DISCUSSION A: The system ROM files
installed by Amiga Forever Plus
Edition are not encoded, and thus do
not need a "rom.key" file. In such
a scenario, if
you found some instructions that reference
a "rom.key" file, just ignore the part about the
file, and they should work. ROM encoding was added to the Amiga Forever,
UAE and Fellow projects in 1997 on request
of the Amiga licensors,
and remains a supported option. It is a
simple XOR transformation, rather than a
more complex encryption, however it met the
requirements of the licensors (and probably
also more modern provisions about
circumvention). Where ROMs
are encoded, the "rom.key" file is located
in the same directory as the ROM files.
Detection by third-party applications is
usually automatic, as encoded ROMs can be
recognized by their header ("AMIROMTYPE1") and the location
of the "rom.key" file, if present, has never
changed. Amiga Forever
has a ROM troubleshooting feature that can
be accessed via Help/Developer/Write Log
File. The resulting report includes details
about installed ROM files and their
checksums, which can be used
to confirm whether the desired ROMs are
present. Amiga Forever ROMs can be
accessed either after installation, or on
the Amiga Forever ISO image. There are no
usable ROM files that can be accessed
manually in the MSI (Windows Installer)
file. The installer file is designed to be
run, not to be "extracted". Amiga Forever
needs to be run at least once to complete
installation. For licensing reasons, the free
Amiga Forever Express Edition continues to
use encoded ROMs. The ROM files are decoded
following registration or an upgrade.
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