I just noticed now that you are Tom-Bmx, welcome here!
There is unfortunately the 127 bones limit.
You can download Maya 6.0 PLE (Personal Learning Edition) from the Springer publisher, it's part of the book: Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya
The .exe is in this folder: http://extras.springer.com/2005/978-...176-0/Maya6PLE
I think many people searched that already, I was lucky and found it.
timescale 0.01
pollo (30th November 2013)