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HBH Letters Collection Vol. 1

Finally, we managed to put up the first installment of scans from the collection of Norwegian C64 & Amiga scener HBH (a.k.a. Sorry Morry, a.k.a. ZTH), who had kindly sent it to us back in 2023. Spanning from 1987 to 1989, this batch includes a couple of party invitations, an advert for the German “News” papermag, and a bunch of letters from all over the world. Highlights include a detailed latter from US-American C64 sysop John a.k.a. Mad Hatter of Purple Dragon BBS, in which he describes copy parties in the USA, as well as a swapletter from Switzerland written on the back of a flyer from a fishmonger which still exists and which the editor of this website walks by every day. :)

As always, the images can be viewed in the gallery below, and the hi-res scans, complete with metadata sheets, can be accessed from the links in this list:

Letters from:
• Challenger (unknown country), [1980s]
• Conan/The Stack (Finland), [25/06/1987] [13/09/1987]
• Glerc/Science 451 (Sweden), [1980s]
• Harry/711 (West Germany), [1989]
• JKA (USA), [1980s]
• John a.k.a. Mad Hatter/Purple Dragon BBS (USA), [24/06/1989]
• Metal/Unitech (Denmark), [1989]
• Nick (UK), [1980s]
• Nigel (UK), [1980s]
• Pierre (France), [30/04/1987]
• R. & M. (Netherlands), [1987]
• Razor/Oneway (Sweden), [1980s]
• Romeo/DACHE (UK), [1987]
• Sin/MJM-S (Finland), [1988]
• Stefano (Italy), [10/03/1987]
• Surfer/Active (Sweden), [05/1989]
• The Duke/NFC (unknown country), [1980s]
• The Famous Loser/TLG (West Germany), [30/01/1988]
• The Smurf (UK), [10/06/1987]
• Zadex/NFX (West Germany), [1980s] [14/04/1989]
• Zorlac/Stardom (Switzerland), [15/05/1989]

Party invitations & adverts:
• Helloween Party 1988 [invitation]
• JOY-MGF-WWE Copyparty 1988 [invitation]
• Radwar Party 1989 [invitation]
• TDB Party 1988 [invitation]
• News papermag [advert]

Jugger Collection Vol. 2

After a long pause, here we go with another update. We did not run out of materials, not at all – only out of time. Anyway, today we bring you the second batch (see first batch here) from the collection of Jugger/Panic, a well-known early 1990s Amiga pack editor and swapper from Germany. Here are 21 letters from between 1990 and 1992, sent to Jugger from all over Western Europe by various early 1990s Amiga sceners. As always, the images can be viewed in the gallery below. The update includes letters from:

• Curse/Arise (Finland), [199x]
• DJ Head/Panic (Germany), [199x]
• Dr. No/Design (Germany), [199x]
• Maverick/Intuition (UK), [199x]
• Mr. Lee (Germany), [17.1.1990]
• Ninja/Triumph (The Netherlands), [199x]
• Rockstar/Coma (France), [1991]
• Sarcophaser/Pussy (Belgium), [20.11.1990]
• Sledge/Zeus (Switzerland), [199x]
• Slider/Reetec (Germany), [21.10.1990]
• Strike/Frantic (Germany), [29.1.1991]
• The Priest/Myth (Germany?), [199x]
• Thufir Hawat/Rebels (France), [199x; 10.1991]
• Tiger/Possessed (Germany), [7.10.1990]
• TMB/Scoopex (Austria), [199x]
• Tyrant/Defcon One (Germany), [03.1991]
• Vulcan/Starline (Finland), [1990]
• Wild Rage/Grace (Austria), [199x; 01.1992]
• Zibe/Darkside (Finland), [199x].

Honey/1001 Collection – Final Update

The letter collection of legendary Dutch C64 cracker Honey of 1001 Crew has provided us with a stream of treasures over the past years. Now, after five instalments, this fountain has run dry: Today, we give you the final update. It includes some fascinating materials from 1986-1987, such as letters from fellow compression expert Matcham and some well-known crackers from the very early days of the C64 scene. As always, the images can be viewed in the gallery below. The update includes letters from:

• AVH/Radwar (Germany), [24.12.1993]
• Cracking Force Berlin (Germany), [198x; 1987]
• Inferno/SCC (Sweden), [1986 envelope; 01.1986; 02.1986; 03.1986; 03.1986(2); 06.1986]
• Mad Max/SCF (Norway), [1986; 1986(2)]
• Matcham/Network (Norway), [05.1987; 26.05.1987; 18.06.1987; 08.09.1987]
• Pira-Ted/NEPA (USA), [1986; 1986(2); 1986(3)]
• Rattlesnake/TCN (Norway), [1986; 29.05.1986; 07.1986]
• Sodan (Denmark), [12.1986]
• Zzap/SCC (Sweden), [1986; 25.06.1986; 1987]


Rough Archive Pt. 2

We start the New Year with a bang. The archive of C64 scener Rough had been sitting here for almost three years – until last month our heroic student assistant scanned over 400 pages in one go. With this update, we present you 269 letters by 127 individuals from 16 countries. They stem from the years between 1989 and 1998, while Rough’s most active phase was between 1989 and 1992. As a self-declared “legal swapper“, Rough had a lot of contacts within the early C64 demoscene. While they were spread over Europe and beyond (there are letters from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom), Rough’s focus laid, besides his native Germany, on Austria and Hungary. Almost all big names of the early Hungarian C64 scene are present in his papers. You can download the high resolution scans, complete with metadata, from our file archive at /swapletters/rough/ and browse this massive update in the gallery below. Here’s the list of contacts represented in this update:

Abyss, Acid Ripper, Agnus, ALF, André, Andy Capp, ANS, Art, Asterix, Bad Boy, Bird, Blue Thunder, Böög, Cancer, Captain Freedom, Chris, Columbus, Cone, Creb, Crime De’Sign, Crossfire, Cruiser, Damien, Dash, Dean, Defjay, Dense, Design, Donatello, Dr. Loot, Duff’90, Exorcist, Falcon, Firefox, Flat, Frank, Frankieghost, Freddy, Fresh, Gabriel, Gazer, Gazza, Goofy, Great, Greg, Gyozo Lee, Hawkeye, Hornet, I.S.M., Ice a.k.a. Heathcliff, Ice-T, Icon, Ivory, Jayce, Jazzy D, Jesus Priest, Joachim, Macho, Mad Butcher, Mad, Major-X, Manchild, MCI, Merlin (NL), Merlin (SE), MMC, Mnemoth, Modesty, Moren, Mr. Perfect, Mr. Wax, Neutron, Nobody, Nothingface, Overlander, Oxygene, Painkiller, Panther, Paradox & Abyss, Play Power, Ratman, Ray, Razor, Rebel, Rune, Satan, Scanner, Scorpie, Scummkid, Slayer, Slime, Spectator, Spook, Starkiller, Steve, Storm, Stranger, Sunny, Syllinor, T.C.B.O., T.E.H., TCH, TDP, Tech, Teen, Terminator X, TG-Acme, Thomas, Thunderhawk, TMN, Tom, Toobin a.k.a. Flatline, Topic, Tornado, Toy, Trident, Trigger, Twilight, Ultrafox, Vigo, Warlock, Whisp, Wildcat, Xerx, Yeyus, Zixmon