OS 3.9 where to get

[Matt_H]

Really? Are we this cavalier about piracy now? Vesalia sells it for 40 Euros. That's the price. Don't devalue the stock of one of the last remaining Amiga dealers.

[jj]

I have to agree.  If something is still for sale then saying its abadonware is wrong, there is no such thing as Abadonware anway.  And if A1260 told me water was wet I would have to check.
 
Just because  "YOU" think something is too expesive is no reason to steal it.  If you are not willing to pay that price dont use it.

[Duce]

Really? Are we this cavalier about piracy now? Vesalia sells it for 40 Euros. That's the price. Don't devalue the stock of one of the last remaining Amiga dealers.

Agree, but there's also been a lot of reports of people buying a "legal" copy of 3.9 from "dealers" only to have it arrive on a CD-R with a sloppy B & W printout in the jewel case.

If I'm going to be a thieving scumbag, I'd prefer to do it by my own accord rather than fill the pockets of people masquerading as "keeping the Amiga alive!".

Make sure whoever you choose to support isn't just DL'ing off TPB and burning copies.  Paying people to be pirates is worse than being one yourself, IMO.

[swoslover]

Agree, but there's also been a lot of reports of people buying a "legal" copy of 3.9 from "dealers" only to have it arrive on a CD-R with a sloppy B & W printout in the jewel case.

If I'm going to be a thieving scumbag, I'd prefer to do it by my own accord rather than fill the pockets of people masquerading as "keeping the Amiga alive!".

Make sure whoever you choose to support isn't just DL'ing off TPB and burning copies.  Paying people to be pirates is worse than being one yourself, IMO.

Wonder if Haage and Partners would have a spare copy lying around

If I were to buy it would it actually come with documentation and a nice box etc.

I don't understand why it is so overpriced if it were 10 or even 20 euros more people would buy it rather than d/l it illegally.  But then I am Scottish and we are notoriously tight fisted.

Is there anything on WB 3.9 that would make it a more worthwhile  than say downloading some extras from Aminet?  

I only have WinUAE here while the Miggy lives in my mum's attic.

[Duce]

OS wise, it's fairly well priced (3.9).  As for how much you'll enjoy it over another WB version, I personally still prefer WB 3.1 and the various ClassicWB type packs are very nice.  If it's going on a UAE box, you don't have to worry about a networking stack.

Some people love 3.9, I sorta find it cluttered and gaudy, lol.  It's hard to go wrong with a well customized version of 3.1 in terms of reliability and usability.  3.9 has a lot of doo-dads to modernize it, which is a pro or con depending on your preferences.

[orange]

some say 3.5 is better version? perhaps that one is cheaper if its for sale.

[A1260]

Agree, but there's also been a lot of reports of people buying a "legal" copy of 3.9 from "dealers" only to have it arrive on a CD-R with a sloppy B & W printout in the jewel case.

If I'm going to be a thieving scumbag, I'd prefer to do it by my own accord rather than fill the pockets of people masquerading as "keeping the Amiga alive!".

Make sure whoever you choose to support isn't just DL'ing off TPB and burning copies.  Paying people to be pirates is worse than being one yourself, IMO.

correct.... and commodore amiga and jay miner the father of amiga died in 1994... what we have left is 99% of people that masquerading as "keeping the Amiga alive!". the truth is hard to face but this is the facts. you dont support anything amiga anymore only filling peoples pockets that try to cash in on decade old software.

[jj]

correct.... and commodore amiga and jay miner the father of amiga died in 1994... what we have left is 99% of people that masquerading as "keeping the Amiga alive!". the truth is hard to face but this is the facts. you dont support anything amiga anymore only filling peoples pockets that try to cash in on decade old software.

??  I never realised that Commodore and all thirdparty dealers and hardware maufactures used to give amiga's away for free? Or sell stuff for no profit.

[cha05e90]

used to give amiga's away for free? Or sell stuff for no profit.

How disappointing, isn't it?

Wonder if Haage and Partners would have a spare copy lying around

From whom do you think Vesalia (http://www.vesalia.de) purchases it's copies of (nowadays) hand-crafted OS3.9 CDs?

you dont support anything amiga anymore only filling peoples pockets that try to cash in on decade old software.

Why not, nothing wrong with that.

[swoslover]

I managed to get this running now with WinUAE.

It only appears to have some of the capabilities working.

It boots to workbench ok but some of the items like the web browser are missing although they are on the file on my PC.

Is there something i am missing need to do?

[fishy_fiz]

Did you actually install the internet software through the installer? Theyre seperate installs (try running the OS3.9 installer again to see what I mean). A deault install will show a few internet files, but theyre basically place holders (for lack of a better term).