Kewl question! about Bill Gilbert

■ May 08, Thursday, at 13:31, Yuri Rodionov wrote to Eugene Larin:

EL>> Everyone probably remembers such a person as Bill Gilbert, so I
EL>> I wonder - is this his real name? where did he go after Speck?

YR> It’s not even certain that this is a person. Bill Gilbert is the pseudonym of one or
YR> group of Polish “hackers” who, in 1987-1988, cracked the protection of proprietary
1986-1991
YR> games by pressing a button on the Multiface - an operation similar
YR> to pressing the TR DOS Magic button. In general, the steepness is immeasurable
YR> ;-),
YR> and the crookedness of the results is even more :-(((

YR> But Bill Gilbert got money from this, since the process was put on a
YR> commercial basis. And he obviously went where it was more profitable.
I asked about a year ago the Polish guys who was sitting on speccy - it was
one a man who disappeared without a trace...

Alexander Mudretsov, e-mail: sa...@asp.jesby.tstu.ru