Workbench Disk Sets... What Would Be The Best Way To Obtain Them...

[jj]

My os3.9 cd was a genuine CD, so was my dev cd

[Darrin]

How did you get on trying AROS68k?

I'm on a business trip at the moment, so I'm stuck in a hotel in New Mexico with no Amiga in sight.  I should be home in 3-5 weeks and I'll give it a whirl then.

[swift240]

Some one gave me a CD full of Amiga Data.

On it is a complete set of Workbench disks in DMS format.

WB13_1.DMS   P 367524  15-04-95 ---Workbench 1.3 + Extras  
WB13_2.DMS   P 362411  15-04-95
 
WB20_1.DMS   P 401411  15-04-95 ---Workbench 2.0 + Extras  
WB20_2.DMS   P 515150  15-04-95  
WB20_3.DMS   P 341909  15-04-95
 
WB21-1.DMS   P 377912  30-12-95 ---Workbench 2.1 + Extras  
WB21-2.DMS   P 335240  30-12-95  
WB21-3.DMS   P 366180  30-12-95  
WB21-4.DMS   P 194009  30-12-95  
WB21-5.DMS   P 521655  30-12-95
 
WB30_1.DMS   P 385728  15-04-95 ---Workbench 3.0 + Extras  
WB30_2.DMS   P 402709  15-04-95  
WB30_3.DMS   P 312044  15-04-95  
WB30_4.DMS   P 324191  15-04-95  
WB30_5.DMS   P 129453  15-04-95  
WB30_6.DMS   P 233418  15-04-95
 
WB31-1.DMS   P 403238  30-12-95 ---Workbench 3.1 + Extras  
WB31-2.DMS   P 392396  30-12-95  
WB31-3.DMS   P 237098  30-12-95  
WB31-4.DMS   P 360901  30-12-95  
WB31-5.DMS   P  42403  30-12-95  
WB31-6.DMS   P 122594  30-12-95  

I don't know where he got it from but he gave up all his Amiga stuff and some of it came to me.

Mike.

[bloodline]

I'm on a business trip at the moment, so I'm stuck in a hotel in New Mexico with no Amiga in sight.  I should be home in 3-5 weeks and I'll give it a whirl then.

That's a monager Business Trip! What on earth do you do? Secret Rock Star?

[Bamiga2002]

Some one gave me a CD full of Amiga Data.

On it is a complete set of Workbench disks in DMS format.

Workbench 1.3 + Extras  
Workbench 2.0 + Extras  
Workbench 2.1 + Extras      
Workbench 3.0 + Extras  
Workbench 3.1 + Extras  

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good find , i think we have a winner here! I would gladly host these in a future with no copyright bs :mad: ...

[GobanToba]

@psxphill

I can assure you that the Workbench disks and ROMs we sell are legitimate and genuine.  Our ROMs are Mask ROMs, not EEPROMs which we have paid significant costs to obtain this surplus stock:

What guarantees can you make that you legally have a right to distribute these disks and roms?  Is this from a stolen or seized stock?  Is their documented proof?  Just because they are "orignal" doesn't mean AI say you can distribute them.  

I half joking and am half serious.  How can we be certain what you are selling is legal?  Do you have some documentation?  Where do the pirate reporting nazis stop?

At least there is documentation from Petro that 3.0 can be distributed free.

[Darrin]

That's a monager Business Trip! What on earth do you do? Secret Rock Star?

LOL.  I'm a petroleum engineer.  Last week I was in Texas, this week is New Mexico, next week is Wyoming, week after is back in Texas, then New Mexico for another week (possibly back to Texas and then return to New Mexico again) and then... 3 weeks off!!!

Prior to this trip I had 6 days off after 2 weeks in Texas and 2 weeks in New Mexico.

Unfortunately, I own my own company and the owner is a slave-driving bastard.  

[GobanToba]

@psxphill

I can assure you that the Workbench disks and ROMs we sell are legitimate and genuine.  Our ROMs are Mask ROMs, not EEPROMs which we have paid significant costs to obtain this surplus stock:

What guarantees can you make that you legally have a right to distribute these disks and roms?  Is this from a stolen or seized stock?  Is their documented proof?  Just because they are "orignal" doesn't mean AI say you can distribute them.  

I'm half joking and am half serious.  How can we be certain what you are selling is legal?  Do you have some documentation?  Where do the pirate reporting nazis stop?

At least there is documentation from Petro that 3.0 can be distributed free.

[kolla]

@psxphill

I can assure you that the Workbench disks and ROMs we sell are legitimate and genuine.  Our ROMs are Mask ROMs, not EEPROMs which we have paid significant costs to obtain this surplus stock:

Sure - but they are unmodified stock 3.1 kickstarts. What people really want today is to be able to distribute updated ROMs without facing legal whackaboo, both images and actual chips - at least that is what I would want.

BTW - What are these - EPROMs?


I ask since I also have some kickstarts that I have bought, that I suspect are really EPROMs, the stickers on them look even more glossy 3.1 if I remember correctly.

[commodorejohn]

*whistles "A Pirate's Life for Me"*

[Franko]

This thread turned out to be a waste of time...

[SysAdmin]

@Franko

I did not close the other thread. If you have suggestions for feature improvements to the excellent Amiga Forever 2011 Premium package please contact the developers with you feedback and requests.

[desiv]

@Franko
I did not close the other thread.

Well, the other thread was closed with yours as the last post, so that was a fair assumption.. ;-)

As for AmigaForever, it is (IMHO) a great product.
I think people should support Cloanto and I do belive Cloanto helps the Amiga community, so it's a great situation.

However, it sounds like, from the licensing, Cloanto is a solution for a virtualized Amiga and not a "legal" way to acquire Workbenches and kickstarts for your physical Amiga.

As a result, Cloanto isn't the answer, unless you are saying, "Out of the solutions that aren't fully legal, Cloanto is the best choice."
(Which I might agree with, but I am hearing that the images on the Cloanto distribution might not be true originals??  :confused::confused:  and might not work on a real Amiga??? :confused:)

desiv

[tone007]

Workbench Disk Sets... What Would Be The Best Way To Obtain Them...

Google!


...might be worth attempting to get whatever site is hosting them up in the ranks.

[psxphill]

@psxphill
 
I can assure you that the Workbench disks and ROMs we sell are legitimate and genuine. Our ROMs are Mask ROMs, not EEPROMs which we have paid significant costs to obtain this surplus stock:

I wasn't making a specific accusation, although if you want some examples of eproms being sold on ebay:
 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMIGA-600-Used-Kickstart-Rom-3-1-version-40-63-/270741781951?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0977bdbf
 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMIGA-500-kickstart-Rom-3-1-mother-board-rev-6A-/220762490258?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3366784592
 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMIGA-500-kickstart-Rom-3-1-mother-board-rev-3-5-/270734867677?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f090e3cdd
 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMIGA-1200-KICKSTART-ROM-3-1-VER-40-68-USED-WORK-/220771996982?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3367095536
 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMIGA-2000-kickstart-Rom-3-1-VER-40-63-USED-WORKING-/270745000825?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f09a8db79
 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMIGA-3000-kickstart-Rom-3-1-Ver-40-68-used-working-/220743599028?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33655803b4
 
and this is where they are "honest" and posting a picture of an eprom.
 

I'm half joking and am half serious. How can we be certain what you are selling is legal? Do you have some documentation? Where do the pirate reporting nazis stop?

 
I might still have the original receipt from the 90's, I'd have to check. It's boxed with all manuals, disks, mask rom etc.
 
If someone wants to go to the hassle and expense of getting the manuals, boxes, disks printed & mask roms created then it's going to be difficult to tell unless you buy it & get an expert to identify it. I can't imagine that anyone would bother.

[Franko]

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