Interview with Pawel "Taski" Filipczak
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Pawel "Taski" Filipczak, der Macher von TaskiSMS
Today Fabio Trotta talked to Pawel Filipczak, the coder of TaskiSMS and StreAmi. Let`s see what we can expect from him in the future.
1. Hi Pawel, how long are you an AMIGA user ?
Hi. I'm an Amiga user for something about ten years. My first Amiga was A500 (with some extra peripherals), next A1200 which I have got till these days. Last time I bought A3000T, which is waiting for some extra toys.
2. Why have you chosen the AMIGA, and not the Mac or PC ?
It's difficult to say. Probably games. Ten years ago many peoples in Poland has got an Amiga and many software was available (most of them is games). And remember that ten years ago in Poland you could copy everything and that was conformity with the law. After that I started using programs.
I don't bought PC because I don't saw any attractive games for that computer (except simulators) and any sense programs. Word under DOS wasn't attractive for me. And I don't bought Mac because that computers wasn't available in Poland and was very expansive, and MacOS is too childish to me (like Lego-Duplo blocks:)
3. What machine do you use ?
A1200T, Blizzard 68040/40 SCSI, 64MB RAM, Mediator+Voodoo3+Ethernet, Yamaha CD-R SCSI, FastATA-2, 30GB HD (IBM), CD40x, scanner Mustek, PS2 Mouse, Sony Trinitron 21".
and sometimes (for tests) A3000T 030/25, 4MB RAM, ECS (rules!), 1GB HD SCSI, Eizo 14".
4. What are you doing, if you are not coding for us ?
Many other things. My biggest hobby beyond Amiga is restoring old cars. Actually I have got Trabant 601 (please look at http://trabant.taski.com.pl and also Trabant 1.1 (with VW engine), which I intend to renovate, paint, tuning, etc. on vacation. When I'll finish that I want to buy Trabant P50 or P70 (maybe somebody wants to sell it?) or Wartburg 311 (1956-66). I like old German cars:). And over that I like girls and beer:).
5. What are your favourite AMIGA games ?
Actually dynAMIte, others is: 1869, Settlers, Benefactor, and adventure games like Beneath A Steel Sky.
6. Hom many years do you code right now ?
Hmm, I don't remember. My first language was Amos, next AmosPro, after that Blitz2, and now I code in C (I use GnuC).
7. Please tell me something about your actual projects.
I'm still working on TaskiSMS. I'm trying to remove all bugs, add new plugins and adds new features. Currently, for example, I want to add drag'n'drop messages to folders. In my free time I also working on StreAmi, actually I'm trying to solve problem with displaying title of currently played song.
8. Do you have any plans for the future right now ? Which platform do you want to support ?
I'm planning to write some drivers to Mediator and Prometheus. I want to buy motherboard from B-Plan and use it with MorphOS, because this is, in my opinion, the best and working solution. Very important to me is easy way to port programs from m68k to PPC under MorphOS.
9. How is the AMIGA market especially in poland ?
Unfortunatly smaller and smaller. Many peoples sold their Amigas and bought PC. And it's very easy to explain looking to the new games on the PC. But peoples which didn't sell their Amiga probably don't sell it ever. In Poland we have got some hardware makers. Last time the famous of them are Elbox and Matay. We also have got some hardware and software distributors, but new games are available only in Matay.
10. What do you think about the actual AMIGA market at all ?
I haven't got any opinion. But looking for proclamation to my programs I notice that number of users decreased. Half year ago it's impossible to answer to all incoming mails, now I answer to all mails.
11. Do you trust in the new plans of AMIGA Inc. ? Is this the right way ?
No. I'm totally confused. And I'm trying to pass all informations from AMIGA Inc. on news servers. I'm really don't know what they want to do, and I don't care about that. If they really make something revolutionary, I'll buy it and I'll write programs, but now I'm really not interested what they want to do.
Is this the right way? I haven't got any idea. I'm not a marketing master. Now I'm abstain. If something will appear and get minimal popularity, then I'll start thinking about it.
12. Do you have any comment for our community ?
Take care about yourself. I've got hope that my programs helps you and makes agreeable work with your Amiga.
Thanks for your time and much luck with future versions of TaskiSMS or other new projects. Let`s see how bright the future of our beloved system is.
You can reach Taski online at http://www.taski.com.pl/.