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TFM or "The Future Man" (Dr. Stefan W. Stumpferl) got his first CPC6128 with color monitor in the year of 1986. He is a active coder of the german CPC scene. 1987 he founded the group FutureSoft. Since 1989 he is working on the biggest CPC project ever: FutureOS and including its software. Further he has developped and a broader variety of software for the Amstrad/Schneider CPC and some other Z80 computers. In 1991 he got his first 6128Plus with color monitor, already in 1992 he published the secrets of the 6128Plus ASIC in the German magazine CPC Amstrad International.

Releases

FutureOS

CPC FutureOS lower ROM

Applications

CBM (Menu system for FutureOS)
FilmeMacher (Movie player, up to 50 fps)
FIOLIB (C library)
Flash ROManager (Flash ROM Manager for Jareks 2,5 / 4 MB Flash expansion)
FuturePlayer (MP3 and WAV player)
FutureView (Disc Mag, four issues)
GMSK (Sprite converter; Mode 0 graphic to CPC-Plus sprites)
GSED (Graphic Playground Editor for 2D / 3D games)
MegaFlashROManager (management of the MegaFlash Pseudo-ROMs under FutureOS)
Return of the Sisters (a Giana Sisters Clone, release probably 2012)
ROManager (Pseudo-ROM Manager for SYMBiFACE II)

Demos

Captain Future (needs 4 MB)
Darth Vader (two versions, one: stand alone, the other: CoData for Filmemacher (faster))
Rotating Fractal
Gravitation Zero
Meg Ryan
NGC4650A
Star Trek sample demo

Games

AMSDOS

Newest: MegaFlashROManager - Management of the Flash-ROMs of the MegaFlash made by Bryce. Now for 64 KB and 128 KB CPC, as ROM or disc version, for FutureOS or CPC-OS.
4 MB E-RAM Test (for Jareks 4 MB RAM expansion CPC4MB) Media:4_MB_E-RAM_Test.zip
Install RRB (ReInstall Softbrenner to the Inicron ROM-RAM-Box) Media:INST-RRB.zip
Manager of the SYMBiFACE II pseudo ROMs for BASIC called ROManager BASIC.

Publications

Various articles in CPC related journals like CPC Amstrad International
A huge number of articles for a broad variety of Disc Mags
Off-topic: Different Research articles about aging, genetics, evolution and related topicls in appropriate journals like Eucaryotic Cell.

Projects

6 MHz CPC
CPC-IDE
CPCng
FutureOS
FuturePlayer
MegaFlash (Software part)
MegaROM TFM just had the idea of a cheap ROM card to allow everybody to use FutureOS and its games. All the work was done by Bryce.

Groups

Organized CPC Parties

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 [[Image:TFM1.jpg|thumb|TFM in the mid-90]] [[Image:TFM2.jpg|thumb|TFM today]]
-'''TFM''' or "The Future Man" (Dr. Stefan W. Stumpferl) got his first CPC6128 with color monitor in the year of 1986. He is a active coder of the german CPC scene. 1987 he founded the group [[FutureSoft]]. Since 1989 he is working on the biggest CPC project ever: [[FutureOS]] and including its software. Further he has developped and a broader variety of software for the Amstrad/Schneider CPC and some other Z80 computers. In 1991 he got his first 6128[[Plus]] with color monitor, already in 1992 he published the secrets of the 6128[[Plus]] [[ASIC]] in the german magazine [[CPC Amstrad International]].
+'''TFM''' or "The Future Man" (Dr. Stefan W. Stumpferl) got his first CPC6128 with color monitor in the year of 1986. He is a active coder of the german CPC scene. 1987 he founded the group [[FutureSoft]]. Since 1989 he is working on the biggest CPC project ever: [[FutureOS]] and including its software. Further he has developped and a broader variety of software for the Amstrad/Schneider CPC and some other Z80 computers. In 1991 he got his first 6128[[Plus]] with color monitor, already in 1992 he published the secrets of the 6128[[Plus]] [[ASIC]] in the German magazine [[CPC Amstrad International]].
 == Releases ==