PiMiga 1.5 for WinUAE

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Anubis

Even when you are not moderator, still workin'...

Even though I'm not a GMod anymore; I still care about EAB

...and where are the GMods? They are seldom here unfortunately

[Anubis]

Sorry to downplay your position... global GM. As for GM/mods, they are here, somewhere... monitoring... like always...



Back to topic - Is there installation instruction for PiMiga 1.5?

ps. My guess is that you did not care to look into Devs/Kickstart folder on system drive.

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by stainy

Isn`t he using another version ? I know there`s no roms included in Pimiga 1.5

Yes the YouTube video released by author also has a note in comment to say no ROMs are included. I suspect someone has manipulated the torrent to include it.

For those that have ROMs it shouldn't matter as you can just transfer them. Simplest way is using the Cloanto Amiga Forever Essentials (https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ver.essentials) which is only £1.79!

[Anubis]

I think that bigger problem are all NES and GameBoy roms that are also included.

[lesta_smsc]

Originally Posted by Anubis

I think that bigger problem are all NES and GameBoy roms that are also included.

In this PiAmiga!?... how does one use that unless there is an emulator also in the package?

[stainy]

There are emulators in the package.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Anubis

ps. My guess is that you did not care to look into Devs/Kickstart folder on system drive.

Nope... but I did see all the WHDLoad slaves / installs so there would have to be KS ROMs for these also under "Devs/Kickstarts".

[gulliver]

It is quite sad to see users pirating 3.1.4 and then later complaining why there are no commercial applications being made, and why aren't developers being paid.

This is why.

[Anubis]

I was about to ask what that has to do with this collection, but then when you check version, you'll get 45.194 *(3.1.4). At least rom is not there.

[falken]

Can someone close this thread?

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by falken

Can someone close this thread?

Only a Global Moderator can do that I'm afraid...

You've removed the links from the 1st post, which is all you can do

...so really you'll have to wait until one shows up eventually, reads this thread and then closes.

[guybrush]

Any chance to see the package back without the roms? Would be nice to run this on WinUAE, for the ones that does not have a Pi

On a side note, most of the Amiga software is pirated and has been among the reasons why the platform sank pretty hard; so I find quite an oxymoron to complain about people pirating Amiga current software and OS. Or maybe was OK to pirate Amiga stuff when others make it, but when you start to sell it is not OK anymore?

[coldacid]

It was never okay to pirate the software when it was current, nor to pirate current Amiga software today. Just because a lot of people did it back in the day doesn't make it fine, nor is it oxymoronic for Amiga devs to complain about it.

[lesta_smsc]

Imagine doing an entire years worth of work and being told you get paid nothing for the effort. This is how developers must have felt particularly if you read the messages they left for hackers.

From discussions with hackers in past, they did it for the challenge and proof of concept rather than to pirate the software and many groups also left messages to buy the originals.

[guybrush]

Originally Posted by coldacid

It was never okay to pirate the software when it was current, nor to pirate current Amiga software today. Just because a lot of people did it back in the day doesn't make it fine, nor is it oxymoronic for Amiga devs to complain about it.

The fact you didn't, was not enough to save the Amiga. The party convention existed for 2 things mostly: show demos and copy games. It was almost in the Amiga culture to have an underground market where games were copied. Heck, even today people sell on ebay SD cards full of games and software for the Amiga, and they can walk away with it because it is considered "abandonware" (except the roms; those are under Cloanto copyright).



And it was not just the Amiga... Spectrum and C64 were akin in many ways, to the same passion for copying software.

[guybrush]

Originally Posted by lesta_smsc

Imagine doing an entire years worth of work and being told you get paid nothing for the effort. This is how developers must have felt particularly if you read the messages they left for hackers.

From discussions with hackers in past, they did it for the challenge and proof of concept rather than to pirate the software and many groups also left messages to buy the originals.

If you do a year worth of work on an Amiga, with the intention to make money; I am sorry to say but it is not a very smart decision. If you do it for passion, you do not ask for money but for donations... Which is the model I support.


Name your price; otherwise is free. The issue is that the weekend coder think to be the keeper of some sort of secret skill; and as such expect to be paid for his incredible talent. Without realizing that most of the greatest coders that work for top 10 companies in the Silicon valley, give away code for free because they make more than enough to have the luxury to spend their limited time doing something, and give it away for free on github.


What sort of crazy madness is this? Programmers doing work for free?


The hacking was a different story; that didn't change today; with hackers breaking into protections and security systems not to get something for profit but to show their skillset. People selling pirated games, were doing it for the purpose to make a profit, not for the challenge.


Everything should be seen in perspective IMO