{"id":1307,"date":"2016-01-27T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:04:28","slug":"the-movers-collection-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1307","title":{"rendered":"The Movers Collection, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the first instalment<\/a> of The Movers<\/strong>‘ swap letter collection caused such a tremendous interest, we finally bring you the next batch. Once again, it’s a treasure trove, full of forgotten voices from the dawn of the C64<\/abbr> and Amiga<\/abbr> scene<\/abbr>. We learn about the hardships of switching computer platforms, about transatlantic software trade and crackers<\/abbr> worrying about being “greeted” in intro<\/abbr> scrolltexts, we read Strider\/Fairlight complaining about “communist Sweden”, SCA sending out custom-made anti-virus software to protect their friends from their own SCA Virus (the infamous, first ever<\/a> Amiga virus), and so on. A particularly emotional document is the letter by Dennis a.k.a. Turtle\/Danish Gold, whom many of our readers knew and met at demoparties<\/abbr>, and who sadly passed away in 2006. Here, we read his lines back in 1987, when he just got himself an IBM PC and was looking forward to the Danish Gold copyparty<\/abbr>…<\/p>\n

\u2022 Action 2009 (Denmark) to The Movers, 22 May 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Honey\/1001 Crew (Netherlands) to Skylab, 1986-1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Honey\/1001 Crew to The Movers, 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Laffen\/RDI (Norway) to Skylab, 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Mr. Mister\/RAD (USA) to The Movers, 21 June 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Popeye (Denmark) to Skylab, 1988 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Popeye to The Movers, December 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Popeye to The Movers, 1988 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 STI\/SCA (Switzerland) to Skylab, 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 STI\/SCA (Switzerland) to Skylab, 1987 (another one) [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Shockwave\/Jazzcat (Norway) to Skylab, 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Strider\/Fairlight (Sweden) to Skylab, December 1987 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Strider\/Fairlight to Skylab, 1987-1988 [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 ?\/Trilogy (Netherlands) to The Movers, 1980s [metadata<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Turtle\/Danish Gold (Denmark) to Skylab, 1987 [metadata<\/a>]<\/p>\n

(NB:<\/em> If the scans in the gallery below are too small for you, you can download the high-resolution versions at the “metadata” links above.)<\/p>\n