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Rob White  
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 More options 12 Jun, 18:21
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.games
From: Rob White <mfl...@dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:21:28 +0100
Local: Thurs 12 Jun 2008 18:21
Subject: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....

Hi all,

I came across this website in my hunt for SNES ROMs and was surprised to
see a link to download Archimedes software.

http://www.doperoms.com

I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few
are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like
Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.

Is there anyone I can report this to?

Cheers,
Rob
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Discussion subject changed to "Acorn Archimedes - ROM images" by Peter Naulls
Peter Naulls  
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 More options 12 Jun, 19:10
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From: Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:10:22 -0700
Local: Thurs 12 Jun 2008 19:10
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images

Rob White wrote:
> Hi all,

> I came across this website in my hunt for SNES ROMs and was surprised to
> see a link to download Archimedes software.

> http://www.doperoms.com

> I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few
> are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like
> Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.

> Is there anyone I can report this to?

A lot of this stuff would now be owned by 4D/CJE, with no doubt some
other stuff belonging to APDL.  That'd be your starting point.

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Discussion subject changed to "Acorn Archimedes - ROM images...." by DiscoBitch
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 More options 28 Jun, 17:51
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From: "DiscoBitch" <discob1...@gobollocks.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:51:04 +0100
Local: Sat 28 Jun 2008 17:51
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....
Why report it?

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David Holden  
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 More options 29 Jun, 06:50
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From: "David Holden" <Spam...@apdl.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:50:17 GMT
Local: Sun 29 Jun 2008 06:50
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....

On 12-Jun-2008, Rob White <mfl...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> I came across this website in my hunt for SNES ROMs and was surprised to
> see a link to download Archimedes software.

> http://www.doperoms.com

> I'm not totally sure of the legality of some of the games (Quite a few
> are from magazine coverdisks and/or PD) but I'm certain things like
> Simon The Sorceror aren't supposed to be downloadable.

This toe rag turns up from time to time. A couple of weeks ago his last site
was closed down but it's almost a waste of time getting it shut down as it
just pops up again.

However, IME there's just about nothing there that's of any use. It's all
either badly broken, copy protected disc images that will only work from
ADFS:0 so no good for emulators or multi-disc sets with missing or
duplicated discs. So don't waste your time and bandwidth downloading lots of
stuff.

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David Holden  
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 More options 29 Jun, 07:42
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From: "David Holden" <Spam...@apdl.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:42:34 GMT
Local: Sun 29 Jun 2008 07:42
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....

On 29-Jun-2008, "David Holden" <Spam...@apdl.co.uk> wrote:

I've just had another look and it seems that since the last 'altercation'
he's removed all the Archimedes stuff, so no worries (until it all turns up
again somewhere else.

BTW it all appears on a CD from time to time. Don't bother buying it, on a
CD full of games I think I found about half a dozen very ancient ones that
were functional, but you'd need an old A400 or A3000 to run them.

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Rob Kendrick  
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 More options 29 Jun, 12:53
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From: Rob Kendrick <n...@rjek.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:53:22 GMT
Local: Sun 29 Jun 2008 12:53
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:42:34 +0000, David Holden wrote:
> BTW it all appears on a CD from time to time. Don't bother buying it, on
> a CD full of games I think I found about half a dozen very ancient ones
> that were functional, but you'd need an old A400 or A3000 to run them.

I remember a CD sold by ProAction that fits this description precisely!

B.


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Chris Evans  
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 More options 30 Jun, 16:22
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From: Chris Evans <ch...@cjemicros.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:22:58 +0100
Local: Mon 30 Jun 2008 16:22
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....
In article <6cop71F3i0ov...@mid.individual.net>, David Holden

Yes I emailed the webmaster and he promptly removed all RISC OS software not
just the titles that I listed as still being 'published' he also emailed me
asking how much to buy the rights. My reply to him bounced!

> BTW it all appears on a CD from time to time. Don't bother buying it, on a
> CD full of games I think I found about half a dozen very ancient ones that
> were functional, but you'd need an old A400 or A3000 to run them.

Chris Evans

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 More options 30 Jun, 19:19
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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:19:06 +0100
Local: Mon 30 Jun 2008 19:19
Subject: Re: Acorn Archimedes - ROM images....
In message <ant3015581cbp...@client.cjemicros.co.uk>
          Chris Evans <ch...@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote:

>> > of stuff.

>> I've just had another look and it seems that since the last 'altercation'
>> he's removed all the Archimedes stuff, so no worries (until it all turns up
>> again somewhere else.

> Yes I emailed the webmaster and he promptly removed all RISC OS software not
> just the titles that I listed as still being 'published' he also emailed me
> asking how much to buy the rights. My reply to him bounced!

Probably just as well, it might have given him a heart-attack right?

Andrew
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