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                           Interview with F1 Software
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                              Editor: @5Andy Kellett

@6*2
      What your name?
@5
      Andy Kellett.
@6
      Could  you  describe  your  company  and  the important people of the
      company?
@5
      The  company  name  is F1 Software.  I own the company, and am pretty
      much  the only employee.  I get a lot of help and Inspiration from my
      good  friend,  Paul  Burkey,  who  has  had  games  such as Simon the
      Sorcerer II & Foundation published rather recently.  We often meet up
      in UK for beers and curry @1=)
@6
      Since when do you work on/with the Amiga?
@5
      I've  had  an  Amiga  for  a number of years, it's been about 8 years
      since I started to code on them, before then I just played games.


@6*2
      Do you work together with other groups or companies?
@5
      Not directly, the only person I really work with on other projects is
      Paul Burkey, we are working on a couple of things right now.
@6
      What kind of software do you produce?
@5
      Usually  games  and  utilities.  It's normally a combination of the 2
      that  I  produce,  with  games  being  finished  much  quicker than a
      utility.
@6
      Why  is  your  developing  software  for  the  Amiga, and not for the
      Macintosh as example?
@5
      All  of  the  sources  I  work  on  are 100% compatible to PC and Mac
      machines, without any problems.  As newer platforms come out, such as
      AmigaDE, with a little bit of work, it's possible to make the sources
      compile  there too.  I doubt I will ever make a piece of code that is
      purely for one machine again.





@6*2
      What is your latest product and what are your plans for the future?
@5
      Our  latest  product is AmiBud, an eBay client for Amiga, and AmigaDE
      machines.   We  are  also  working  on a couple of things for the new
      Amiga  PDA,  AmiBud  should also work on that when it is released for
      DE.
@6
      What release you the next weeks?
@5
      Our  PDA stuff will be public knowledge by then, I can't give you any
      details on the nature of the stuff for the time being.
@6
      What are your favourite games for the Amiga?
@5
      Best  game ever made for Amiga was Turrican, by Manfred Trenz.  Still
      play  it on a regular basis.  Sneech, by Paul Burkey, is also another
      of my favourites.





@6*2
      Is it your main job to work for the Amiga, or is it just a hobby?  If
      it is a hobby - what's your main job?
@5
      At  the moment, it's a part time job.  As things are progressing now,
      I'm  spending  more  and more time working on stuff, and not just for
      Amiga.   In the next couple of months, I will be working on things on
      a full-time basis, that will greatly affect the new Amiga.
@6
      What  kind  of things (software, hardware, and so on) are you missing
      for the Amiga?
@5
      Amiga  didn't  have  an  eBay  client, and I used a PC one for a long
      while,  even helped contribute ideas and stuff to another one, and so
      I  thought  I would have a go at creating one of my own.  No one else
      has tried one for the Amiga yet, so I hope to be the first.
@6
      Your  software,  for  what  kind of processor do you develop:  68k or
      PPC?
@5
      There  will  be  68K  versions,  and  a  PPC  is possible, though the
      application should work on Classic Amiga good enough as it is.



@6*2
      Will  you  support the AmigaNG in future, or do you work on a project
      like this?  If yes, please tell us about.
@5
      It should be supported, I don't see any reason why not.
@6
      If  the  AmigaNG  is  available,  will  you still support the classic
      Amiga?
@5
      Yes, to a point.  Games will be 060 and above, PPC etc.
@6
      Will you transpose a PC-game to the Amiga?
@5
      Yes, have been working on a number of ports for quite some time now.
@6
      Will you release other projects on other platforms?
@5
      Yes, my limitations are not just to Amiga machines, I will release PC
      and Mac applications also.




@6*2
      Think  you  that the OS3.9 are the right way or it is better to close
      the  Amiga  Classic with the OS3.5 and make only a new OS for the NEW
      Amiga?
@5
      Classic  AmigaOS  is  very  outdated, until they make a new ROM to go
      inside  the different models of Amiga, they aren't really giving much
      more  than  just a face-lift to what is already there.  I think a new
      ROM is the way to go if they want to keep the classic OS alive.
@6
      Have you a homepage?  what's the URL?
@5
      http://www.mushy-pd.demon.co.uk
@6
      Is it better to reach you by e-mail or snailmail?
@5
      Email  is  preferred.   If you wish to contact us via snail mail, you
      can do so by writing to:

      Andy Kellett, PostalBox 2202, Lancaster, PA 17608, USA.






@6*2
      Do you like the AmigaFuture magazine?
@5
      Haven't  really  read it enough to comment that much, interviews have
      seen  one  copy briefly from a while ago, interviews don't get a hold
      of many international magazines.
@6
      What do you think about those long and troublesome interviews? @1 :)
@5
      Interviews  are  OK  in  short doses, I don't do too many of them, as
      they take a lot of time to complete.
@6
      What would you like to say to the software-pirates?
@5
      Look out!
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                      (c) by APC&TCP,@2 Andreas Magerl.