At the same time Fix was altering his focus and searching for a path to his goal, times were changing and Taiwan history was gradually moving from being forbidden territory under martial law to becoming a politically correct branch of study. More and more scholars were examining the February 28 Incident, and Fix, who had not become a "228" specialist, did not lose any of his abiding interest in Taiwan history.
歷史前進中，在史料堆裡的費德廉幾度轉折、尋覓出路的同時，台灣史也由解嚴前的禁地，慢慢發展成政治正確的顯學，投入 228 研究的學者也愈來愈多，而沒當成 228 專家的費德廉，對於台灣史的濃厚興趣並未因此稍減。