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'''Fellow''' is an [[emulator]] designed to run [[software]] written for the [[Amiga]] computer platform. Released under the [[GNU General Public License]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/petschau/WinFellow/blob/master/LICENSE|website=[[GitHub]] |title=WinFellow/LICENSE at master · petschau/WinFellow }}</ref> Fellow is [[free software]].

Fellow was released shortly after the first usable release of the [[Unix Amiga Emulator]] (UAE). The competition between the two projects proved to be mutually beneficial. Originally, Fellow ran under [[DOS]], but was ported to [[Microsoft Windows]] (WinFellow) and [[Linux]] (XFellow.) Development on WinFellow ceased in 2005, but was revived with a new release in 2010 to improve compatibility with [[Windows 7]] and [[Windows Vista]]. Development on XFellow has apparently halted after a release in 2003 (based on timestamps inside the archive).<ref name=xfellow>{{cite web |url=http://xfellow.sourceforge.net/dl.html |year=2003 |title=XFellow downloads page |publisher=XFellow |accessdate=2011-10-15 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425070102/http://xfellow.sourceforge.net/dl.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to its author, Petter Schau, one of the main objectives in writing Fellow was to create an Amiga emulator that could run demos from the 1980s Amiga [[demoscene]] at full speed.<ref name=interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.emulatronia.com/doctec/ordenadores/amiga/intrview1.txt|year=1997|title=Interview with Peter Schau: Author of the Amiga500 emulator FELLOW|publisher=Emulatronia|accessdate=2011-10-15|quote=Being able to run those old demos is reason enough to emulate the Amiga.}}</ref>  Schau believed that Fellow and UAE belonged to a class of first-generation Amiga emulators, and that more accurate, full-speed emulators would be available in the future.  As computing power increased, full-speed performance became achievable.<ref name=AmigaForever>{{cite web|url=http://www.amigaforever.com/emulator/|title=Introduction to Amiga Emulators|publisher=Cloanto|accessdate=2011-10-15|quote=Considering even maximum use of CPU and custom chip resources, a GHz-class PC makes it possible to run an Amiga 1000 in real time, whereby the custom chips run in real time (as required), and the emulated CPU may run faster (if so desired).}}</ref>  Once more powerful computers were available, UAE became preferable due to its more accurate emulation, whereas Fellow remains popular for older hardware.<ref name=AMISectorOne>{{cite web|url=http://www.exotica.org.uk/mirrors/ami_sector_one/emu_fellow.htm|title=Emulator Selection - Fellow |publisher=AMI Sector One|accessdate=2011-10-15|quote=Fellow is faster than UAE since it has been written in Assembler.  It is also worth mentioning that some games work in Fellow that do not work in UAE.}}</ref><ref name=AmigaFAQ>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.abime.net/emulation/emulators|title=What Amiga Emulators are available?|publisher=Amiga FAQ|accessdate=2011-10-15|quote=WinFellow is an alternative emulator, especially suitable for older PCs.}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal| Free and open-source software|Amiga}}
* [[Amiga emulation]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://fellow.sourceforge.net/ WinFellow]
*[http://xfellow.sourceforge.net/ XFellow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519052842/http://xfellow.sourceforge.net/ |date=2007-05-19 }}

[[Category:Amiga emulators]]
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