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- From: c948374@lillep.gbar.dtu.dk (Rask Ingemann Lambertsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 22:06:53 GMT
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- On Tue, 09 Apr 1996 03:21:40 GMT David Corn (dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com) wrote:
- > On 8 Apr 1996 16:04:08 GMT, c948374@hald.gbar.dtu.dk (Rask Ingemann
- > Lambertsen) wrote:
-
- > >> I didn't need to purchase Win95 seperately. You -definately- need to
- > >> purchase both OSs if upgrading, unless you just pirate it. I'm sure
- > >> no one here does that, so your point is absolutely wrong.
- > >
- > >You can easily pirate Winslows 95, but you can't easily pirate Amiga OS
- > >because of the Kickstart ROM.
-
- > One word - UAE. Next silly comment, Rask?
-
- I actually do run UAE myself when my Amiga isn't within reach.
- Finally you can run a *real* text editor (Edge) on a UNIX system.
-
- > Suffice to say it's a LOT easier to pirate one 512k ROM and 6 880k
- > floppies vs what - 24 or so 1.44M floppies...
-
- I have yet to hear of someone who has pirated the Kickstart ROM,
- and I haven't seen anyone offer pirated Kickstart ROMs either.
-
- You know just as well as I do that people use tapes or network
- to transfer Win95 from one HD to another. PC users are not
- *that* stupid. You just make them appear that way.
-
- > No kidding, Rask. More brilliant observations. Now, go run UAE and
- > get back to me. :)
-
- Have it already, compiled for HP (S)UX and all.
-
- --
- Regards,
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