is there a way to use files from cubase of 1999

Maybe do a search on the forum for Cubase SX3, cause I remember that too (best do it through Google, with ‘steinberg.net’ added). It doesn’t really matter what version your 1999 files are, cause it’s supposed to work even for old Atari files. SX will turn them into .cpr files and those will be loaded in C6.