{"id":1640,"date":"2016-07-12T11:34:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:04:12","slug":"scene-related-software-manuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"Scene-Related Software Manuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s no secret that <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='someone who removes the copy protection of proprietary software'>crackers<\/abbr> and <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='global community of realtime graphics programmers and computer artists, born out of the cracking scene'>demoscene<\/abbr> coders produced their own tools &#8211; not just for internal purposes, but also for others to use, and even to buy. Today we bring you a selection of <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='self-referring term for the cracking scene and the demoscene'>scene<\/abbr>-related manuals that reached us during the past months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Card Cruncher 3.0 (1987)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1626 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1626 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox-free fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-round-full fg-shadow-small fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1626\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Honey-1001-CardCruncher-3-instructions-side1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1627\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/Honey-1001-CardCruncher-3-instructions-side1\/2660261483.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Honey-1001-CardCruncher-3-instructions-side2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1628\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/Honey-1001-CardCruncher-3-instructions-side2\/3625134.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Card Cruncher, 1001 Crew&#8217;s legendary packer software, was already described in detail <a href=\"http:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=1404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <strong>Honey<\/strong>, one of the authors, provided us with the original manual. If you got to see it back in 1987, you could consider yourself very lucky &#8211; as can be seen on the second page, only Robin\/Dynamic Duo and Fax\/New Stars were allowed to use the program apart from 1001 Crew. Now, 29 years later, you can read it. Get the high quality scans and the metadata sheet <a href=\"https:\/\/files.scene.org\/view\/resources\/gotpapers\/manuals\/card_cruncher_3.0_manual_1987.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>TCB Tracker 1.0 (1990)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1629 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1629 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox-free fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-round-full fg-shadow-small fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1629\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tcb_tracker_manual_1990_Seite_01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1630\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/tcb_tracker_manual_1990_Seite_01\/316439064.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tcb_tracker_manual_1990_Seite_02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1631\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/tcb_tracker_manual_1990_Seite_02\/584043533.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tcb_tracker_manual_1990_Seite_03.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1632\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/tcb_tracker_manual_1990_Seite_03\/4138801352.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The TCB Tracker was a music software for the Atari ST written by An Cool of the Swedish Atari demogroup The Carebears. It was sold by MPH, a nowadays defunct software company from Norwich\/UK. <strong>Robin B.<\/strong> provided us with a scan of the manual, and then we went on to ask An Cool whether we may put it online. Luckily, he is fine with it, so you can enjoy it 26 years after the program hit the stores. Get the full scan and the metadata sheet <a href=\"https:\/\/files.scene.org\/view\/resources\/gotpapers\/manuals\/tcb_tracker_1.0_manual_1990.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Demo Designer (1988)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1621 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1621 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox-free fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-round-full fg-shadow-small fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1621\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4813_009.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1622\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/4813_009\/2629192981.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4813_010.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1623\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/4813_010\/2368412056.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4813_011.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1624\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/4813_011\/232757949.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/4813_012.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1625\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/4813_012\/2600060603.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Demo Designer was one of the numerous commercially available &#8220;demomakers&#8221; in the late 1980s, which allowed less-skilled computer users to create their own demos and <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='short realtime-calculated graphical demonstration program, originally placed infront of a pirated game'>intros<\/abbr>. A number of <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='self-referring term for members of the cracking scene and the demoscene'>sceners<\/abbr> were able to make some money by developing such software &#8211; most famously TCC Design, a subgroup of Red Sector Inc., who programmed the famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pouet.net\/prod.php?which=12558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Becker DemoMaker<\/a> for the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Commodore Amiga, one of the most popular 16-bit home computers, produced between 1985 and 1996'>Amiga<\/abbr>. Demo Designer, a less-known <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Commodore 64, the most popular 8-bit home computer, produced between 1982 and 1994'>C64<\/abbr> demomaker, was sold by Digital Marketing, a PD distributor and occasional software publisher run by entrepreneur Dieter M\u00fcckter and <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='someone who removes the copy protection of proprietary software'>cracker<\/abbr>\/coder MWS\/Radwar. Due to the latter&#8217;s vast network of scene contacts, the commercial software published by Digital Marketing was very often programmed by sceners. Demo Designer was coded by Joachim Fr\u00e4der\/X-Ample, it used music routines and tunes by F.A.M.E. and Maniacs of Noise, and, last not least, MWS himself was responsible for the copy protection. This copy of the manual, alongside the program disk, was sent by MWS as a preview to <strong>The Movers<\/strong>, who kindly provided this scan. Get the high quality scans and the metadata sheet <a href=\"https:\/\/files.scene.org\/view\/resources\/gotpapers\/manuals\/demo_designer_manual_1988.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Floppy Disk VC 1541 manual<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1633 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1633 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox-free fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-round-full fg-shadow-small fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1633\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1634\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_01\/1842064254.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1635\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_02\/343489180.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_19.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1636\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_19\/2623508171.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_23.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1637\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_23\/3274651847.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_24.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1638\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_24\/3051450390.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_34.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1639\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2016\/07\/floppy_disk_vc_1541_instruction_from_jeff_smart_Seite_34\/1437069908.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is not a scene-produced manual, but one that many C64 sceners had studied at length. When I visited <strong>Jeff Smart<\/strong>, the legendary editor of <em>Illegal<\/em>, for an interview last year, he gave me this 1541 floppy drive manual as the only scene-related thing that he still had in his possession. He got it in 1985, when he was still fairly new to the C64, and scribbled funny\/weird stuff over some of its pages. Get the full scan and the metadata sheet <a href=\"https:\/\/files.scene.org\/view\/resources\/gotpapers\/manuals\/floppy_disk_vc1541_manual_owned_by_jeff_smart_1985.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='someone who removes the copy protection of proprietary software'>crackers<\/abbr> and <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='global community of realtime graphics programmers and computer artists, born out of the cracking scene'>demoscene<\/abbr> coders produced their own tools &#8211; not just for internal purposes, but also for others to use, and even to buy. Today we bring you a selection of <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='self-referring term for the cracking scene and the demoscene'>scene<\/abbr>-related manuals that reached us during the past months. Card Cruncher 3.0 (1987) Card Cruncher, 1001 Crew&#8217;s legendary packer software, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-additions","tag-manuals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4168,"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions\/4168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}