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Matt

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As you may know, I have a Performa 5200CD, and have a thread I put in MacAddict asking a few questions n stuff, and I got this in my PM account there:

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Do you use hotline? If so come to my server to get all the old software you need! Don't mention this on the forums though. Mods tend to get pissed. You can get the client on my page below and use www.tracker-tracker.com to find servers to link to. Just search for samtron or 68k there. If you stop by message samtron and tell me its you.


hotline://samtron.cjb.net

http://samtron.no-ip.com

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Is there any risks involved (i.e spyware, virus')? I would doubt if this person cares if I post this here, cause this isn't Mac Addict. :)
 
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Your Mac's Specs
PowerBook 12" Combo Drive/867 MHz/256 MB RAM/40 GB hard drive/Mac OS X 10.3.5/AirPort Extreme it sux
Isn't that piracy? Or is downloading old software that most likely isn't made anymore (vaporware?) legal?
 
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Matt

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I don't know, but I don't think the companies who made the software would care that much anymore, the software's probably around 8-10 years old.
 
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vuschejan

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Absolute Zero said:
Isn't that piracy? Or is downloading old software that most likely isn't made anymore (vaporware?) legal?

Sometimes companies put their old software into freeware just to let the public have it
 

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