Interview


Handle: Covenant

How did you come up with your alias ?
From the book Lord Fouls bane by Stephen Donaldson

City / Country:
Sweden

Born year:
1968

What was your first computer, and when did you get it?
VIC20, from my uncle.

How did you get into the scene and what groups have you been a member of ?
Greed for new games, the Swedish Cracking Crew, Northern Lights.

What was the proudest moment in your career ?
The cracking of PSI 5 trading company, the swedish salesmanager later sold our cracked disk version commercially.

For what specific reason(s) do you think that you are remembered ?
Programmer and cracker.

What would you like to be remembered for ?
Cracker.

What made you stop the scene activity ? (and do you remember when?)
Interest died, about 1986 or so...

Thinking back on the good old days, is there anything you regret?
Not really.

What was your favorite
GAME(S)
Omega Race for VIC20

DEMO(S)
Any demo by Sodan.

PROGRAMMER(S) (OR PROGRAMMING TEAM(S))
Mr Z or maybe Sodan

CRACKER(S) (OR CRACKING GROUP(S))
US!

COMPOSER(S)
Rob Hubbard

BEST COMPOSED TRACK(S)
Anything by Rob...

EVENT(S) (E.G. COPYPARTY)
A copyparty in Denmark, they were not common then...

DRINK ?
Wiskey - Glenfiddish

What are you doing nowadays ?
Programmer, teacher (computers)

What are you doing on your spare time?
Diving, bodybuilding.

Is there anything you'd like to say to the public (read: admires)
Living in Sweden = Taxed to death.

What is the meaning of life?
Eat, survive and reproduce.