Amiga OS3.9 Original?

[swift240]

Mine is a pro copy, no labels on the one I have.

[TheGoose]

Yeah, mine was all pro. Box, shrink wrap, silk screen printing on the cd and jewel case insert.

@ carnid - Yours kinda sounds like some flea market boot leg to me. None of it is protected in anyway, and you don't need a cdrom drive at all to install it. I used a PCMCIA to CF card to do mine.... uh, what tone007 said.

[carnid]

Thats good to know.  I bought it from a place called software hut - they seem to be an authorized dealer here in the states so I am assuming it should be fine.  I was just a bit surprised at the CDR / photocopied cover, but since this is an old OS I shouldn't be fussy.

[cha05e90]

IIRC, there were some dealers that had rights to create their own copies

I never ever heard of this before - all copies of OS3.9 (including my own) were "normal", professional produced CDs in a standard jewel case. Maybe an e-mail to Haage&Partner would clear things up.

[TheGoose]

Thats good to know.  I bought it from a place called software hut - they seem to be an authorized dealer here in the states so I am assuming it should be fine.  I was just a bit surprised at the CDR / photocopied cover, but since this is an old OS I shouldn't be fussy.

Well I think S.H. is a good place too. Just strange that you did not get a 'boxed version'

Although, thinking about it, the original boxed production run was loooonnng time ago. Sooo, there maybe none left in reality. In which case, vendors make a copy and sell ?

It should work fine for you, none the less...

[number6]

The more important bit, (as zipper alluded to) is the version (regardless of where it was made), since the original is buggy.

http://www.gregdonner.org/os39faq/installtips.html

worth a complete read ^^

#6

[mike-]

The Red, is the first version, printed, that contained a bug. A second pinker one, probably made in a mad hurry can seem like a copy as far as i can remember reading somewhere.  

Why not take a picture?

[carnid]

Well everything seemed to install perfectly so I am not too concerned anymore.  It does look like this was the newer pink version, however the color label looks more purple.  Anyway, I am just glad I finally have my 4000 up and running again

[AmigaHeretic]

Yeah, a picture would be good.

Mine is a pressed CD.

Also, inside the Cover of the jewel case is a  professionally made manual.  About 15 pages, half in English and half in German.

[eroom]

Got  OS 3.9 from amigakit a few years back now and its on a cdr with a professional looking label on the front dated 02/2001 and it came in a jewel case while OS 3.5 is a pressed CD in a big box.

Didn't really think anything of it at the time.

[efrenmgp]

So I guess I bought a copy then - a bit expensive considering I paid $34.95 and it seems like it isn't authentic after all.  Oh well live and learn.

Well.. I didn't learn

Here's what happened. Last june I bought on eBay a "Rare Commodore Amiga OS 3.9 Sealed in Case" and paid 51 dlls for it. The thing is I didn´t ask the seller to send it directly to Mexico but to California (a friend's house), thinking I could pick it up this month during my travel to attend Amiwest (Great show by the way! I surely want to go back! :hat:).

So... I was very happy thinking I had a new and original OS 3.9 CD and to my surprise... it is a CD-R copy... just as carnid said, with some kind of color copy or printing in ordinary paper and also a printed label sticked to it. I was so angry! :angry:

Since my purchase was almos 5 months ago... it's too late to do anything, I just wanted to comment this and warn about this seller (p166user), who is still selling Amiga OS 3.9 CDs as can be seen here.

I saw Vesalia sells it for almost the same price I paid... I should have bought it with them and save all the trouble (and money). I can safely assume that Vesalia's CD is the real thing... right?

Now I'll learn...

Regards,
Efren

[cha05e90]

Well.. I didn't learn

Here's what happened. Last june I bought on eBay a "Rare Commodore Amiga OS 3.9 Sealed in Case" and paid 51 dlls for it. The thing is I didn´t ask the seller to send it directly to Mexico but to California (a friend's house), thinking I could pick it up this month during my travel to attend Amiwest (Great show by the way! I surely want to go back! :hat:).

So... I was very happy thinking I had a new and original OS 3.9 CD and to my surprise... it is a CD-R copy... just as carnid said, with some kind of color copy or printing in ordinary paper and also a printed label sticked to it. I was so angry! :angry:

Since my purchase was almos 5 months ago... it's too late to do anything, I just wanted to comment this and warn about this seller (p166user), who is still selling Amiga OS 3.9 CDs as can be seen here.

I saw Vesalia sells it for almost the same price I paid... I should have bought it with them and save all the trouble (and money). I can safely assume that Vesalia's CD is the real thing... right?

Now I'll learn...

Regards,
Efren

No problem - Mr. Does from Vesalia is still in contact with most of the original developers (i.e. Frank Mariak/CyberGrafX 4; Haage&Partner/ArtEffect4, AmigaWriter; Andreas Magerl,Olaf Barthel/CED5; etc.). So buying from Vesalia (I suppose Andrew/AmigaKit has a similar approach) should be the most official and cleanest way to get hold of original software at the moment. Though I must admit I don't know how Software Hut works in this regards...

[PanterHZ]

I saw Vesalia sells it for almost the same price I paid... I should have bought it with them and save all the trouble (and money). I can safely assume that Vesalia's CD is the real thing... right?

Now I'll learn...

Regards,
Efren

I purchased an AmigaOS 3.9 CD from Vesalia not long ago, and I can confirm that they sell CD-R copies as well. It came with no CD inlay card and the CD case was of the slim type. It was also sealed with a couple of Haage & Partner stickers.

I guess the reason why the discs are offered as CD-R is simply because the demand for AmigaOS 3.9 CD's aren't big enough to justify a pressed CD's run nowadays.

But as "cha05e90" points out, purchasing the CD from Vesalia or AmigaKit seems to be the safest way to make sure you get a legitimate version of AmigaOS 3.9, and the same probably goes for SoftHut as well.

[efrenmgp]

I purchased an AmigaOS 3.9 CD from Vesalia not long ago, and I can confirm that they sell CD-R copies as well. It came with no CD inlay card and the CD case was of the slim type. It was also sealed with a couple of Haage & Partner stickers.

Mmmm the one I got was not slim case and without stickers... it was just wrapped in plastic.

Well... I think I'll be waiting for someone who decides to sell his/her pressed CD.

Thanks!
Efren

[Franko]

I am currently setting up OS3.9 for another member here who sent me the disc he bought, It looks very much like a copy as the label stuck on it looks like it's been printed out on a home printer. Still at least it works I suppose...