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DHS.NU news article
This is the first of a line of "mini interviews" which will be done now and then here at the DHS Scene-news section. Hopefully it can give some extra insight of what's going on and what the crews are planning.
First out is Deez of Mind Design, talking about why Mind Design suddenly got very active, and what he consider to be the future Falcon demo machine.
DHS:
Hello Deez!
Mind Design has been really ultra-productive during the year 2000. What do you think has been the "trigger" to such an activeness? Especially when most other Falcon crews seems to have been sleeping.
DEEZ:
Hello Evil!
We released three prods, quickhacks for two parties and one idependent release. My personal inspiration comes from various sources including demopreviews, reading about other people's efforts and so on. I think it is very important to see people actually doing things to support atari, otherwise we might end up in catch 22, "I'm not doing anything becasue noone else does..."
Feedback also makes me active, the fact that people care about this things I produce, even if they slagg it off its still better than no feedback at all.
DHS:
We have heard some words that Mind Design will continue to release Falcon demos during 2001. What will be the key-points for releases? For example do you think Mind Design will show up at the Error In Line II and compete with a new Falcon demo there?
DEEZ:
We will show up at EIL2, with a new demo for falcon, that is for sure. This time I hope I can manage to finish it off well before the actual party, that hasnt been case for the last two contributions.
After that one I cannot promise another demo for some time, I will concentrate on some other codingrelated things for the falcon. Also, I might be a bit busy with work during the summertime and ofcourse, the famous vacations.
DHS:
What are your thoughts on the future Falcon demos? Will they demand more CPU-power than before, or can we expect the demos to have a "low-end" mode as well?
DEEZ:
I belive we've left the nonFPU, 4MB specs beind us now and since the extra peripherials are allowed in competitions I cannot see a reason why we should stick to the old standards. When it comes to faster CPUs we are getting there, recent falcondemos really needs the extra speed a faster CPU/BUS can provide. I am very sure this trend will continue, getting faster falcons and more compatible demos, able to take advantage of accelerators.
When I got my ct2 long time ago I intended to make "lightversions" of my demos but I have been a bit short on time and motivation to do so. But I guess even when the new accelerators will become available, some people will still stick to the standard 030@16MHz and claim its the true spirit, we will see what happends.
DHS:
There are two new accelerators coming up for the Falcon, both have their strengths and weaknesses. Are you going to buy anyone of them? If so, which one is your primal choice?
DEEZ:
I am interested in both of them, I've changed my mind a few times since they were first introduced and at the moment I am more interested in the Tempest but will probably buy both of them if I can afford. The Tempest has the advantage of being upgradeable with new emulation software in case bugs are found or improvements are to be made, that isnt really the case with the CT60. On the other hand, the CT60 offers PCI which Tempest doesnt so we will see.
Having the option to choose between two ew accelerators or ofcourse a nice thing but there is a flipside to that coin, two developers sharing such a small market as the atari means that they will (most likely) not profit as much as if one of them would have been the only one. This might lead to decreased will to continue supporting atari. Lets hope for the best!
DHS:
Thank you Deez for taking your time to answer all questions in this mini-interview. And good luck with future Atari releases.
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