Jamaica 12 ch08 Interview II

              interview ii
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             done by pharao

 as said in the first interview chapter
here you'll find the interview with
tjost, the coder that always code but
never release(!?)

? pharao
! tjost

? please introduce yourself to the
  readers!

! ok, here you have the obligatory
  personal data: my real name is daniel
  and i'm 18 years old. currently i'm
  on my third year in the swedish
  high school (called gymnasium in
  sweden). hmmm, i spend my time on:
  programming, rpg and strategic games,
  maths and physics (i'm not kidding!),
  partying & girls (yeeeay!!!) getting
  my drivers license, making weird
  experiments on my little sister,
  listening to old c64 music, phoning
  more than i can afford and a lot
  more......

? when did you get your first c64 and
  what made you start to code?

! hmmm, my first computer was a spectrum
  48k (rulez), to which i didn't have
  any games (one - chase hq...), so i
  started to code those faboulus basic
  programs on the machine. some time
  later, one of my friends in school
  showed me a c64, and after a short
  while i was trapped with it.... i got
  my own and quite soon i discovered the
  magic of the assembler language. and
  then, after a year or two, i bought my
  c128, and i've still got it. end of
  story.

? how did you get your handle?

! hah, i'm really not sure about that,
  coz i've had it for a looong time, but
  i think it had something to do with an
  old man in a bicycle shop(!!). tjost
  is a word that only exists in the
  parts of sweden where i currently live
  (i lived in gotherburg the first ten
   years of my life). so, this old man
  was actually tjosting (whatever it
  means), and well, i don't really know
  from there, but it was quite a weird
  story anyway. but i like the name, so
  i've always kept it (and i'll continue
  with that....). confusing?? yep!

? what is your function in jam and when
  did you join?

! i'm a coder (no, really????), and
  that's what i do. (in jam and
  everywhere else...) i really like to
  code, and the c64 has that special
  coding feeling that you won't find on
  any other computer. (all coders on the
  c64 will know what i mean, right???).
  i joined jam a while after i had
  started coding on my first c64. it was
  xaw/jam who introduced me to the c64,
  and it was he who told the other jam
  members that i existed (we were in the
  same class at school). i think it was
  some time back in 1990 or 1991.

? have you been in any other groups but
  jam?

! nope!! never. actually it's been a
  matter of principle to me not to
  change groups. i don't like people who
  go to other groups, especially when
  they do it many times. the reason that
  people do this is mostly because they
  want to become more famous by joining
  a more wellknown group. if you had
  asked me who i consider being lamers
  these people would have been some of
  them. it is another thing when you
  join another group because your former
  group have died/are going to die.
  i also dislike fellas who are in
  several groups at one time. (lamers..)

? which was your very first demo?

! well, my first real production was a
  small thing i made when i was about to
  join jam. our first real demo in jam
  was (i think) 'unlimited limits'.

? what are your future projects on the
  c64?

! well, when i get a drive (haven't got
  one for he moment) i will continue on
  my prop. charset noter. it will be a
  really good one, so look out for it!!
  jam will probably release some more
  demos, when we (the coders) can get
  time for coding. i'm also thinking of
  making a small game (just for fun,
  freeware ofcause (information wants to
  be free!!!)). besides that, i don't
  know.

? will we see any demos from jam in the
  future?

! well, i think i just answered that
  ques up in the former one..... the
  answer is (again) yes, probably.

? if jam dies will you quit the scene
  or join another group?

! now, that is a good question, coz i
  really don't know that. i don't think
  that i will join another group, since,
  as i said before, it is a matter of
  principle to me. i can't see any
  meaning in joining another group,
  other than becoming more famous, and
  i can't say that that means very much
  to me. i don't think that jam will
  really die, coz the members now will
  probably not join other groups. and if
  jam doesn't die i will definately not
  join another group.

? do you code and/or swap on any other
  computer?

! yep, i have got an a1200 with some
  extra hardware, but the c64 is still
  the kicking computer. there is nothing
  quite like it. but it is a fact that
  you can't code in high level language
  like c, or play modules, or those
  really good games on the c64, even
  though c64 ass rulez and c64 music is
  the best (hubbard forever!!!!) and
  the original tetris rulez......

? who are your best friends and worst
  enemies on the c64?

! well, i can't think of all friends i
  should mention, so i won't name any
  particular fellas, but just say hello
  to all freaks i have met during my
  time in the c64-scene, and
  particularly all jam members and all
  my contacts i have swapped with....
  well, i don't believe in throwing shit
  on other people publicly, even though
  the people i could throw shit on do...

? what are your future plans in real
  life?

! on the autumn 1995 i will start my
  education on the swedish university,
  (called hög-skola in swedish) and a
  year after that (starting) i will do
  my military service for ten months.
  and after four and a half year of
  studying i will take my degree. (prob.
  in theoretical engineering physics)
  then i will either start working
  somewhere, or (which is more probable)
  continue to research on the university
  (physics/mathematics/computer-science)

? what will you do in ten years?

! hah, i think i answered that ques up
  in the last one (again...), i will
  probably research in physics or
  computer-science (or both).....

? which are your best/worst qualities?

! hahah, well, i am happy most of the
  time (if that is a good quality).
  i am quite lazy (bad...)  hmm, i
  haven't got the fantasy to think of
  some more (bad quality????)

? what do you think of politics?

! i'm not very interested in politics,
  but if you ask for my political views
  i am (as some more in jam) very red.
  (COMMUNISM, if you didn't know.....)

? please tell us your favies!
  (food, book, film, music, tv-program,
   coder, graph. etc. etc. etc.      )

! i like chinese food (not very original
  i know...). i also like hot food
  (bränn!bränn!bränn!).
  i haven't got any fav. books, but i
  like fantasy and science fiction books
  so jrr tolkien and gibson are ofcoz
  favies...
  i don't go to  the movies very often,
  since we haven't got any cinema where
  i live (nowhere....) but i'm not very
  interested in watching movies anyway..
  i listen to synth, techno, and a lot
  more which i can't think of the names
  for, but typical group names are:
  kraftwerk, spock, faith no more, pink
  floyd, the prodigy, ticket to
  wonderland, devoid, bla bla bla, and
  so on.....
  i think that most tv-programs are
  shit. i can not think of any tv-
  program that i think is worth watching
  (but i might just be in a werid mood)
  programs like SYNK are interesting...
  the best coders i know...  hmmm, well,
  maybe the guys who made red storm
  (forgive me if i'm wrong, but i think
  it was kf and alfatech). i can't think
  of any graphician right now. my favie
  musicians are hubbard and gray and
  galway and daglish...... (they're the
  best....)  etc etc etc....

? have you got any last words?

! yep, i think that was the most
  original question to ever ask in an
  interview (really!!! :-)
  to all my contacts: i'm sorry for
  my delay (delay??? hmmm...) i will
  start swapping again now...  (i just
  got a drive from  zatt (great) and i'm
  sitting in his home right now typing
  this (so this is an exotic interview
  ...:-)). and a big hello to all c64
  freaks i have known out there, and to
  all i haven't met (yet?)....
  ok, i must end this little thingy here
  now....
                               /tjost





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