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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: KeMoT on October 17, 2005, 11:11:38 PM

Title: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: KeMoT on October 17, 2005, 11:11:38 PM

I miss Amiga... :-)
I could use WinUAE, I could use Amiga In A Box but would this be legal
I almost bought A1200 Tower Gift but where to get programs from if I want to stay legal  :-?  :-?

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: Sparky on October 17, 2005, 11:43:04 PM

To be legal you'll need to pay vastly inflated prices for obselete software .. and do you really think that there is anyone at all here who is 100% legal ?

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: KeMoT on October 17, 2005, 11:50:55 PM

Probably not but I don't care.
When I but A1200 it comes with workbench 3.0, what about if I would like to get AmigaOS  :-?

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: koaftder on October 17, 2005, 11:51:50 PM

It's hard to hurt a software company thats been out of business for 10 years...

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: Argo on October 18, 2005, 04:11:47 AM

Please don't post about pirateing software. It is against our posting guidelines.

Amiga in a Box is legal to use, but needs Amiga OS. Amiga Forever is a good place to get all the classic version of Amiga OS and ROM files. Back to Roots and other sites have freely available abandonware games. Aminet is a good source of PD software. eBay and Amiga dealers if you want commercial software.

What kind of programs would you be looking for?

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: KeMoT on October 18, 2005, 07:01:19 AM

Mostly games ( old games ), is getting images ( ADF, DMS files ) from other sites legal ? I dont think so...

If I have Workbench 3.0 than what about some different Amiga operating systems I heard of, what are they  :-?  can I get them too  :-? and how to do it  :-?

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: orange on October 18, 2005, 08:38:13 AM

getting adfs from  Back to Roots is legal, and few other sites too; but second hand originals on ebay are not so expensive (there is a lot of them) if you plan to play just few most popular games

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: Thomas on October 18, 2005, 10:08:40 AM

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KeMoT wrote:
When I but A1200 it comes with workbench 3.0, what about if I would like to get AmigaOS  :-?

Workbench and AmigaOS are two names for the same thing. Versions up to 3.1 are called Workbench, from version 3.5 on it is called AmigaOS.

Sometimes "AmigaOS" refers to the combination of Workbench and Kickstart of the same version. So Workbench 3.0 + Kickstart 3.0 = AmigaOS 3.0.

BTW, if you buy an A1200 nowadays it should come with Kickstart/Workbench 3.1, not 3.0. There are still some Amiga dealers who sell *new* A1200s.

Bye,
Thomas

Title: Re: I want to be legal - I decided to but A1200
Post by: SuperTurbo on October 18, 2005, 11:34:19 AM

yes there are... check out ggsdata´s homepage:

http://www.ggsdata.se/Datorer/en.html

(in English)