| From: | Ian Urie |
| Date: | 15 Sep 2001 at 19:13:04 |
| Subject: | Re: [amigactive] Re: AmigaOS XL for x86 finally announced |
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hoggett" <bill_hoggett@lineone.net>
To: <amigactive@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: [amigactive] Re: AmigaOS XL for x86 finally announced
> Hello Don
>
> > So it seems there will be a free version without AmigaOS, ROMs or
> > support. Same as UAE versus Amiga Forever.
>
> I should think this will only cover AmigaXL (most of which is under GPL
> anyway). There is no provision for a /free/ version of AMIthlon, though a
> crippleware demo may be possible - where the emulator slows down
> considerably after a set period. A /free/ version of AMIthlon would be a
> disaster, as people would only use this instead of the commercial version
> even if it meant getting illegal ROMs off the net.
Why would they need illegal ROM's off the net?
Surely practically all users of this emulator would be people who already
own an Amiga, and therefore have access to their own ROM?
Or are we envisioning a great resurgence , where other OS users would
suddenly want to use an Amiga?
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Ian.Urie@BTInternet.com
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