Inteview with Rash

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	This time,let's welcome Rash of Zenith...
	New in the modem scene but already famous.
	Okie,Rash let's go !

A: Can you tell me some short trash over ya?

R: Naaaaaaaaa! Hehe, just joking! Ok, let's start... 
   I'm now 17 3/4 yearz old,have blond hairs, blue eyes,speak german
   (..and french and english...),HAVE A SISTER (she's 16! haha...) and
   must work the whole long day... (Ed:your sister or you ? Hehe!)

A: As what do you work?

R: I work as 'Metallbauzeichner' (german..)! Hm, I'll try to translate it
   to english, it's like thiz: metal-work-painter? Ah shit, it's very 
   difficult! Anyway, in this job I draw wintergardens, stairs, doors, 
   windowz and all the other things in metal...
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A: Which music do you prefer?

R: Hah! If I would tell you the truth you wouldn't believe me! 
   It's: Rxx (!!!),Hip-hop (sorry to all you heavy-freax out there!), 
   Teckckckno (?)... short:Disco-sound general!

A: What was your first computer?

R: I started with the really amazing... commodore PLUS 4 !!! 
   Thiz was a really hot machine at this time, it was in 1985 I think... 
   On this piece of shit I was just playing.(Ed: as always!) 
   Then one year later (after a lot of crying to my parents),
   I got the C=64... it was superb! Much more games than on +4! 
   But all with datasette! Wuah! Later I got also a diskdrive. 
   Then in 1988 I got as second machine,a C=128, but I never used it 
   as much as the good old C=64.
   Then in 1989 I did my last big buy... the AMIGA! 
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   My first game I had was Prospector (I think it's allready a really
   fantastic game!) and of course the Giana Sisters!
   By the way, now I (better: my father) have bought these computers:
   C=16, C=116, VC=20, C=64, C=+4, C=128, A 500, A 500 (again), 
   A2000, LYNX...
   Hmm, my father wants to have a little museum, so he got these!
   Stop bluffing: After a half year I started to sell the stuff under
   the name XABIT. I got lots of customers, but I just got the stuf from
   a REALLY cool guy, I think you all traders in CH know him, PEG/\SUS 
   (give him a call at his BBS!)! 
   In spring 1990 I was very booring and founded the new group, TRADERS!
   We were on 3 computers (AMIGA, ST, PC) and the business was running 
   very fine! But to the summer of 1991 I was getting bored again,
   so I stopped all my work. 
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A: How did you entered the modem-scene?

R: Yeah, that's a good question and a looong story. 
   In winter 1990 I was buying a USR (hy Franky-boy!), but it never worked!
   Some guys went to me and tryed to fix it, but it never found a carrier!
   I bought 5 different phone-cables -> it didn't work either!
   So I put the modem away in the cupboard for EXACTLY one year. 
   Then, this spring 1992 I took it out of the cupboard, looked at it
   and said: Ok, last try: now I buy again one cable and if it won't work,
   I'll throw it away! Then, on the first of april (!!) I got it, 
   switched it on... AND IT WORKED! So I'm now in business since then...
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A: Which were your groups before the modemscene?

R: First I was in my own group, XABIT, then also in TRADERS. 
   After closing thiz again I was mailswapping for nobody (just me). 
   Then I joined OPTIMAL as gfx-artist. I was drawing some logoz. 
   But they had not even a really good coder,so I was leaving. 
   Then I was close before a joining of LSD (hi LORD ZERO!) as gfx-man! 
   But I let this be. And then I was joining the group where I'm in now...

A: Which were your groups in the modemscene?

R: I was trading this april a little bit, then I asked a sysop (Ed:Tomcat)
   if I can be co-sys on his BBS, he (..and you, ANOME!) sayed yes and I 
   was in,and with this also in ZENITH! This is the group where I'm in
   already ! After some weeks the sysop closed his BBS,(Ed:Total Recall)
   so I was only normal modemtrader. Now I arranged to be cosysop on
   ECTOPLAZM and HALLOWED POINT.
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A: Now some other stuff, how do you find the CH-scene?

R: Hm, everybody's saying that the CH-scene is lame and boring and so on,
   to this guyz I just can say: ASSHOLES! These peoples should leave 
   switzerland and go to turkey or to hell (haha..) !
   To the peoples that say that we are the best I say: FUCKING PIG ! 
   'coz this is not (at this moment...) true! I'm thinking that we 
   swizzeldudez are in the middle. For example, OUR boards here in CH 
   are some times MUCH faster than lots of USA boards!
   Ok, who was saying lame? 
   Ah... Yeah, some years ago when SETROX, SPREADPOINT and all the others
   groups were active, we were a little bit lower than the best (hehe..) 
   'coz we (they..) did a lot of good demos, cracks, trainers and so on. 
   Now there are only to real swiss groups a little bit active (I mean,
   doing a pack is NO (!!) work (I myself was doing >20 packs!), it's LAME!
   (I'm not the only one who thinks this way!)), and these are ZENITH
   (-> from time to time a demo (many packs, sometimes trainer...!)) 
   and xXx (hehe.. find it out yourself!).(Ed:buh ??!!??)
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A: What about frienship in the modemscene?

R: Here I can just say exactly the same as above. 
   Some says 'I do it just for friendship' = wrong, because if they get
   once a phonebill they will be dead soon! And no friendship ? 
   FORGET IT! If you say to every trader or sysop that he is a 
   motherfucking bitch, you will soon be deleted, and your carriere
   is over as faster as you think! So, take the golden way (like I do?),
   and be KEWL! Quotation I found in a .lamer text: 
   "Friendship is what got me where I am today. Try it sometime.. 
    It may work for you too."
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A: How do you find the games released last time?

R: I find them BIIIG crap! In the last 2-3 months (!!) was not even 1 game
   (except MONKEY II and such things) that was worth playing longer than 
   2 minutes! No really good actiongames (like KATAKIS (aaaah...!),
   R-TYPE (uuuuh...!))! Only this PD-crap! Anyway, on C=64 the games 
   had not so good grafix and sound,but they were really funny! 
   Sometimes I take out my good old bread-chest and play IO, HAWKEYE, 
   ZYNAPSE or all these fantastic games!

A: I heard you wanna open a BBS?

R: That's right! I have started with installing it now over 4 months ago,
   but these damned lame guys from our PTT (=phone-company) were not able
   to install my 2 lines before september! THAT'S LAME! 
   Now I'm looking for an AMAZING group out there who is in need of a CH-HQ!
   I got now 2 offers, but it's nothing clear this time. 
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   Here some stuff 'bout my BBS: 

         Name: DARK TOWER
  Phonenumber: ++41(0)3423xx28 (soon!)
        Nodes: Until end of this year 1 node, next year 2 nodes!
     Hardware: A2000C, 5,5 MB RAM, 105 MB HD (will get bigger soon), 33 mHz
       Ratios: 3:1 for every good user, lamers only 2:1, top uploader of the
               month will get +2 MB creds, and so on...
      Special: SELFMADE TOOLS! I have programmed now some superb tools 
               during the long time of waiting, 
               like the MULTI-MEGA-CHATTER V2.0, 
               the UL-DIR-VIEWER, 
               the LAST-CONFERENCES-MANAGER, 
               the TOP-UL/DL-HIGH-LIGHTER and now I finished yesterday 
               the DIRECTORY-TIME-ADDER V2.0! 
               These are things like you NEVER seen before! 
               SO GIVE IT A CALL AS SOON AS IT'S OPEN! 

   Ok, hope that's enough trash said over it...
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A: Yeah, that's all for this time. Do you have some greez or special 
   messages to some guys?

R: Yo, I got sume messagez:

   SIMPSON/ EQUINOX     : Thanx for fantastic post-card from BRIGHTON! 
                          Nice girl on pic (your wife? ehehe...)
   CROWN/THE DARK DEMON : Ave! Sorry again 4 not sending the coke-poster!
                          Ah, where is MY digized photo? Hehehe...
   LORD ZERO/LSD        : Yeah, I'm still alive! I read that you have
                          finished your computer-live? Is this true? 
                          Write a messy!
   DOT & DR.BENCH/BRONX : Wow! Super sound on your cassette! 
                          Ah, about the demo-coding... I'll write you a msg
                          as fast as my BBS runs!
   DADDY-O/LUNATIC EARLS: Hey dad, what about your packs? Did you found a

@                          food menu?
   BRAT/OPTIMAL         : Sorry again that I had to leave you...
   SOLO/CORPSE          : Ah yeah, the demo! We will se, I'll write you!
   MGX/EXIT             : How's the life in your 'new' group?
   HOJAS/LIVE ACT       : Are you back again? Hehe, so you can PARTY ON in
                          your castle!
   MR. HELL/DYTEC       : Yeah, have you thought over my messy?
   HYDRO/ANTHROX        : And you, master, think over my offer!
   DISASTER/SYNERGY     : Yeah, now what about cosys?
   SABBER/FUSION        : Ya know it, it's still a place free for your 
                          support!
   NEPTUN/ZENITH        : What about the ZNT-paddy? Soon infos? Yeah, cool!
   NECRONOM/SCOOPEX     : Have you finally installed my DIR-TIME-ADDER?
   PEGASUS/GRACE        : Not enough place on HD...? Hahaha...
   SPIDER/LEGEND        : See you at the ZEUS paddy!
   KAMENSKI/SYNERGY     : Still seeing UFO's? Kewl dude!
   HARDRIDER/ZNT/AVENGER: Hey, where are my 2 cassettes? Gimme them back!
   FLOYD & SLAIN/FUSION : Thanx for card...
   MAX                  : Already perverse? Keep on writing bullshit!
   MIGHTY FRED          : Ah, you got my #, so call once!
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   Sum normal greez goez 2:

   TOMAHAWK/INDIANS, HOMEBOY, TRS/PD, GUARDIAN/AMAZE, all sprayers
   'round the whole globe, all my customers, all my (soon coming) 
   supporters,friends and all these dudes who deserves it and know me!

   Thank you for this interessting interview!

   Please to meet you too, /\NOME! 
   Ah, I forgot to tell you all out there this:

   IF ANY GROUP IS INTERESSTED IN OPENING A CH-BBS THEN WRITE ME MAIL 
   ON THIS BBS WHERE A LAMER WROTE, IT'S FBI (elite knows what I mean) 
   FOR 'R-D-T'! NOW!

   (Ed:Hope somebody will contact you soon,we will regret you...
       We have already spoken about this subject.Thanx Rash !)