Ymgve at 15:49, 25 June 2007

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<pre> about steve of scs*trc/laser

yo everybody!

in issue #11 of this magazine, i brought
you a chapter about hacking.this chapter
(which was very interesting, and cool)
was written by one of my new, english,
friends. he's known to the scene as:-

steve of scs*trc/laser!

as promised, i would bring an interview
with him in issue #12; so here we go!!

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first i would like to say welcome, and
thanx for the very cool chapter from you

? ok let's get started the right way.
i remember seeing the name 'zenith' in
some old cracker-intros. i specially
remember the logo done in 'italic'.
but why the hell do i write all this?
the reason is that you; steve, were a
member of this old legend!
but lots of things has happened since
then. i think it would be in its place
for you to start with a few personal
facts, together with the scene-history
of yours.

! well facts-wise i am 29 years old, 6
foot tall, weigh about 85kgs, i am
single (intend staying that way!),
have short dark brown hari and live as
most know in the south of england!

scene history:-

1983 - 1988 laser cracking service
as a cracker, musician
and mail trader.

1988 - 1989 zenith as a cracker, mail
and modem trader.

i quit zenith in may 1989 and after a
few months i joined an atari st/amiga
group here in england called "the
medway boys" cracking and modem
trading atari st games mostly but i
have also cracked some amiga games
and coded some tools for the amiga &
atari st also!

1992 - ???? laser once again as a
cracker, mail trader,
sysop and modem trader.

? yep, now you should be introduced!!
well, steve i would like to chat a bit
about the hacking chapter in the last
issue.
i myself don't know shit about hacking
or its history,so i found your chapter
extremely exciting. but i guess you do
( otherwise you wouldn't have written
it i guess !! ).
do you have anything to add! has any-
thing happened since!
i was told that blue-boxing is no
longer possible. is that true or just
pure bullshit?

! well it's half true about the blue-
boxing here in england! fact is that
most english sceners are very lame
indeed when it comes to phreaking,
hacking or trying to learn about the
subject! most english sceners would
rather sit back and let someone else
do all the hard work! as for hacking
i'm trying to keep a low profile at
present as i had some big trouble
with my university computer a while
back!

? you once told me that you're writing
on a book concerning computer crime.
please tell us a little about it!

! well when i started as an student on
information technology and it's
applications i soon realised that
this was my future; so as i have also
good qualifications in english i then
decided to write a book on a chosen
specialist subject for when i reach
a higher level of study! then when i
get to that higher level i will have
a lot of work already done! also i
like to think that when it is finished
that i can make a lot of money from
it! at present the book is finished
in english but is being translated
into german so we can approach a
german publisher who is interested!

? i guess you're interested in all kinds
of storys or documentations concerning
computer-crime. do you have anything
to say to the readers who knows a true
story, or trick?

! well i guess everyone knows the story
now of the 2 americans who ripped off
an eft computer in new york! but this
is the kind of story that i am very
interested in hearing! by the way
that story is since discovered to be
only half true; as the 2 guys did not
make as much money as they claimed but
they still made a lot of money!

? i guess that modems and bbs are mixed
up with hacking, but that's not quite
true i believe. i know that you also
have a board yourself.
what will happen to it after you have
joined success+trc ? is it still a
laser board or a scs+trc board?

! well straylight is now of course a
scs*trc board but as laser has now
become a sort of federation rather
than a group as such laser will of
course continue! laser cracks will
be available on straylight and also
vandalism news and airwolf team
wares are available on straylight!

? talking about your board! please give
us some info about it. you know :
sysop, time, hard-/software, a.s.o.!

! well sysops are myself, caramon of
laser/legion of doom, moren scs*trc,
vengeance scs*trc and breaker of
laser and trsi. unfortunately the
board has returned to 1200 at present
as caramon managed to break my 2400
modem; but i am considering buying a
cmd swiftlink and running a c*base at
9600 for those who have 9600! the
hours are mostly 24 hours unless i
have to copy a lot of disks but it's
up 95% of the time! as for software
it runs on a modded ucbbs 1.3+ pal in
c128 mode with drive access at c128
burst mode with 2*1570's and 2*1581's!

? well enough about hacking and boards.
i would also like to talk about games.
as written in skyhigh issue #11, you
have some plans about your collection.
please tell us about it!

! well the collection is going fine and
finally i have managed to complete my
first list! some people who have my
list may think t strange there is only
2500+ entries on it but this is
because there is nothing on this list
which is not 100% working and error-
free! also the list doesn't contain
any previews whatsoever! it takes a
very long time to check and correct
all the games i am getting in the mail
and this first list has taken since
in fact christmas 1992! nearly every
game on the list is re-packed with a
better cruncher than it was before &
my list contains the shortest versions
of any almost any game!

? i think this is a cool idea to collect
all the games and improve them. as i
said in the chapter, then i'll rather
have 30 discs full of quality games
than 700 with pure shit. even if it
means that the games are old!!!
unfortunately not all have the same
opinion. as you say yourself then many
sceners nowadays concentrate on spread
ing the hottest (but often lame) crax,
instead of concentrate a bit more on
improving their collection.

? you have been both in the 'old' scene
and the scene today. do you feel any
changes? are people more friendly now,
or is it the other way around?

! well there's a lot more lamers around
now and there's too many people who
very arrogant! also people are much
much more lazy! very very few people
also call you for friendship any more!
as for the arrogance i hate people who
self appoint themselves as some kind
of judge of every other scener like by
applying stupid rules and points
systems! also i hate the attitude of
some sceners who think that trading
old games is lame. surely if you
don't have the game then it doesn't
matter how old it is!

? is there anything we can do about it?
please tell us your idea of the per-
fect c64-scene today...

! well at one time nearly all c64 guys
used to swap using lists rather than
by sending only new stuff. for
example i would send my list to one of
my contacts and they would send theirs
so each sending we would actually
request what stuff we wanted! it
would be a lot cooler if we could all
do this as well as spreading new stuff
only!

? well steve as you might know then i
usually ask the victims of their faves
and you are no exception. so please
tell us about 'em!

! favourite :
-----------

crackergroup : trsi & airwolf team

singlecracker : crisp/trsi

demogroup : oxyron (hahaha!)

coder : tron/flt

graphician : bizkid is ok (haha!)

composer : syndrom

magazine : reformation

cover designer : met/mayhem

game : ultima iv
(looking for v and vi
if anyone has them!)

demo : spasmolytic

and the more personal things!!

drink : coffee, pepsi

food : pizza, pasta

movie : silence of the lambs

music : hardcore, techno

? that wasn't that hard eh!

well steve,is there anything you would
like to say to the scene, or things ya
would like to share with the rest of
us. if so then the word is free!

! well to the 1000+ sceners with modems
that don't call my board, why not?
also to any guys into hacking, rpg's
or collecting old games get in touch!
some hello's to those sceners who are
good friends and i respect:-

all fellow scs*trc and laser members,
gremlin/entropy, jazzcat/legend,
lightside/awt, truss/excess (write!),
freestyle+hok+richie+derbyshire ram
of avantgarde, black widow/gothic,
roadrunna/triad and to all my other
contacts especially those who i've
known from the 1980's! before i
forget a special hi to the breaker!

finally i would like to say :-

call 'straylight' on XXXXXXXXXXXXX!

? ok my friend i guess that's all for
now. i would like to thank you for
taking the time to help me out with
this interview.
i hope you'll have luck in the future,
and will stay to the end!!!

if you have other exciting subjects,
like your previous chapters, feel free
to publish 'em in skyhigh...

ok that's it. have a nice one. bye!!!
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Skyhigh 12 ch09 About Steve - Revision history

Ymgve at 15:49, 25 June 2007