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- {subhead} Petro Tyschtschenko interview{def}{p}
- Article by Chris Seward, Mark Tierno & members of Just-Amiga ML
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- Yes we have it, an interview with Petro Tyschtschenko himself. AIO has
- scooped the others and brought you some answers to the questions
- you've all been asking. Please understand that Petro is not able to
- talk about all situations. Now, on with the interview.
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- {bold}AIO{nobold}: What products will you have to sell at Amiga99?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: You mean the St. Louis show in March? Our existing Product
- range. We will show the new icons of the OS 3.5 as demonstration.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: What will the emulation possibilities of the new machine be like?
- Full emulation of Classic Amiga, PC, Mac? if the chip is supposed to
- be better than that of the best PC will we see PC emulators at good
- speed?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: I think this question is too early in this stage. I recommand
- that you should contact our VP Development Dr. Allan Havemose in San
- Jose, and I am sure that he can answering a little bit more.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Will software/hardware producers be getting the pre-amiga machine?
- Top companies like Capcom, Rare, Team 17, etc, all big games companies
- need to be able to produce things for the new machine and not just
- current Amiga companies?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: Yes, that is the plan.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Will any old hardware plug into the NG: Amiga? Many users have
- spent hundreds upgrading the classic Amigas, will any current hardware
- be able to be used?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: You also should contact for this answer our Development
- department in USA.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: What data storage medias will be available? DVD, CD, Disk?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: My understanding is all three mediums.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Will the CPU be faster than the current G3`s Ie the 700Mhz one.{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: No comment so far at this moment. Please understand.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Do you have a rough price range for the NG: Amiga?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: It is also a little to early for an answer.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: As far as you can tell will there be any chance of a new machine
- before Christmas this year?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: The new SW will be available before Christmas, that is the plan
- for sure.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Will the CPU chip be easily updatable IE lift out and slot in.
- This may be very important if all of us buy the first machine - say
- 400mhz version only to find a 700mhz version a month later?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: Please, contact our developing department.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Could you please clarify the role of Amiga, Int. and Amiga, Inc.?
- Is it a subsidiary of Amiga, Inc, or one of Gateway? What sense does it
- make to have marketing company in Germany and Development in the States?
- (With Bill McEwen as "head of marketing" in the US, btw)?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: Please see our last Press release. We will smelt together as
- one company, with one website and one President. Which makes the
- things much more easier and transparent. In the future our company
- structure will change complete to perform our future plans.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: The other big country on the Amiga front is the UK, will we
- see any Amiga office open here any time soon?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: At the moment we have no plans to open a subsidiary in the UK.
- But of course when our business is growing with the NG we will start
- to think about this seriously.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: What is the current release date for O.S3.5, how far til it is
- complete?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: We will show some demos already in St.Louis USA on 12 - 14
- March 99. The OS 3.5 will be available for sales in June 1999
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Have Amiga on a whole started talking to printer etc companies
- to produce drivers for various hardware add-ons for the new machine?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: As soon as we have established our new organisation in San Diego
- and San Jose, we will start activities....
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: Will we actually see TV/Magazine advertisements when the new Amiga
- is released?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: Of course, because we have to do a lot of PR work and advertisement
- to establish the NG in the market.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: What is being done to support current Amiga companies to stay
- afloat?{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: We will improve the communication line and support developers.
- {p} {p}
- {bold}AIO{nobold}: If the Amiga is released and takes over the current PC market will
- Gateway turn completely Amiga related or are their plans just to run
- the Amiga as a small side computer for minimal financial gains{p}
- {bold}PETRO{nobold}: If we have a change to play a big role, and I am quite
- optimistic, than of course I am sure that Gateway is interested to
- participate.
- {p} {p}
- Thank-you Petro for your time. We all look forward to the brightening
- future of the Amiga.
- {p} {p}
- In the next few issues we will try to secure an interview with Dr. Allan
- Havemose, hoping that he will beable to shed some more light on the
- questions that Petro could not help with.
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- Who would you like to see interviewed? email us, {bold}amiga@thefree.net{nobold}