Interested in Amithlon equipped machines?

[dreamcast270mhz]

I was thinking, would anybody be interested in an AROS equipped PC? I'm still looking into it, but it would be internet ready, equipped with OWB by default, but could be customized by me beforehand. It would have at least a p4, a 60 GB hdd, a radeon 7500 or higher. I'm still looking into total cost, but depending on the setup, $70~100

[dreamcast270mhz]

You only have 19 posts here, so I guess you haven't been here long enough to know that many Amiga.org members AND the site administrators here strongly discourage and expressly forbid any discussion on the forums (or anywhere else on the site) regarding the illegal copying and distributing of any software, which certainly includes selling old PIII PC's with Amithlon loaded on them plus AmigaOS, BoingBag1, BoingBag2 and the unofficial BoingBag3.

In case you are not aware, AmigaOS in any version and it's associated BoingBags are copyrighted work and have never been released to the Public Domain.  Although no one may ever come after you, the rules of this site expressly prohibit any discussion of pirated work, including any links to sites that discuss or pirate any sort of software.


Edit: AFAIK, Amithlon is not public domain either and there is no such thing as the often repeated term of "AbandonWare".  I am surprised you start your post with the mention of the term, a "legal" copy of Amithlon, and then offer to sell copies of it installed on a bunch of PIII PC's.

Hi amigadave,

Okay, so you're saying I shouldn't offer Amithlon equipped machines? I'm interested to know, genuinely, why is it illegal for me to equip an aging machine with an old OS that nobody, including its copyright holder, seems to care less about? I am not encouraging piracy, in fact, I've never had any issue getting out my XP pro corporate (licensed for 300+ machines) and load those onto machines I refurbish. I can understand where your coming from, I respect the copyrights and know there is no "safe" abandonware, but I'm wondering why you see with such logic, when software hut once sold them for 700+ dollars (i doubt they used a separate copy for each one) and there is nowhere in the documentation with AMithlon that restricts the installation of how many computers iirc. Also, i never once mentioned links to piracy sites. Neither am I a pirate by offering to sell cheap copies. My price is based totally one estimated parts and labor, no software, no OS surcharges.

But I am not here to bicker, if I am breaking the rules by posting this, I'll gladly edit the post saying offer is withdrawn. But I believe I am not, if its legal to burn/backup your kickstarts, amigamaniac offers this, then I am doing nothing above him.

[dreamcast270mhz]

Okay, okay. i have somethings to say:
@thread & mods
I apologize for stirring up a sensitive subject. feel free to close it if I can't turn it around. I'm not here to make enemies, and it was merely an idea.

@rebel cd32
Great idea! I'll definitely look into it. I'll also look into contacting cloanto regarding their package.

@Kronos
Hey, I wasn't trying to accuse, merely make a point. Calling me a lousy pirate is pretty low, considering I'm willing to change my ideas and am being pretty open minded.

@bhogett

Okay, it will be the end of it.

@tone007
While I appreciate your criticism, the whole idea was to breathe life into your otherwise "crap" P3 machine, which would be a bargain considering amithlon is several times faster than an 80mhz 060.

@tension

I really wasn't intending that, I'm looking into AROS as we speak.

@LoadWB

Okay, time to close the whole piracy debate.

@mods

I'm going the AROS route with this, and I'd appreciate it if we can remove this whole discussion after I edit the first post.

[dreamcast270mhz]

You can probably count out most non-North American buyers, which is probably the majority of Amiga.org.  Shipping would be more than you're asking for the machines, literally.  Even members across the country would be looking at shipping costs higher than they could locally obtain a low-end machine for.

I'll find a way. I just noticed, your a virginian too.