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- Interviewer : SYBORG
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- + AN INTERVIEW WITH +
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- GEARS
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- Well, you never thought it would happen, but he's finally agreed to
- it. (Don't ask me why ! - Gears) Will he expose some juicy information ?
- Read on...!
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- * SYBORG
- * GEARS
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- - Hiya !
- - Yeah, hi.
-
- - So, how are you ?
- - Hmmm.. Okay...
-
- - So, where do you get your ideas from for these articles ?
- - Well, most of it is from personal experience or from things that
- are happening in the world.
-
- - Isn't the news a bit boring ?
- - Most of it is, so I try and put a bit of humour into it.
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- - Do you have a claim to fame ?
- - Erm.... I once trod on a picture of Kylie Minogue.
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- - You don't like Kylie, then ?
- - I'd rather listen to a speech by John Major.
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- - That bad ?
- - Not as bad as getting a 1963 Blue Peter Annual.
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- - Do you have a girlfriend ?
- - This is getting a bit personal, isn't it ? Anyway, I can't
- disclose information like that.
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- - Why not ?
- - Because I'll edit it out again when you give the article to me.
-
- - You've got a point there.
- - Hmmm... I think this is turning into a friendly chat.
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- - Oh yeah, I forgot.... So..... Do you have a girlfriend ?
- - Shut up ... Isn't there another question ?
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- - How long have you been involved with computers ?
- - I don't really have relationships with computers...
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- - I meant how long have you had a computer ?
- - Oh..... Well, I started with a Speccy 48k and then went on to
- the Sinclair Spectrum +2... Then I saw an advert for this Amiga thing
- and thought "Cooo" that looks good. I didn't have much cash so I bought
- a second-hand A500 v1.2. It was over-taken by the v1.3 about 2 months
- later, but I stuck with the 1.2 for a while.
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- - Why ?
- - I didn't see much reason for upgrading. The v1.2 did crash quite a
- bit and had "moods" but it did what I wanted it to do.
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- - When did you upgrade ?
- - I waited and waited and then I saw the A500 Plus. It looked smart,
- so I sold my v1.2 ..... oh yeah... I sold it for 10 quid MORE than I
- bought it for.. don't ask me how though. Yeah, so I sold that and then
- I had the Plus. It was a HUGE improvement. Shell was built in, it was
- quicker and had a great new Workbench. It seemed like a huge leap
- forward at the time.
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- - But you've got an A1200 now...
- - Yeah, I bought it last month with a hard drive. It's a monster leap
- up from a 1.2 ! I did ZAM-4 on it!
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- - I can see that you've got lots of peripherals.
- - Yeah ! Just a few. The extra drive is still useful even with a HD.
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- - Someone asked me to say, "How's that girl in the 5th year then ?"
- - Who said that ? Come on, own up !
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- - I'm not saying !
- - Look, it's just rumour ! It's a load of crap ! If you don't be quiet
- about it I may have to spread some rumours about you and a....SHEEP !
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- - You wouldn't !
- - I would !
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- - Erm... okay... So, are Zircon working on any new projects ?
- - Well, when ZAM-4 comes out.....hang on, it will be out when people
- read this, won't it ?
-
- - Yeah, I suppose so.
- - Yes, anyway. After ZAM-4 we will be releasing the Zircon Graphics
- Utility Disk. Shotton compiled it ages ago, I'm just going to put some
- doc files on. Sorry it took so long Shot ! Then there's the Zircon
- Music disk, which is full of great music from ZEX.
-
- - I've read your "Weird" article. What the hell are you talking
- about in it?
- - Well, I suppose it depends whether Little Miss Muffet really did
- fall off her tuffet or whether she was pushed. Or was that Humpty
- Dumpty ?
-
- - Pardon ?
- - That's it.. Just say anything ! Whatever comes out of your brain
- is usually quite funny !
-
- - Yeah, well I've ran out of questions so I guess it's time to say
- thanks for answering my strange questions.
- - S'okay, where's the money ?
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- SYBORG.
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- The "bit-on-the-bottom" by Gears:
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- Syborg asked me to edit some bits out. I told him to type it all up
- and I'll edit anything out about sheep. He did, and I didn't.
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- Sorry Syborg but it's funnier !
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