28 September 2009, 09:43 | #1 |
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Amithlon in Stock
I mailed to Softhut if this is up to date:
http://www.softhut.com/cgi-bin/test/...=9830805_80655 The answer i received today: Yes we do have a few pieces in stock So all the guys asking for Amithlon everywhere - here's your chance |
28 September 2009, 10:57 | #2 |
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that is great news
but price seems a bit steep to me |
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With the age in mind it could be cheaper,
but i guess it's ok. After all it includes AmigaWriter/ArtEffect/StormC/StormScreenManager and QNX And it's a bit faster as the a4000t/060 they've got for up to 2000$ (oh hell i want that machine) |
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The author doesn't get any money for the sales of this item. There is no more development of this product for legal reasons.
Probably better to find an Amithlon spec PC second hand and spend your hard earned money on something else which will be a re-investment into the community? No? Plus the AMIthlon OSxl CD was sold illegally without licenses for Kickstart or Workbench so surely it is no less immoral to rip it off? Don't feel bad for SoftHut, they have a habit of selling illegal software Last edited by alexh; 28 September 2009 at 12:41. |
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This is wrong in so many ways...
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The legal part is a bit woolly but the free part is true.
Someone, somewhere owns the rights, but it certainly wasn't the company formally known as Alive Mediasoft who manufactured the discs that SoftHut are selling. Last edited by alexh; 28 September 2009 at 17:48. |
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If it is old Stock from times where it was Legal,
he can sell it legal, or not? Nobody cares about the Computer, it's much too expensive but the Amithlon CD's (even when expensive too) have reachable Price - Remembering that Amithlon is a rare even on ebay... |
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Paying for a game i can get for free, i wouldn't do(legal or not)
but how about the legal status of the Amithlon CD's? I don't care, i have it already - but i know there are much people searching for it. It is an often asked questions on different boards |
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FWIW:
I'd love to see Amithlon for sale legally - even now with years of no development it's a worthwhile piece of software... ...but it's never been legal to sell: 1st - because the rights to the A.(st)inc IP were never secured, even if that was only because A.(st)inc were a bunch of tw*ts about it. 2nd - Bernie Meyer withdrew the licence to his contribution (most of it) when he got sh*fted over the A.(st)inc licensing issue. Such a shame... AND this resulted in Umilator never seeing the light of day. Generally there can't be much wrong with selling old stock but Amithlon is in a regrettably peculiar situation - can't be sold so does that make it the most abandoned of 'abandonware'..? Last edited by Charlie; 28 September 2009 at 17:45. |
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...hence the quotes
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At least interesting infos about the legal's here
Seems i mixed some Amithlon memorys with Umilator i had in mind that Amithlon was selled legal temporarily Maybe a last noob question: Softhut confirmed per Mail that they have some Amithlon to sell, If someone is going to buy this, then from lawyers side softhut is the bad guy, right? |
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I bet they all were CD-R direct from publishers H&P. Glass masters for CD's cost a lot of money. Doubtful they pressed such small volumes. But you never know. Last edited by alexh; 28 September 2009 at 21:02. |
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I have had three instances of companies denying they received items I have returned, only to find it languishing in their 'Goods Inward' when I have been able to confirm delivery and (if necessary) tell them who signed for it! My original copy of Amithlon/AmigaOS XL is not a CD-R. |
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You can get 300 pressed CDs including the master for about 500 € here. Given that selling them for 150 $ isn't a bad deal at all
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