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* INTERVIEW WITH DEBBYSHIRE RAM *
* INTERVIEW WITH DERBYSHIRE RAM *
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* Interview by: BREN/P.I.P./SPIDERS *
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* 'B'=BREN 'D'=DERBYSHIRE RAM *
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B: Hi there Barry! - Please introduce
yourself to the readers giving them
some info about yourself (age,
height, colour of hair/eyes).
D: Hi Bren, thanks for this short!!!
interview. Well, I am 58 years old,
5 feet 11 inches tall, I have hazel
coloured eyes, I weigh in at 16
stone. Other interesting feature is
my BEER BELLY!!!
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B: How long have you been around the
C-64 scene and explain how you got
your handle 'DERBYSHIRE RAM'.
D: I got my 64 (first one) back in
late 1982, but only seriously got
into the cracking scene since 1985-
1986. The way how I got my name was
because someone wayback used the
name 'DERBYSHIRE RAM', just seeing
that the 'RAM' is the emblam to
Derbyshire (where I live), the
handle just stuck.
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B: What groups have you been in since
you started your scene career
(please tell me the first group to
the last group including the year).
D: I first joined IKARI, in 1987 until
the English section quit. I then
went solo until I joined DOMINATORS
in 1089. I stayed with 'DOM' for
almost two years. Then I got myself
involved with the forming of the
new U.K. group DEADLINE, this only
lasted six months when in June 1992
all members of DEADLINE, where
invited to join ILLUSION. I stayed
with ILLUSION, till the bitter end
(I think I was the last member to
quit) that was in December 1993.
I then had a short break then
joined the new group AVANTGARDE,
and stayed with 'AVT', until June
1996. Since September 1996 I have
been in F4CG. I hope these earlier
dates are correct, I get confused
myself!!!
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B: What group(s) are you in at this
present time and are you enjoying
being in them group(s) ???
D: As I said earlier, I am in 'F4CG'.
The groups atmosphere has changed
dramatically over the years, now
I do not get the same satisfaction
because there are too many PC's
around and too much INTERNET.
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B: We all know your a highly ranked
cracker, but, who taught you how
to crack - or are you self taught ?
D: I have never taken cracking very
seriously, I did it purely for fun!
I have never been a good cracker
but obviously, other people over
the years thought different.
I did teach myself how to crack
initially, but I picked up a few
tips from here and there!!!
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B: Which crack are you most proud of ?
D: I did a 'personal' crack of 'SUPER
MARIO BROS.', I took my time when
I cracked this game for myself and
got great satisfaction from it.
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B: Which crack do you wish you never
had touched (coz in your mind) it
was a lousy crack ?
D: Initially, 'BLUE THUNDER', springs
to mind!!! - But in recent years
there has been loads of lousy
games.
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B: Which game took you the longest to
crack (not including the packing
and intro linking time) ?
D: My personal crack of 'SUPER MARIO
BROS.'
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B: Which was your fastest crack (also
not including the packing and intro
linking time) ?
D: Good question! - Back in the early
1990's, all games made by ZEPPELIN,
took around 20 minutes. Now, some
of the recent crap games take about
5 minutes!!!
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B: We all know your a highly ranked
swapper. So, what is the largest
amoun of contacts you've had ?
D: At one time only 3-4 years ago,
I had around 250 contacts - way
too many!!!
I would say anyone with 50 contacts
is doing quite well.
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B: Who is your best ever scene pal
(for being a 'REAL' good friend,
who writes long notes, sends you
gifts etc. etc. etc.)
D: Well first, I never got gifts
unless you mean stickers and beer
mats. But, I had a lot of GOOD
friends from wayback, like most of
the 'ILLUSION' guys... HERO, ROCKY,
SAURON, RICHIE, REBEL, NMI, DEFF.
I have also had some great friends
and still have... JERRY/TRIAD,
NEOTEC, SPLATTERHEAD, and many
more. To be honest, at my age, all
this really surprises me!!!
B: Yeah! - But you are a legend!!!!!
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B: If a scene pal of yours had just
written a game, would you crack it
just to get a 'FIRST RELEASE' ???
Or would you not bother cracking
the game coz your pal had written
it ??? - If not why ???
D: I would probably crack the game
eventually but, I would certainly
give HIM (my pal) chance to market
it first. Now then... if the coder
of the game wasn't a friend then I
would have no SCRUPLES!!!!!
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B: Plase tell me what your favourites
are in the following list.....
* FOOD ?
* DRINK ?
* SPORT ?
* TASTE IN MUSIC (REAL MUSIC) ?
* C64 GAME (OLD OR NEW) ?
* CRACKER (OLD OR NEW) ?
* GFX ARTIST (OLD OR NEW) ?
* C64 MUSICIAN (OLD OR NEW) ?
* SWAPPER ?
D: My favourites things follow.....
* SEAFOOD.
* THEAKSTONS BITTER.
* RUGBY (BOTH LEAGUE AND UNION).
* 1960's - 1970's POP MUSIC.
* DEFENDER OF THE CROWN.
* SAURON / ILLUSION.
* RRR.
* DRAX.
* JOE COOL / ENIGMA.
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B: Please tell me what your most hated
things are in the following list...
* FOOD ?
* DRINK ?
* SPORT ?
* TASTE IN MUSIC (REAL MUSIC) ?
* GAME (OLD OR NEW) ?
* ANY OTHERS ????????????????????
I'll leave out the other options
coz I don't want any wars hanging
over my head (or you can tell me if
you want).
D: Here is my most hated list.....
* BEETROOT.
* GUINESS.
* SQUASH.
* HEAVY METAL AND RAP MUSIC.
* BLUE THUNDER.
* CROSSFIRE OF MOTIV8 (HE KNOWS -
- WHY!!!).
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B: Could you tell me one of your most
funniest dirty jokes ?
D: If I could remember one I would,
trouble is, I forget them 5 minutes
after i've heard them!!!
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B: Could you tell me if you have ever
played a funny prank on someone
(outside the scene or inside - who
cares ???).
If you did do something please
explain what you did.
D: Certainly NOT on the scene, guys
tend to take things too seriously.
But, back in 1989, I did a 'BIG -
NAME' crack around 180 blocks that
was a load of junk code and when it
ran, it just came up with.....
'APRIL FOOL'!!!!!
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B: Between your family, you are a
grandfather to enough children to
make up a football team!!!
What name would you choose for this
'DREAM' football team of yours ?
D: Well, in the circumstances maybe I
should call them 'RAMS RABBITS'.
But, I must not joke about soccer
at present, seeing as my own team
'CHESTERFIELD', are in the FA CUP
semi-finals.
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B: Well, I'm coming to the end of this
interview, so... many, many thanx
for answering my questions. If you
would like to send any greetings to
anyone, then do it now.....
D: Some interesting questions there
BREN, I would not have divulged my
sex life to everyone anyway, I will
let them guess!!!
Yes, greetings to all the guys and
girls I have met in my years on the
64, all have meant a lot to me and
I would like to thank them for all
their support and time (too many
to name but they all know who they
are!!!).
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DERBY RAM
WELL, DERBY RAM, HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED READING THIS
INTERVIEW ??? - TIME TO LOAD ANOTHER
CHAPTER.
BREN /Pushin' Ink Productions
SIGNED... BREN/ The Spiders-Crew 1997
