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Interviewer : SYBORG
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+ AN INTERVIEW WITH +
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GEARS
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Well, you never thought it would happen, but he's finally agreed to
it. (Don't ask me why ! - Gears) Will he expose some juicy information ?
Read on...!
* SYBORG
* GEARS
- Hiya !
- Yeah, hi.
- So, how are you ?
- Hmmm.. Okay...
- So, where do you get your ideas from for these articles ?
- Well, most of it is from personal experience or from things that
are happening in the world.
- Isn't the news a bit boring ?
- Most of it is, so I try and put a bit of humour into it.
- Do you have a claim to fame ?
- Erm.... I once trod on a picture of Kylie Minogue.
- You don't like Kylie, then ?
- I'd rather listen to a speech by John Major.
- That bad ?
- Not as bad as getting a 1963 Blue Peter Annual.
- Do you have a girlfriend ?
- This is getting a bit personal, isn't it ? Anyway, I can't
disclose information like that.
- Why not ?
- Because I'll edit it out again when you give the article to me.
- You've got a point there.
- Hmmm... I think this is turning into a friendly chat.
- Oh yeah, I forgot.... So..... Do you have a girlfriend ?
- Shut up ... Isn't there another question ?
- How long have you been involved with computers ?
- I don't really have relationships with computers...
- I meant how long have you had a computer ?
- Oh..... Well, I started with a Speccy 48k and then went on to
the Sinclair Spectrum +2... Then I saw an advert for this Amiga thing
and thought "Cooo" that looks good. I didn't have much cash so I bought
a second-hand A500 v1.2. It was over-taken by the v1.3 about 2 months
later, but I stuck with the 1.2 for a while.
- Why ?
- I didn't see much reason for upgrading. The v1.2 did crash quite a
bit and had "moods" but it did what I wanted it to do.
- When did you upgrade ?
- I waited and waited and then I saw the A500 Plus. It looked smart,
so I sold my v1.2 ..... oh yeah... I sold it for 10 quid MORE than I
bought it for.. don't ask me how though. Yeah, so I sold that and then
I had the Plus. It was a HUGE improvement. Shell was built in, it was
quicker and had a great new Workbench. It seemed like a huge leap
forward at the time.
- But you've got an A1200 now...
- Yeah, I bought it last month with a hard drive. It's a monster leap
up from a 1.2 ! I did ZAM-4 on it!
- I can see that you've got lots of peripherals.
- Yeah ! Just a few. The extra drive is still useful even with a HD.
- Someone asked me to say, "How's that girl in the 5th year then ?"
- Who said that ? Come on, own up !
- I'm not saying !
- Look, it's just rumour ! It's a load of crap ! If you don't be quiet
about it I may have to spread some rumours about you and a....SHEEP !
- You wouldn't !
- I would !
- Erm... okay... So, are Zircon working on any new projects ?
- Well, when ZAM-4 comes out.....hang on, it will be out when people
read this, won't it ?
- Yeah, I suppose so.
- Yes, anyway. After ZAM-4 we will be releasing the Zircon Graphics
Utility Disk. Shotton compiled it ages ago, I'm just going to put some
doc files on. Sorry it took so long Shot ! Then there's the Zircon
Music disk, which is full of great music from ZEX.
- I've read your "Weird" article. What the hell are you talking
about in it?
- Well, I suppose it depends whether Little Miss Muffet really did
fall off her tuffet or whether she was pushed. Or was that Humpty
Dumpty ?
- Pardon ?
- That's it.. Just say anything ! Whatever comes out of your brain
is usually quite funny !
- Yeah, well I've ran out of questions so I guess it's time to say
thanks for answering my strange questions.
- S'okay, where's the money ?
SYBORG.
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The "bit-on-the-bottom" by Gears:
Syborg asked me to edit some bits out. I told him to type it all up
and I'll edit anything out about sheep. He did, and I didn't.
Sorry Syborg but it's funnier !