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Now, here's a question for CLOANTO if they're readying this thread. Why not update their distributions and include the following and make everyone happy (and boost their sales):#1: An easy way to use Amiga Explorer to transfer a version of the WB3.x environment from the PC to a real Amiga via a serial cable.#2: An easy way to make a boot floppy from an ADF that will allow a real Amiga to install their WB3.x environment from their CD.#3: HDF images of their WB3.x environment which can be used on UAE and also happen to work on FPGA type "Amigas" such as the FPGA Arcade or a 68000 friendly version for the Minimig v1.1.If we had something like that then nobody would need pirate disks and they could use Amiga Forever on real Amigas with ease.Come on Cloanto, can you do it and if not, why not?
The best way to get them is to buy Amiga Forever, the ultimate Amiga Virtual Machine. Cloanto has different prices to meet everyone's budget.
If you know the Cloanto guys then can you ask them about having HDF images and a version of their WB3.x that will run on real Amigas? After all, they don't have to advertise them as "for real Amigas" because they can market them as "for use in UAE configurations" (I create my Minimig HDFs on AmigaForever and I've made one for the FPGA Arcade too).
Hopefully this can be a sensible discussion on peoples ideas & thoughts on how to make it simple and easy for folk to get hold of Workbench Disk Sets either free or paid for without us all fighting with each other about the legalities of copyright etc... and descending in silly name calling and all that malarky...
This leaves the few vendors still selling physical ROM:s and WB floppy disks as the sole legit way of getting hold of them. Truly ridiculous.