v128ll9e@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (02/24/90)
I need a copy of the latest version of TOS for the Atari ST, on disk. I recently acquired an Atari ST emulator for my Amiga and am dying to try it out. It requires me to put in a copy of TOS, which I don't own. Anyone want to sell me one? Please make offers through my account (E-Mail me!) Cheapest bid gets it. I would like to get the latest version possible. Incidentally, is TOS copyprotected? If it is, I require the orriginal disk. If, by some chance, you had an orriginal, archived it then somehow destroyed the orriginal, I will accept a copy if the the orriginal disk accompanies it. Oh yes, just as a matter of curiosity, what is TOS? Thanks, Rich P.S. Boy am I desperate!!! Golly, I'm so desperate that no offer will be refused outright.
apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) (02/27/90)
v128ll9e@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu writes: >I need a copy of the latest version of TOS for the Atari ST, on disk. >[...] >P.S. Boy am I desperate!!! Golly, I'm so desperate that no offer will be >refused outright. What you are asking is at worst unlawful and at best a violation of nondisclosure agreements between Atari and its developers. TOS-on-disk is not copy-protected, but it certainly is copyRIGHT protected. It is further protected as a trade secret. It was only available to developers, and they're all (nominally) bound by a nondisclosure agreement with Atari. (It goes both ways: Atari doesn't sell or otherwise divulge THEIR work-in-progress, either.) I guess there's no harm in buying an ORIGINAL RAM TOS disk (circa 1985), as long as the seller doesn't keep a copy for him/herself. That was a product for sale, and I don't think it was covered by any license agreement, certainly not one saying you couldn't resell it. I'm not giving legal opinions, only guesses. I don't speak for Atari. (Well, on RARE occasions I try to, but it almost always ends in disaster.) ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt