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Offline Motormouth

The easiest way it purchase 1.3 and 3.1 is exactly how Transition as alluded to:
Step 1 buy Amiga Forever,
Step 2 buy a Catweasel Mk4 or Mk4+.........
In my opinion if you are a classic amiga user the Catweasel (on a PC) is worth every penny.


Would you really what or need any of these version of amiga OS:  1.0, 1.1, or 1.2 1.4, 2.0, 2.04, or 2.1?.  I can maybe see wanting a version 1.0 or 1.2 roms to boot some old games but probably not the OS

As for 3.5, 3.9, and 3.9withBB2
Unless you are in a special situation, with a 68020 one would probably not want os 3.5
or 3.9
 just OS 3.9with bb2 and is that not still available?


As for a HDF file, one can use WInUAE/Amiga Forever to make any HDF file they wish, out of the  Amiga Forever's files.adf and/or AmigaOS Cdroms.

@hceline, I don't remember signing any CUDA saying that I can only use the .ADF files with an emulated amiga.  This sounds more like a distribution agreement Amiga Forever made with Amiga, Inc.
Anyway, don't just about all of use have at least original copies of amiga os 1.3 and 3.1 and maybe 3.5 and 3.9?
« Last Edit: May 06, 2011, 01:31:22 AM by Motormouth »
 

Offline Motormouth

Wow!

I didn't realize my comment cause such a stir.
@hceline
I know that amiga forever roms do not work, as they need a key file, but the two original  1.3 .adf disk and 6 original 3.1 .adf disks also?  I did't know that and to be honest it is a bit surprising.

I actually have never try putting the workbench  adf on disk, though I might try the one, the 3.1 workbench disk, just as test.   I am usually doing the opposite, putting my games disks on WinUAE.  Luckly for me, I still have original working copies of 1.3, 2.04, 2.1, 3.1, 3.5, and 3.9withbb2.  I should think about making a couple back ups of them all up now.

@Franko
It is cool that you are using so many versions of the OS still.

Though I like the idea of releasing the OS to the public domain or at least make them available for purchase, it may be a pipe dream.   Many formerly commercially available OSs out there are still not released, and in many cases unavailable.
like
MSDOS , windows 1.0-3.1, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000,
MacOS after 7.5.5

I bet classic mac users would love 7.6.1, 8.1, 9.1, and 9.2 to be available.
 

Offline Motormouth

I think that only 1.3.4 and 3.1 are the 2 and 6 disks respectively like the original disk based distros.
The others 1.00, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 2.04, 2.1, 3.0 are boot compilations for Amiga Forever.


Quote from: Franko;635784
@ commodorejohn

Here's list of the ADF directory taken from my copy of Amiga Forever Premium Edition 2008 which cost me £59 from Vesalia...

Code: [Select]
af-boot.adf
amiga-os-100-workbench.adf
amiga-os-110-workbench.adf
amiga-os-120-workbench.adf
amiga-os-134-extras.adf
amiga-os-134-workbench.adf
amiga-os-200-workbench.adf
amiga-os-204-workbench.adf
amiga-os-210-workbench.adf
amiga-os-300-workbench.adf
amiga-os-310-extras.adf
amiga-os-310-fonts.adf
amiga-os-310-install.adf
amiga-os-310-locale.adf
amiga-os-310-storage.adf
amiga-os-310-workbench.adf
16 files - 7056 blocks used


as you can see it only has the Workbench 3.0 disk (no extras, install etc) but also they have been changed especially the StartUp-Sequence from what you would find on a real Workbench disk and include Cloanto copyright notices... :(

You can judge for yourself if this is value for money, if say for example you were just needing to replace one faulty floppy disk... :)
 

Offline Motormouth

@Franko
I stand corrected