An interview with WAS.

[Cristobal]

Originally posted by WickedAirSportz
Ack, sorry - left out the firsts for you.

First hardware based disk copier. Versions of the Apple ][/+, Commodore 64, Amiga, and PC.

First full color Macintosh emulation. Versions for the Amiga and PC.

First Pentium emulation. Versions for the Amiga and PowerMac.

First PowerPC emulation. Version for the Amiga, and a version in the completion stages for the PC.

There are other little "firsts" for each different types of home computers as well, but nothing that sticks out still to date.

Yeah, I did a little searching around on the net and found out you came to be quite a figure when it came to emulators for the Amiga. I'm impressed with what you did -- I had no idea that technology existed (then of course I know relatively little about the Amiga but that it probably doesn't get the credit it deserved). I thought it was funny though because it seems that you were generating controversy well before entering into painball. I guess if we knew the history of your previous products we shouldn't be surprised that your current ones are anything different

[Arturus]

Originally posted by WickedAirSportz
Anyways, if people would like to chat about the TurboRev technology, I am willing to do so in a civilized and informative manner. If you want to moan about tactics for sales using buzz words and glamor, then your words will fall on deaf ears.

Thank you. I think I can speak for the majority of us and say that's all we're asking for. Even those of us not involved in the debate/discussion and are humble consumers.

[Grimm1013]

Well, glad to see that you backed up some of what you said, just don't claim that you invented the internet, we all know Al Gore did that.

Beware the loader that thinks!

[shartley]

davidbdavidb

Now, I find these forums more as a source of entertainment - kind of like a really bad sitcom.

[manike]

Agree 100% with Shartley.

Haven't yet seen anything to sway me from the BS I keep reading from WAS. If anything it shows up a pattern of BS, in this and other areas.

Still waiting for any shreads of proof about the claims we are challenging. But then we aren't talented enough to discredit them, or understand your proof, are we? lmao

Ever thought of maybe the fact that some of us are more skilled and thus can see why your claims are rubbish WAS even if you can not? I'm starting to think that's the real issue. Your claims are only real in your head, and those that you baffle with your BS.

WAS your condescending approach to others and your customers is very enlightening.

We've tried chatting about the Turbo Rev in a civilised manner before... and as soon as your claims were discredit you stopped chatting, you had no come back then and you have no comebacknow. You make some good products but the smokescreen and web of lies you weave around them is appalling. Am still waiting for proof on your Turbo Rev that was supposed to be forthcoming over a year ago...

manike

[shartley]

http://www.oit.edu/index.html?method=dgrs Well there you have it folks, the Degree Programs offered by OIT.

In 1983, I graduated from high school and college at the same time, earning 3 degrees (electrical engineering, computer science, and physics).

[shartley]

Manike-
Want some fun? Do a search using his name (WWW Search), and read a couple (which is all there is) of interviews with him. His tone is the same... and actually any claims made IN the interviews are coming directly from HIM, not the one doing the interview. I have YET to be able to find anything substanciating what he says about much of anything.... I can only cross reference it with his own words.

This is not saying he is lying... just that there is no proof thus far that even comes close to validating any of it.

[manike]

Originally posted by shartley
This is not saying he is lying... just that there is no proof thus far that even comes close to validating any of it.

I've done some looking and spoken to quite a few people in paintball. And this seems to be the story from all of them. Most of them started to reply to me by laughing...

manike

[WickedAirSportz]

They must have changed what they offer.

Yep... looks like they dropped the physical and statistical engineering programs, and split the computer science into a few categories instead of how they did it more than 20 years ago. Come on people, do you think if I was not telling the truth that I would even give you a school name.

As far as graduating at the same time goes, I started attending college classes in the 8th grade. You don't exactly have too many kids your age in college, so my parents thought it would be best to have a split schedule attending normal school for a few days, and the "bigger" school the other days.

Please keep up the witch-hunt. I find it exceptionally entertaining.

[shartley]

[mykroft]

Well, It seems that Jim's a little controversial in the Amiga and emulation communities.

quoted from: http://www.lysator.liu.se/amiga/al/g...od_or_bad.HTML


The Voice of Reason on Jim Drew
Character Analysis: Jim Drew


Jim Drew, President and CEO of Utilities Unlimited International gets a
mixed review of criticisms from the Amiga community, from the Internet in
particular. Jim, as you may know is father of EMPLANT board. He has
used online services as a means of "spreading the word" about his upcoming
products before they are released.

One of the questions that enter the minds of Amiga owners is whether
or not he can deliver the products he has promised. He has created the
first multitasking Mac emulation on ANY computer, by using the Amiga's
high tech chipset and OS design. However, many people still find him to
be untrustworthy, as he has often announced products without ever
finishing them.

I will attempt to compare the good items that Jim Drew has brought to
life with his failed attempts.

Jim *DID* do the following:
===========================
Released Emplant, the world's first multitasking Mac emulator (&
supporting software)
Released SYBIL (Mac disk support hardware)
Released AMIA ( Replacement for SYBIL that could be used with Emplant)
Released a free Multi-OS filesystem
..and just recently released the e586dx emulation module
(P*ntium instruction emulation)


Jim promised people a lot of things at one time or another that have never
left the UU labs:
================================================== ========================
PCMCIA Emplant (for A1200's)
3DO emulation for CD^32's.
Atari 400/800 emulator
Atari ST emulator
Apple IIe/II+ emulator
Commodore 64/128 emulators
SNES emulator
Genesis emulator
Free Virtual Memory program that will work with his emulations.

Which leaves a lot of unreleased products, and a lot of questions to be
answered about Jim's integrity. Some people think his outrageous claims
are comparable to the boy who cried "Wolf!" It may be that he is
too enthusiastic for a disgruntled and disbelieving Amiga community to
accept him in these dark hours of the Commodore buyout. Some people have
engaged in name calling, but this does not really hurt Jim's products, and
is not to the general good of the Amiga community.

Jim recently has stopped responding to email on the internet because of
the criticisms and angst of some disgruntled Amiga owners. I sincerely
hope it does not affect his efforts or his development of new products,
and that the Amiga doesn't lose yet another developer supporting it.
As it is, GVP's departure from the Amiga market has left him as one of the
biggest developers for the Amiga.

I personally believe that Amiga owners should take a WYSIWYG (What You
See Is What You Get -Josh) to his products. If you are ambitious, you may
wish to buy his products and "ride out the storm." If you are not, it is
safer to view his products with interest, but to wait until they have been
tested first.

Caveat Emptor - Let the buyer beware.






FYI: I'd like to see the data on what exactly is stolen in Basilisk II, as I've been fooling around with it myself. Legitimatly, as I own 6 68K Macs.

[shartley]

Date of article? From what I understand, UUI does not even exist any more, and that was the company that did the programming we just read about.

hmmmmmm I wonder why...... Being the top folks in the niche they filled, and then dropping off the face of the earth to make RC Car stuff? Now Paintball stuff? hmmmmm Seems like an odd move....... well odd unless FORCED.

[mykroft]

Oh, as to going to college concurrently to high school, it does happen, in fact there is a program specifically for it up here in Ontario, allowing you to take first & second year University courses during your last 2 years of high school. Graduation concurrently, especially with 3 degrees, is not possible up here. Unless those are associates degrees, it's very unlikely anywhere.

[mykroft]

UUI's the old company. It's Microcode Solutions? now. And there was some connection to Emulators Inc. that I'm not sure about.

Emulators Inc. is very shady, notorious for vapourware and BS announcements.

[mxracer33x]

Please stop telling us how smart you are and patting yourself on the back for going to college in the eighth grade. Its all irrelevant to the matter at hand.

"Just the facts ma'am.."

Rather then replying to every post about your inept product how about gathering information and hard facts to prove your point? Quit arguing and show us some proof already.