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- From: ELA95CSH@shef.ac.uk (Chris)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: v1.3 ROM copying illegal? (was Re: kickstart 512k rom image (copy wanted))
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 13:04:31 GMT
- Organization: Electrical Eng, University of Sheffield , UK
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- References: <312914DE.27BE@cs.duke.edu> <4ge9lm$67k@daily-planet.execpc.com> <4gf610$9cl@bignews.shef.ac.uk> <4gg9dk$r3j@serpens.rhein.de>
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- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- Can you still BUY a kickstart 1.3 rom? Seems unlikely.. If so, what do they
- cost?
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- From Christopher Handley
- Email: ela95csh@sheffield.ac.uk
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