{"id":1172,"date":"2016-01-04T21:25:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T21:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:04:28","slug":"1980s-scene-letters-the-movers-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"1980s Scene Letters (The Movers Collection)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As announced<\/a> earlier – here we go with the first instalment of scans from the private archive of Skylab & General Zoff<\/strong> (of New Balance Bochum\/The Movers\/Elite fame). A truly fascinating glimpse into the 1980s’ C64<\/abbr> and Amiga<\/abbr> cracking<\/abbr> scene<\/abbr>, with too many highlights to mention them all. For those with basic knowledge about the history of the cracking- and demoscene<\/abbr>, or those who experienced these times themselves, the list of authors below will already be enough to realise the significance of the archive – and this is only a small portion of what we can expect from it. As for highlights regarding the letters’ content, I’ll just throw in some random aspects: Scottish crackers<\/abbr> in 1986; a note from Strider announcing the foundation of Fairlight<\/em>; Irata’s original letterhead; cracking tips from Mr. Zeropage; German public phone cheating techniques; anxieties over first place in intro<\/abbr> greetings; transatlantic flows of material goods; and many more. Enjoy this first instalment – there is more to come!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Agent Organge\/ACA (USA) to The Movers, ~1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Axa\/X-Men (Finland) to Skylab, late 1980s [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Birdy\/Scottish Cracking Crew (UK) to Skylab, 30 July 1986 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 CPU\/Plutonium Crackers (Germany) to New Balance, 16 December 1986 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Honey\/1001 Crew (Netherlands) to The Movers, June 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Irata\/RSI (Germany) to Skylab, ~1986 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Laffen\/TDF (Norway) to The Movers, 1987 [metadata<\/a>]\u2022 Mr Sulu\/Doughnut Cracking Service (UK) to New Balance, 1986 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Mr Zeropage\/RSI (Germany) to General Zoff, 2 January 1988 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 New Balance to Mr Sulu\/DCS (UK) [draft], 1986 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 New Balance to Paperboy Inc. (Germany) [draft], 7 August 1986 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 No. 1 (=Strider)\/Fairlight (Sweden) to Skylab, April 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 RGB\/The Movers (Canada) to Skylab, 1 March 1988 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Skylab to Irata, 1986 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Stingray (USA) to Skylab, 6 April 1989 [metadata<\/a>]<\/p>\n

NB:<\/em> If the images in the gallery below appear too small to figure out the details, you can always download high-quality scans at the \u201cmetadata\u201d links above! There, you can also find some background info for each letter.<\/p>\n