Interview
Handle:
Rad Man
Homepage
How did you come up with your alias ?
I needed a handle for calling up a local multi-user BBS (mostly for playing a MUD type game).
City / Country:
Currently Minneapolis, MN/USA, but I did all of my C64 stuff in Tucson, AZ/USA.
Born year:
1971
What was your first computer, and when did you get it?
Commodore Vic-20, around 1980.
How did you get into the scene and what groups have you been a member of ?
I met this guy named The Hell Hacker, joined Tiger Soft Inc. (TSI), then NEPA (North-East Pirates Alliance), then started TSM (The Shaolin Monastery).
What was the proudest moment in your career ?
When I retired and realized that TSM was one of the top US cracking groups and would go on for a long time after I left.
For what specific reason(s) do you think that you are remembered ?
Programming.
What would you like to be remembered for ?
Programming, founding TSM.
What made you stop the scene activity ? (and do you remember when?)
Started college, lack of time/interest. I didn't phreak at this time, so it was a pain in the ass to wait around for all of my contacts (this was 1990 and I was writing intros for several groups including TSM, RAMPAR, and FANTASY) to call me.. I also had recently purchased an Amiga and it kicked the 64's ass in graphics and music (i.e. demos/intros which is what I was most interested in).
Thinking back on the good old days, is there anything you regret?
Not releasing more demos (I wrote soooo many, but was never in a group that really released demos, except NEPA and that was only to rip on people that Pira-Ted was at war against).
What was your favorite
GAME(S)
Battle Bound Project, Karateka...many more..heh.
DEMO(S)
Turds of ESI (old war demo from USSPE?), anything by the Lords or Death Demon.
PROGRAMMER(S) (OR PROGRAMMING TEAM(S))
Lords, The Hell Hacker
CRACKER(S) (OR CRACKING GROUP(S))
The Hell Hacker
COMPOSER(S)
Hubbard, Jeroen Tel, Vibrants
MEMORY(S)
Going to local C64 meeting groups at the local malls and laughing at all of the local loosers.
What are you doing nowadays?
Just finished my Computer Science degree, going to work for a consulting company my friend owns, making lots of $$$$$$$$$ What are you doing on your spare time?
Spending lots of time with my girlfriend.
Is there anything you'd like to say to the public (read: admires)
Hmm.. not really. Look for all of the old TSM releases when I finally get around to transferring all my old disks to PC.. or try to find them on the various sites on the net (I will put up a TSM site soon!)
What is the meaning of life?
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