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From:Don Cox
Date:15 Sep 2001 at 21:55:54
Subject:[amigactive] Re: AmigaOS XL for x86 finally announced

On 15-Sep-01, Ian Urie wrote:

>> 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?

More likely people who had an Amiga once.

Regards



Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net

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