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> Amiga Forever Value Edition comes in a dedicated Windows version, which is easy to install and run. If you do not intend to use Amiga Forever on a Windows system we recommend that you purchase the Plus Edition or the Premium Edition, which include both Windows and non-Windows content.
(so non-windows users cannot use the (much) cheaper edition...)
I'm returning to my childhood home in a couple of days after many years away, and now I'm wondering about searching the attic for my A1200, and whether any of the games I wrote for myself way back when, in Amos and then Amiga E, are still recoverable. Probably not; if the disks exist they're almost thirty years old, and probably best kept running in some corner of my memory. I'll try though.
That's great ! Except > Amiga Forever Value Edition comes in a dedicated Windows version, which is easy to install and run. If you do not intend to use Amiga Forever on a Windows system we recommend that you purchase the Plus Edition or the Premium Edition, which include both Windows and non-Windows content. (so non-windows users cannot use the (much) cheaper edition...)
Meta: perhaps this should have the new version number ("10") added to the title. According to Wikipedia [1] release 10 is five days old which would seem to make it news-worthy. I think Cloanto could work a little bit on their webpage's look, and add release history (or at least release date) so it's easier to figure out if it's really NEW as they state in their headline. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Forev…
Too expensive I bet, all the money they make selling software someone else wrote over 30 years ago is spent suing other parties who do the same thing they do
That's great ! Except > Amiga Forever Value Edition comes in a dedicated Windows version, which is easy to install and run. If you do not intend to use Amiga Forever on a Windows system we recommend that you purchase the Plus Edition or the Premium Edition, which include both Windows and non-Windows content. (so non-windows users cannot use the (much) cheaper edition...)
(I can't remember what I did in the end but I did manage to get the Kickstart ROMs into my Mac.)
EDIT: typo.
I'm returning to my childhood home in a couple of days after many years away, and now I'm wondering about searching the attic for my A1200, and whether any of the games I wrote for myself way back when, in Amos and then Amiga E, are still recoverable. Probably not; if the disks exist they're almost thirty years old, and probably best kept running in some corner of my memory. I'll try though.
I think the Amstrad CPC-464 I had, had even more core memories. But this thing was a beast in its day.
That's great ! Except > Amiga Forever Value Edition comes in a dedicated Windows version, which is easy to install and run. If you do not intend to use Amiga Forever on a Windows system we recommend that you purchase the Plus Edition or the Premium Edition, which include both Windows and non-Windows content. (so non-windows users cannot use the (much) cheaper edition...)
I bought Amiga Forever a few years ago in order to get the Kickstart ROMs that I needed to play some games in FS-UAE on my Mac. Trying to actually get the content onto my Mac was more painful than I'd anticipated. "To install the stuff you've just bought, just double click this .msi installer". Heh, thanks. (I can't remember what I did in the end but I did manage to get the Kickstart ROMs into my Mac.) EDIT: typo.
The kickstart ROMs are still encrypted on the ISO and AF stores unencrypted versions on disk after you run it but if you're on a Mac/Linux you can use romtool to decrypt them
https://amitools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tools/romtool.html
I'm returning to my childhood home in a couple of days after many years away, and now I'm wondering about searching the attic for my A1200, and whether any of the games I wrote for myself way back when, in Amos and then Amiga E, are still recoverable. Probably not; if the disks exist they're almost thirty years old, and probably best kept running in some corner of my memory. I'll try though.
Please recap your old hardware before powering it on, and use a newly made power supply - way too much stuff gets fried when people neglect these things. Also if your Amiga has a working RTC, that's powered by a battery that will often leak and ruin your motherboard. So you'd need to replace that as well.
A standard ATX (or AT) power supply can be used with an Amiga 1200, so that's an easy route if you have one. Cut off the cables (Amiga PSU donates connector), some electrical tape, and a paper clip to jumpstart the ATX PSU, and Bob's your uncle.
I'm returning to my childhood home in a couple of days after many years away, and now I'm wondering about searching the attic for my A1200, and whether any of the games I wrote for myself way back when, in Amos and then Amiga E, are still recoverable. Probably not; if the disks exist they're almost thirty years old, and probably best kept running in some corner of my memory. I'll try though.
Probably not; if the disks exist they're almost thirty years old, and probably best kept running in some corner of my memory. I came across an old box of 3.5 discs a few years back that I had stored away since the early 90's. I recovered them using ddrescue to create images using a cheap USB floppy drive.. was great fun.
The world could be a lot different had Commodore management been so boneheaded.
OK. I'm being harsh. At the time, with the information they had, those decisions that now appear stupid could make sense.