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That sounds like a good balance for Paul's side of things... he provides basic binaries, the beta build system, and if you have something custom you want, send him a couple of bucks or be happy with "demo" floating around on the screen.A donation of two dollars or more to the Gryphel Project is required. But the first step is to request a free Demonstration version. The Demo version is identical to the regular version, except that the word “Demo” floats around the emulated screen. If the Demo looks suitable, you can then sponsor that variation, and I'll produce the non Demo version. Once sponsored, that variation is available to everyone, under the GPL license.
(No donation is currently required for the Mini vMac 3.5 Beta Variations Service.)
The Mini vMac 3.5 Beta Variations Service is atMacintoshGuy wrote:where can I find the 3.5 beta variation service?
I chose the $2 amount so that people could sponsor multiple variations for a still modest sum. I regularly only use around four variations myself. If the amount is really a problem, I could consider allowing sponsoring multiple variations per donation, though it would complicate things. Lowering the minimum donation would mean the percent taken by PayPal goes up sharply, so probably isn't practical.macplus wrote:I think that if you pay at least $2 to the Gryphel Project, you should be able to use the Stable Variations Service for free like it was before, because if you must use multiple builds for emulating different machines then you must sponsor every one of them, and you pay even more. Just my opinion of course.
Yes, as mentioned in June 11, 2017 news, the main reason for the change is to encourage more people to test the Beta. As far as I know (from months of daily use), it is currently working perfectly, except maybe for rare spurious abnormal situation reports.adespoton wrote:Why not just use 3.5 beta? It's pretty stable and provides way more features than 3.4 stable.
If I might ask, is the cost of sponsoring a variation an obstacle? That is, would it help if the amount were lower?MacintoshGuy wrote:I guess i can deal with a floating dialog
By the way, Mini vMac variations are not for sale, instead they can be sponsored with a donation.MacintoshGuy wrote:Mini vMac varserv is PAID now?
After increasing automation in the Variations Service to reduce costs, I can now offer something closer to this: as many variations as you can reasonably want for a year for a single donation of ten dollars or more. Where reasonable is defined as up to ten per day, every day. I personally regularly use about five variations total, so hopefully this should be much more than enough.macplus wrote:I think that if you pay at least $2 to the Gryphel Project, you should be able to use the Stable Variations Service for free like it was before, because if you must use multiple builds for emulating different machines then you must sponsor every one of them, and you pay even more. Just my opinion of course.