Remote amiga software?

[Unit21]

Actually the only thing that would do this is Siamese RTG.
It retargets graphics to a window on a Windows98-PC (and also a WindowsNT PC after hours of fiddling) and works great for everything that is, well - RTG. ;-)

I also have the CD, but sadly it is also unreadable.

I noticed that the CD has no scratches whatsoever and has been burnt to one of those el-cheapo green CD-Rs that roamed the world in the late nineties.

Does anyone have ANY idea of how the data on this disk could be saved - or is Siamese RTG lost forever?


Also, does anyone have this software??
And would you be willing to share it with us unfortunate people with broken CDs?!
 :-?

[Unit21]

Piru wrote:

Maybe I could put it up on my web site so unfortunate folks could get a new copy?. Not sure if thats illegal or not since the author abandon it long ago?

There is no such thing as abandonware.

It would be legal only after the copyright has expired. It depends on the country, but usually it is about 70 years after the death of the author.

Obviously you could try getting permission from the copyright holder(s) to redristribute the software.

For the country I live in, good old Norway, it would be legal for me to obtain an unmodified copy of what was originally on my CD. Yaaaaay for Norway!  :-D

So if someone here can make it available for me I would be happy to supply this person with my SiameseRTG-serial, pictures of myself smiling with the original CD in my hand and of course handsome pay for the cost of distributing the software to me... :-)

On a not completely unrelated matter, does anyone know if the original SiameseRTG people exist?
I could shoot them an email or even a phonecall if it would get me a new CD with the Software.

[Unit21]

Well I'll be ... darned!!?

AVNC Server can apparently be found here:

http://dspach.free.fr/amiga/avnc/index.html

[Unit21]

@Piru

I know!
The US, and to a lesser extent the EU, both have some dumb laws regarding copyright and DRM.

In Norway however the law on copyright is distinctively different on one point. When you have bought digital content you own that content. This does not mean that you own the rights to the software, but you DO own the ones and zeros that make up the content on the CD, DVD or whatever other medium it was distributed on.
Therefore any EULA for the Norwegian market can only limit the usage of said content.
You are also allowed to make backups for personal use, and, in the case of "entertainmene content", share these backups with your friends. (No, Really!!)

The bottom line is:
If I buy a CD and scratch it by accident I am in my full right to download the music off any website I see fit.
(That was really pinpointing it, but you get the idea...)

I don't actually know how things work in the EU, but this is the case for Norway, at least for now!

And, for the record, I make a point out of breaking anti-piracy and copyright-laws as little as possible. ;-)