Wanted: OS4 license and/or CD

[Boot_WB]

I'm looking for someone with a non-functional Amigaone to transfer their OS4 license to me, as I have recently bought an amigaone SE without a license.

If you have a spare license lying unused, or you know someone with a broken Amigaone please get in touch.

Contact: By Pmail

[Tomas]

Have you mailed Hyperion yet? There was a similar thread on amigaworld and it was said that one should just mail hyperion with info about serial number, name of seller/previous owned if known and so on. I am sure they can work something out?

[Boot_WB]

Hi Tomas, that was me in the AW.net thread.

As it transpire I am not able to identify the previous owner - I bought it from JJB at Amiga repair Centre in france, and he said it is aform a batch of boards, and he is not able to identify the owner.
Hyperion suggested that, as it may be from before the days of OS4-bundled-with-Amigaone I need to either find someone with a spare license, or buy the CD standalone.
The only people I can find claiming to stock the standalone CD is Vesalia - at 139 Euro for the developer pre-release.

With the Acube situation developing I'm tempted to "wait and see" with them. If I have to pay that much - more than I've ever paid before for an OS - I want to know:

1) That if my Amigaone breaks I would be able to transfer the license to my CSPPC/BPPC amiga.
2) That what I'm buying is the finished product, not the developer's pre-release CD with the right to login to the download area and download the "final update" version.

For the sake of completeness, the info Hyperion require to transfer an OS4 license is:

1) The serial number of the OS4 CD
2) The Hyperion-entertainment website user name of the previous registered owner.
3) An e-mail from the previous owner authorising the transfer.

Regards



Rich

[EDIT - corrected mistake - requirement 2 is for the Hyperion website username, not the AW.net username as originally stated.]

[Boot_WB]

Duplicate post

[keropi]

so basically you are pretty much screwed....  :-(  :-(  :-(

[Stevo]

So much for customer support

[humppa]

For the sake of completeness, the info Hyperion require to transfer an OS4 license is:

1) The serial number of the OS4 CD
2) The Amigaworld.net user name of the previous registered owner.
3) An e-mail from the previous owner authorising the transfer.

WTF? How can they possibly assume that all A1-owners were registered on Amigaworld.net?

Btw, they didn't by any chance also ask you to sacrify a leg for getting a copy of OS4?

[Oli_hd]

I didnt know the Amiga One was ever sold without an OS4 licence, the first ones came with just Linux but I thought as soon as the OS4 pre-release 1 came out all A1 owners got it?
Anyhow sucks to be you  :-)  :-(

[krize]

Im surprised nobody have helped you, if I had the files I would helped
out a fellow amiga user.

And are Hyperion so afraid of somebody sharing it ? If they dont help
out legal users, people will surely get it somewhere else.

How much did you pay for a (for now) useless board ?

[redrumloa]

humppa wrote:
WTF? How can they possibly assume that all A1-owners were registered on Amigaworld.net?

WTF is correct, but remember AWN was the "Official AmigaOne support site". My feelings on that subject is well know, I won't get into it again;-)

My WTF feeling has to do with the fact it was claimed the A1 firmware was different than a standard Teron board and had dongle code. OS4 supposedly on runs on genuine A1 boards and not Terons. I wonder if there is a fair use law governing this, I'd look into it if I were him. I wonder if he'd be legally entitled to use a copy of OS4 if it is a genuine A1.

[odin]

And the sad thing is it'll probably be nigh impossible to find it via 'traditional internet search methods'.

[redrumloa]

odin wrote:
And the sad thing is it'll probably be nigh impossible to find it via 'traditional internet search methods'.

Correct, I could not find anything Amiga related on PriceWatch.

[Tomas]

Hmm... I thought all AmigaONEs automatically included a license even back when pre release was not bundled?

I recall those who did not get OS4 with their AmigaONE got it shipped/or downloaded it when it was released

[dandelion]

I very much hope a nice CDR turns up in the post for you. It's this type of attitude which makes people say "you know what, i'll spend a month porting it to .... and release the ISO as a torrent file". Doesn't really make me what to give them my cash (when eventually I can).

[motorollin]

dandelion wrote:
It's this type of attitude which makes people say "you know what, i'll spend a month porting it to .... and release the ISO as a torrent file".

Here's hoping.....

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moto