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- From: Jason Neus
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- Subject: Re: v1.3 ROM copying illegal? (was Re: kickstart 512k rom image (copy wanted))
- Date: 23 Feb 1996 20:38:29 GMT
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- In article <4ghpkv$600@bignews.shef.ac.uk> ELA95CSH@shef.ac.uk (Chris) writes:
- > In article <4gg9dk$r3j@serpens.rhein.de>, mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de says...
- > >>I belive Commodore gave their permission for the version 1.3 (and below) ROM
- > >>image to be distributed freely, for use with downgraders. Am I right?
- > >
- > >You are not right.
- >
- > Are you sure? I remember (vaguley) reading in Amiga Format or CU Amiga, AGES
- > AGO, that using the 1.3 ROM for degrading (or something) was ok - it might
- > have been Commodore UK who originally said so?
- >
- > And what is copying a 1.3 rom going to do to Amiga sales? I hardly expect
- > this to affect Amiga1200/4000s..... ;) Perhaps someone should find-out from
- > Amiga Technologies what their stance is? I've got no idea what address &
- > who to ask is.
-
- I agree, copying a 1.3 ROM would hardly have an effect on sales, however
- there is still the small question of royalties and a copyrighted product.
- Writting Amiga Tech would be a good idea in this case.
-
- > If anything, degrading the machine to 1.3 will allow MORE people to buy & use
- > old (nostalgic?) games/software/etc.. Emulating 1.3 is still very useful in
- > this day & age - the ZeeWolf 2 demo, for instance, will not run on my
- > A1200/`030 any other way at all.
-
- I'm doing this myself. I got a hold of a bunch of old games, many wouldn't work
- with 2.x/3.x So, I popped the 1.3 rom back into my A500 (talk about operating
- system shock, did I actualy use 1.3 for 2 years??) Took an image of it, and now
- use SetCPU to kickrom it into my A2000. Escape from Singes Castle never looked
- better.
-
- > Can you still BUY a kickstart 1.3 rom? Seems unlikely.. If so, what do they
- > cost?
-
- I've seen 1.3 roms for sale from used hardware places (Copperhead has
- an ad in Amiga Computing). $18 for 1.3 and $3 for 1.2
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- Jason.D.Neus@UWRF.EDU Amiga 2000 w/GVP SCSI/68030
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