AmigaOS 4.1 update 5 has been released. It's a bug-fix release, but does contain new features as well. For instance, Amiga 68K emulation has been improved, and a full Workbench 3.1 installation is now included, as well as several authentic Amiga ROMs and Workbench files. Available for free for eligible platforms, including SAM devices.
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I think Amiga Forever is the way to go, it's by Cloanto.
http://www.amigaforever.com/
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I do not think you understand, or you are willfully ignorant. Haage owns the amiga os 3* outright and all previous versions by purchase from commodore. They are literally waiting for microsoft, google and apple to reach the golden limit of infringements to the IP. No they did not buy the development rights they bought the OS. And with it all the software patents that came with it.
If they went now, some would be invalidated by previous works, and the turnout would not be as great. I do not know what Haage considers golden, but they WILL hunt down those patents eventually. They are still the owners of accelerated animation patents that could sink any relevant company atm. The only way to win against that is to prove that it was the hardware that did all of it and the amigaos had nothing to do with it.
We are looking at either a buyout or license fee for those patents.
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It's not about being "worried" about "wronging". Some people feel content downloading software that they use, abandonware or warez. I feel content buying it, and supporting the retailers. It has nothing to do with what I could do, or could not do. I'm very well aware of my other options using WinUAE and a downloaded ADF file. That's not the option I want to use. I want to buy the software. If you don't want to buy it and don't understand why I'd want to buy it, or why I should by it... that's fine by me
Now, you might not understand me or that idea, and that's not important to either of us. I just want to be pointed in the right direction.
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I would head on over to amiga.org or amigaworld.net, or http://eab.abime.net/ Those are places I go to look up info for my A4000.
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2009-01-25
I just got the Amiga 600, no modifications. I've just bought the CF adapter with the AmigaOS Install disk from AmigaKit and Vesalia, along with the RGB cable and the Kickstart ROM for the 600. Not to sidetrack too far, but heres my question.
I was wondering where I could buy the Workbench 3.1 disks legitimately by a retailer, or if I have any other options (reason I'm asking is because I want to support the community, and not just get some "maybe" working/copied disks from ebay.
What are my options? I saw that AmigaOS comes with the installed disks, but that's on CD-Rom. I need the disks, as I want to do it without reformatting and repartitioning the drive through WinUAE, + I want the original disks.
You seem to know your way around the amiga community since OSNews is one of the few tech sites that writes about amiga software Thom. Do you know?