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                      AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH QUARTEX!
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                             CONDUCTED BY MR.BIG


SD:What's  your  handle  and  cheif 
   function?
QX:I'm  Waremonger,  Sysop  of   World
   Head - quarters  (  Your  Link   to 
   Perfection)  since  March  of  1989
   Functions? Many! You  do  NOT  get 
   into  Quartex for  simply running a 
   board too many lame  ones out there 
   anyway!

SD:How old are you?
QX:I can tell you I am older than you!

SD:What's  your profession  other than 
   pirating?
QX:Teacher of Computers

SD:How long  has  your group  existed?
QX:Since Summer of '88











SD:Do you  have  any   enemies  at   the 
   present?
QX:Lots! Which means we are doing a good
   job....

SD:Why  has  Quartex had more wars  than 
   any other group?
   (Paranoimia,  World  of  Wonders,
   Public Enemy,  Eagle Soft Inc.)
QX:Hey, you  forgot  the  famous  Bencor 
   Brothers skirmish!
   'Cause  during  our  heyday  our 
   competition was hilarious....

SD:Who  are  your friends  in  the scene
   outside of group members?
QX:Fletcher Christian,  Surge,   Rokman,
   High Pockets,  Lord Delos,  Jeff Kirk
   Captain Video,  Flob  ( he   probably 
   won't even see this), lots  of  other


  
   guys  Oh also,  the Beatbox and Evil
   Priest   ha ha ha ha only  kidding..
   two lamers who  love each other  and 
   hate me...  Who cares HA HA HA HA HA

SD:Is  it true that members  of Quartex 
   pay to be in?
QX:Depends on what  you mean  by paying
   All  members  that I know work to be
   in...  Guys  who   THINK  they  were 
   members probably weren't...We always
   took a long time to pick members but 
   when they  were finally 'officially' 
   recognized,  membership is  lifetime 
   (So  far he he he he).  Also,  never 
   believe what you hear...

SD:How long  have  you had your  amiga?
QX:Since Nov.  '85 " B. W." During  the 
   time  of  Kickstart  1.0  and  below 
   the time  of Betas,  and PD Software
           ..BEFORE WAREZ....

SD:What  is your  personal setup ?
QX:Setups you mean... Board runs  on an 
   85 Amiga A1000  with  2 Meg External 
   Comspec board,  CLTD Controller with 
   a 240Meg SCSI Priam HD.....
  



   Personal system:
   A25000  with  ' 33 Mhz  030/882  GVP
   board,  9 Megs RAM,  3  Quantum  105 
   megs,  Wangtek,  150 Meg   Streaming 
   tape,  Flicker  Fixer  with  Nec  3D 
   monitor, 3 floppies including, 5.25"
   880K Euro-drive...Both  machines are 
   networked  together through parallel 
   ports HST on each machine, also have
   full  midi setup, 2 keyboards,  drum 
   machine.

SD:Why do you think  groups come and go 
   so quickly?
QX:'Cause they  FUCK UP so much and are 
   so stupid people lose trust and they
   have to start ALL over again  HAHAHA

SD:What  part of  the ' Amiga Scene' do 
   you like the best?
QX:Two things...good software/utils and 
   the TONS of  money that  lamers  are
   willing to throw around!

SD:The big question: Why  don't Quartex 
   use intros?




QX:Oh, you mean  the second  most asked
   question  by  LAMERS about  Quartex? 
   Well, most groups  pay someone to do
   it anyway,so unless you have someone
   in the group with time to burn it is 
   useless...With  the 400+ releases in 
   the two years  we've been  around we 
   would need to have  quite a few guys 
   working  on  new   and  cool  intros 
   otherwise they are  sooo boring... I 
   mean, how many  times can you listen 
   to the same   DRONING   noisetracker 
   crap and read the same sine scroller
   ...Most people  wanna play  the game 
   not read some lame c-64 shit....

SD:Is it true that you pay your cracker
QX:Yet  another  one  of  those  common 
   rumors you hear.... we'd have  to be 
   pretty rich then, huh?

SD:What do you  think of the groups who 
   pay their crackers?
QX:It's  pretty  funny....... I  always 
   wondered...if  it  is  a  50% crack, 
   does  he have  to  make  a refund??! 


   
   Or do  they  withhold  part  of  the
   payment  until  it's  beta-tested by 
   everyone?  Pretty cool  job for  the 
   cracker I guess...

SD:Do  you  get  any spare  time to  do 
   anything other than being a sysop?
QX:I  run  a  board 'cause I need time! 
   In the  old days you spent much more
   time..  Now,  you  wake  up  in  the 
   morning  and  there's  the wares....
   Yeah I  have plenty  of things to do 
   other than Sysop...

SD:Where do you  see the Amiga in say 5 
   years time?
QX:Sitting  in  my  closet  next  to my 
   Atari  5200... I  think  I  will  be 
   playing with my NEXT machine  HAHAHA

SD:What  do you think you will be doing
   in 5 years time?
QX:Interesting question.... If you  had 
   said  in ' 85  would  this   machine
   still be alive today,  I  would have 
   laughed at ya!  Can't  imagine  what 
   kind  of  contacts  I will have in 5 
   


   
   years from now! heheheheh
 
SD:What  would  you say to a pirate who 
   said Quartex are dead?
QX:He was blind...

SD:What  are  your  views of the piracy 
   scene of 1990?
QX:Not  too many  good crackers left...
   the HARD stuff is still not 100%....
   there's  still  only one  cracker  I 
   know who  can  make  REAL 100% warez
   Seems  this should  be  called ' The 
   Year of the 100%'  or the ' Year  of 
   the FIX'

SD:How many members  does Quartex have?
QX:12 or so..

SD:Why do you think  Quartex has lasted 
   so long?
QX:We're all good friends ( most of the 
   time),  we  KNOW  our  shit,  and we 
   enjoy ourselves...

SD:Who  are  the  principal  members in 
   each country?



QX:You all know who we are!

SD:Does any member have the final word?
QX:Yeah, me! No, the  main guys consult 
   and  make  the  decision  that  best
   benefits the whole..

SD:What is the basis of a leading group
   in your opinion?
QX:A leading group needs  all the basic 
   elements, good suppliers, spreaders,
   crackers. Most of all,  KNOWLEDGABLE 
   members,  not some lame guys who are
   into a power trip...

SD:The next  paragraph  is an Exclusive 
   Statement made by QUARTEX  about all 
   the comments and criticism passed on 
   them by others.
QX:Well  if  you  mean by  exclusive as 
   ' being  the  first  interview  ever 
   granted' then fine. As  far as I can 
   remember  into  the depths  of  time 
   No Quartex member  has ever done one 
   of these Lame interviews...but I was 
   PRODDED into this by  Jester/Quartex 
   so I can say I am the first..I think 
   

   
   ONE TIME a  German member ( who will
   go   nameless)   was  approached  by
   Cracker  Journal  at  a show and the
   guy   was   told  politely  to  Fuck
   Off...We  really  never  cared  what
   people  had  to  say  about  us,  as
   we did our best and let our releases
   speak  for  themselves..... We  have
   NOTHING  to prove, as we have PROVEN
   it already...it is up to a group out
   there  to  match it or shut the fuck
   up .. There  IS  no  group  who  has
   dominated  the  dreams of all for so
   long  with  such a HIGH reputation..
   We take  it  as a compliment when we 
   make  other  groups  mad.....  keeps 
   everyone trying  harder to make good 
   decent working stuff...

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     INTERVIEW CARRIED OUT OCTOBER 4th
         by MR.BIG / MAIN EDITOR
  
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