home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- {fon:hom00F0F0}
- Interview with 'The Datastream'
- {fon:tri}
-
- i) What made you decide to start an Arc P.D. Library?
-
- We didn't decide to start an Arc PD library as such, rather the
- opportunity arose for us to take over The DataStream from John
- Nicholas and Chris Dawson. Andy and I had discussed starting a
- library earlier but had never been that serious about it.
-
-
- ii) What are your views on the Arc scene at the moment?
-
- The Arc scene started off fairly promising - numerous demo groups
- such as BIA, ARMageddon, Arc Angels etc. but many of them have
- moved on to commercial projects, leaving a new 'inexperienced' group
- of coders who are still 'learning' their trade. On the utilities side
- of things, the Arc seems to be flourishing - Translator and PackDIR
- (John Kortink) to Supergram from William Tunstall-Pedoe and the soon
- to be released Quantum Tracker supposedly superior to Digital
- Symphony.
-
-
- iii) Why did you decide on using !Magpie instead of a Homegrown
- program for your Disc-Catalogue?
-
- We decided to use Magpie as it allowed us to produce a better looking
- catalogue with pictures and sound, and to produce a much more
- organised catalogue. First of all we had to organise the 500 discs of
- PD software (which contained many duplications), and then type in
- every description into Magpie. In eighteen months we have received
- three 'complaints' about Magpie (two from BBS owners who prefer long
- text files and one from AMF, who also preferred long text files) and
- numerous complements.
-
-
- iv) What is your all time Top 10 of P.D. Software
-
- 1. Son Of Gyrinus 3.6 by Tom Cooper, GG-023
- 2. Tertis by SICK, GG-026
- 3. PackDIR by John Kortink, UU-003
- 4. Translator by John Kortink, UG-002
- 5. Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer, UG-007
- 6. Cubitos from Software Evolutions, DA-023
- 7. BlakHole2 (Dustbin) from Fat German, UU-005
- 8. SampConv by Matthew Farrow, US-001
- 9. DinoSaw by Tom Cooper, GG-053
- 10. TurboCopy by John Reed, UU-006
-
-
- v) What do you think the future holds for 'The DataStream'?
-
- In just under 18 months we have seen turnover nearly triple, our
- catalogue has grown from around 500 discs to approaching 900 discs.
- More and more Arcs are being sold, more coders are producing games,
- demos, utilities (some bad but many excellent). If Acorn 'get it
- right' then the only way is up..
-
- {spr:l00}
- {end}
-