Once again: I have no problem with people using their legal copies on whatever hardware they own. But I do have problems if people like you point potential customers of Os software to a pirated copy instead of just politely asking them to buy the product they want to own.
It is really that simple: If you want to use it, buy it.
Where in any of my posts have I directed people to pirate software? If they already own OS3.x then I see no problem with them modifying it however they see fit or having someone they trust modify it for them for use on a Vampire. If the person doing the modifications agrees to do it at no cost, then so much the better. What I get tired of are all the folks here who believe that the Amiga will somehow rise from the ashes to relive its glory days and who attempt to capitalize financially on this flawed vision. The Amiga is a dead platform and the OS is also dead no matter what you think of yourself and what patches/updates you've contributed in the past. The Vampire is a hobby just like the retro-console scene. The classic Amiga has been recreated in the form of an FPGA, just like the retro-NES, retro-Genesis, et al....The Vampire only appeals to Amiga owners who want to replace or enhance their aging and/or dead hardware with a new system that has some enhancements over the original Amiga just like the retro-consoles....no more, no less. There can't be more than a couple thousand classic Amiga users across the planet and even fewer planning to buy Vampires....and of these there are probably less than 100 who plan to buy copies of OS3.x because most Amiga enthusiasts already own legal copies. As I said earlier, the Vampire is an accelerator card and you have to already own an Amiga to even use it, so now you expect those users to buy another copy of OS 3.x from Hyperion simply because they've purchased an FPGA based accelerator?
You clowns are fighting over the Amiga's dead carcass like a bunch of decrepit old vultures who don't realize that the carcass has already been picked clean...it's pitiful. No one, including you nor Hyperion, is going to get rich off the Vampire, classic Amigas, nor updates to OS3.x. Hobbyists and enthusiasts working in their spare time will continue to be the driving force behind what's left of classic Amigas and the Vampire, not Hyperion nor people who are looking to get rich from any spin-off markets related to the Vampire. Since Commodore's failure, people better than you have tried and failed to monetize what's left of the Amiga from the ashes, so get over yourself and the fact that the Amiga died in 1992 and isn't returning....that ship has long since sailed.
