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OF EFFECT AND KUBA
INTERVIEWED
BY JAMES L. MATHEWS
Previously known as Tronic of TRONIC P.D.L., Tronic is now a member of
EFFECT and KUBA and is now working on a new set of demo compilations
(available from POWER P.D.) known as INDUSTRIAL SAFE. He also runs EFFECT
P.D.L. and is a "part-time" member of KUBA who are a group that specialise
in music. Tronic is a well known coder who is quite deeply involved in the
ST scene and is obsessed with STE's (as you will see by this interview).
Well, I won't hold you any longer, here's an exclusive interview with
Tronic...
TRONIC, HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD AN ST?
4 years.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ST SCENE?
3 and a half years.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GET AN ST?
A friend and Dungeon Master!
HOW LONG HAS EFFECT P.D.L. BEEN RUNNING?
6 months.
DO YOU SEE A CLOSURE OF YOUR P.D.L. IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
NO!
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO GET YOUR P.D.L. ESTABLISHED?
3 Days (EFFECT PDL).
Previous Crew; 1 Year (TRONIC PDL).
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO START OFF A P.D.L.?
Money and PR.
ARE YOU GLAD THAT YOU STARTED UP EFFECT P.D.L.?
Yes and No.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE DISK IN YOUR COLLECTION?
Too many to say?!
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE P.D. SCENE?
Friends and Foreigners.
IF ANYTHING, WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE ABOUT THE P.D. SCENE?
POSTAGE!
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN?
STE Demos. Why? Because there are not enough!
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE LESS OF IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN?
Non-Enhanced STE Demos. Why? Because STF does not beat STE!
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT CHUCKING IT ALL IN?
YES!
IF YOU HADN'T HAVE BOUGHT AN ST, WHAT COMPUTER DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE
BOUGHT INSTEAD?
IBM PC 486 66DX (Which I did have - But not any more!)
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE ST?
Creating things!
IF ANYTHING, WHAT DO YOU DISLIKE ABOUT THE ST?
STOS - slow!
HOW LONG TO DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THE ST HAS LEFT IN ITS LIFE?
A Long time if people don't give up on it, un-necessarily, and selling STE
games in the shops again!
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS LIFE COULD BE LENGTHENED?
More commerical games.
WHERE DO YOU THINK ATARI WENT WRONG WITH THE ST?
Keeping the ATARI name!
DO YOU THINK ATARI GOT ANYTHING RIGHT WITH THE ST AND IF SO, WHAT?
Not ATARI, the users did!
IF YOU WERE SAM TRAIMEL, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE ST THAT ATARI
DIDN'T?
Put a caps-lock light on it! And put more adverts on the TV and not
promote the shit medium rez GEM games!
DO YOU THINK THE QUALITY OF P.D. IS GETTING BETTER OR WORSE?
BETTER!
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS?
More intelligent and better coders on the STE! From the AMIGA?
DO YOU THINK SOME P.D.L.'S ARE JUST OUT FOR THE MONEY RATHER THAN TO OFFER A
GENUINE SERVICE?
Yes.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE GLOSSY ST MAGAZINES?
SHIT!
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING YOU COULD CHANGE ABOUT YOUR ST, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Pretty Colours - Georgi W. (TANITH of EFFECT!)
DO YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA PLANS OR PROJECTS FOR YOUR P.D.L. AND IF SO, WHAT?
Not really, yet, but I want to know more about coding (DMA/STE stuff).
WHAT WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO HAPPEN WITH YOUR P.D.L.?
More STE demos!
WHAT WOULD YOU LEAST LIKE TO HAPPEN WITH YOUR P.D.L.?
Go bye-byes!
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE HONEST ENOUGH WITH SHAREWARE?
No.
WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON THE ATARI FALCON? HAVE ATARI JUST MUCKED IT ALL UP?
ATARI (the company) are dead, they should start again, with a new name!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ATARI JAGUAR CONSOLE?
Better than the SNES, not better than the CD's.
DO YOU THINK THAT IF THE JAGUAR DOES WELL FOR ATARI, THEY WILL LEAVE THE
COMPUTING SCENE AND MOVE OVER TO THE CONSOLE MARKET?
No.
WHO IN THE P.D. SCENE DO YOU RESPECT THE MOST AND WHY?
STE demo coders!
WHAT DO YOU THINK US ST OWNERS HAVE THAT AMIGA OWNERS DON'T?
A different computer (TANITH of EFFECT). We don't have ego-problems, but we
do have a life outside computers!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK AMIGA OWNERS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT?
Too many bloody people on it!
WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE TO ANYONE ABOUT TO START WORK ON A NEW P.D. PRODUCT?
License me to spread it!
WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO START UP THE INDUSTRIAL SAFE DEMO
COMPILATIONS?
Nirvana of ADMIRABLES liked my TRONIC PDL DEMO COMPILS and suggested that I
do one, now I am under EFFECT and hadn't done one in 7 months or more!
ARE YOU GLAD THAT YOU STARTED THESE COMPILATIONS?
Yes, Number 2 will be out in a few days!
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HARDEST ABOUT PRODUCING COMPILATION DISKS?
Finding the stuff to put on it!
WHAT OTHER COMPILATION DISKS DO YOU COLLECT AND ENJOY?
Animal Mine, Stax, Blues Boys etc...
INDUSTRIAL SAFE IS A RATHER NEW NAME TO THE P.D. SCENE, DO YOU THINK IT WILL
TAKE OFF?
No, the title is too long!
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HARDEST ABOUT RUNNING EFFECT P.D.L.?
Finding the time to run it!
YOU'VE JUST OBTAINED A 1 MEG STE. DO YOU THINK THAT THE 'TALENT' OF THE STE
WAS WASTED?
No.
WHAT WAS IT THAT INSPIRED YOU TO LEARN HOW TO CODE?
The art of creation!
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO CODE IN THE MOST?
GenST v2.23 Developer Enhanced (Reset Resident!).
WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS DO YOU LIKE TO CODE AND WHY?
Anything really.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CODE?
I don't have to rip code!
WHAT DO YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CODE?
It takes a long time and a lot of effort!
FAVE FOOD:
Everything.
FAVE DRINK:
Everything.
FAVE FILM:
Dracula (TANITH of EFFECT).
Too many - TNC OF EFX.
FAVE T.V.\SERIES:
Prisoner: CELL BLOCK 'H'.
FAVE MUSIC:
All kinds.
FINALLY, TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT YOURSELF:
I am 6.1 foot tall, brown eyes, brown/fair hair. I have a beautiful
girlfriend called Georgi (TANITH of EFFECT), who has long (!) blonde hair
with bits of black and brown in it, but not too much. She has lovely deep
blue eyes, lovely and intense mouth! Lovely long thin legs...That's enough
'bout her...Now me! I am, most of the time, depressing. I went to a PANTERA
concert last night, and met the lead singer of THERAPY?
'Bout it......
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Also, POWER! I am TRONIC OF EFFECT, not TRONIC OF TRONIC PDL, I was in
TRONIC PDL about 1 year ago and stopped it, 'coz the group was shit and
going no-where! I am also in KUBA; a trance music band/crew/group.
CHEERS FOR THAT TRONIC. NOW FEEL FREE TO ADVERTISE WHATEVER YOU WANT BELOW:
Write to me, if you own a STF, STE, PC at:
10 BEECHWOOD
CHURCH HILL
CATERHAM
SURREY
CR3 6SB
ENGLAND
U.K.