Interview - interview with Kot/North Star group.

Gluk #00
In issue zero of the magazine
we publish an interview with   
kupobckum coder, hiding-
under the mysterious    
pseudonym CAT. Interview 
took RED ALEX by phone,
and we were quite puzzled 
us, when from the very first
got through to KOT (and
what's most amazing is   
The CAT was at home!)...        
  Since the interview was recorded
was sent from the phone to    
cassette, conversational style
saved. And since all  
the market lasted a whole hour, then
Below are the main points.   
  Our com-
mentaries (or explanations). 
                          
Red Alex: Hello, CAT.    
CAT LTD.: Hello.         
R: Listen, it’s planned here 
  interesting topic - OUTSI-
  DER gathered magazine de- 
  bark. And then came to us
  head wild thought -    
  borrow from someone 
  view.                    
K: Yes, and from whom? (innocent- 
  in a loud tone)              
R: For example, you...    
K: (surprised) Yes? Hehe,
  I don't know what to say!
  (wild laughter) Well this... 
  I can actually do something
  say.                
R: CAT, when did the va-
  our passion for SPECCY and   
  program activities 
  hundred?                   
K: In winter, in December 1991,
  I bought a computer for a friend. 
  The following year, in January 
  Var, he tells me,   
  please come, I have    
  there is something. I'm coming.  
  We played COMMANDO,   
  three hours (!). Then I   
  promoted whoever needed,    
  and I got it too  
  computer, 48th.By the way,
  he is still working.  
  Then I saw SCORPION 
  already. It was in 95   
  year. I saw the disk drive,  
  all that bullshit. Here. I think  
  no shit, cool... There  
  all programs in the catalog 
  hey...                   
R: Well, I guess you took it?  
K: Well, yes, right away   
  ran - let's go, yeah -  
  wait... Well, we bought it,    
  in short.                 
R: Well, where did I start? 
  from BASIC, perhaps?   
K: BASIC? Who the hell knows
  I didn't do anything on it
  never. Well, I did  
  there's something there...           
R: And then, probably, for  
  did you get the assembler?      
K: Well, yes. But not right away. On-
  chal loaders all sorts of forges
  yay, Jill Bilbert (?),
  I was so interested 
  what's inside, all sorts of things  
  these counters... Then   
  I got a book 
  Podionovskaya "How to break- 
  wash the protection", then in 
  the codes started a little 
  take...               
R: My first program  
  remember in assembler? 
K: Oh, who the hell knows... Ah,   
  this one that thickens   
  double screen...     
  Then from the bootloaders    
  all these lines are there  
  I started watching.     
R: When was yours formed?
  group? (NORTH STAR)   
K: Yes, I found CRAV’s address in
  ZX-REVIEW. I think in Olen-
  ropcke dude lives, give-
  I'll write him a letter. 
R: Then your group   
  and was formed?        
K: No, we’ve been censusing for a year-
  get lost, I need megadems    
  they sent me all sorts of things, I’m there 
  almost fellin general -   
  SATISFACTION, ASSORTY...
  And the group was formed   
  in the fall of '96. First in 
  group were with Olenegors-
  ka all (CRAV, ANARCHY,  
  KID), with Apatite DIAMOND and
  I. Then join-
  ACID, NIKE and after-
  days SOUNDLINER.        
R: What have you already done together? 
  lali?                  
K: And this one, 1997 (mega- 
  dema for the New Year), and   
  so basically more   
  no particular success.     
R: The audience, probably    
  small in local re- 
  ruohe?                 
K: Who the hell knows, in    
  Olenegorsk is there,   
  but they are all something     
  dead...               
R: And now your group   
  what is he working on?      
K: Together - for now    
  nothing at all. I'm here 
  I personally break DEJA VU #3, 
  already steamed - hack it  
  yes hack...           
R: Are there any plans for future- 
  what?                   
K: Yes, that’s what I wanted to do 
  this thing is a library
  samples, modules, packages 
  bahoe everything, of course.    
R: And some kind of toy  
  aren't you going to do it? 
K: Toy? About this    
  I don't know the toys. It is necessary  
  draw for someone, write
  script, but I don't want to  
  I can’t and so on. I  
  I can make codes, music
  write, but otherwise I 
  not a master.              
R: What is your attitude towards the group?
  `Northern Lights`?     
K: Yes, normal, in general.
R: Why then in       
  ZX-POWER, in the shadow mo- 
  hutope such a line in-
  interestingrunning?        
K: Oh, well it was, yes. He 
  (SAV) used to love here  
  quack, “Yes I am, yes I am.”
  But everything is fine now.
  I'm good at it, right?    
  Fine ?             
R: More than okay... 
K: He just blew everyone away
  okay, I say, please... 
  please. Because of ZX-POWER  
  he jumped there for a long time,    
  galloped. It's so offensive to him  
  it was.                   
R: CAT, say a few words   
  all users      
  SPECCY.                 
K: Tell me? Well, everything's cool 
  then I'll be like ANARCHY  
  talk, he always  
  says so. Everything's cool. 
  And an exclamation point  
  put it. (perform   
  request ->) Everything is cool!
R: Any wishes,
  don't spoil yourself IBM...  
K: Oh, IBM is generally g...    
  some kind of               
R: Your nickname is something- 
  be means ?       
K: CAT is a nickname, with  
  there are still schools left...   
R: How do you feel about    
  idea of creating a magazine? 
K: Fine.             
                          
  By the way, the Cat asked us  
write that he smokes   
I quit, I haven’t eaten for a month now  
rit. Well, congratulations- 
eat! It’s already too late to treat him.  
bottom...                    
                          
  P.S: In ten days  
it turned out that the third    
DEJA VU CAT has already been hacked.  
Congratulations on another   
crack.                 
                          
  P.P.S: Why after 10  
days ? Because after   
interview textstuffed for another week      
three...                    
                          
         TNE END

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