[Blue Velvet]

Macromedia Freehand 9

http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=FH9

You could try downloading a demo from Macromedia
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=freehand

I'm not sure whether that's a fully-functional time-limited demo or not so you'll have to try it and see... if it is, it may let you resave it in another format that's useful to you.

 

[rogerw]

cheers mate!