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He takes dance lessons on Wednesdays, "just because he must be more social", as his mother explains it, watch the stars once a week and, most strange, he codes multitasking intros.
\1 Name: Mikael Kalms
\1 Date of birth: 780920
\3How and when did you start your activities on the computer and the scene?
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- In late '87 my parents bought an Atari 520 ST. Me and my older brother quickly seized it. Sometime in '88 my older brother got his hands on a series of computer-mags containing an assembly language programming course. Since he was one of my biggest idols at that time I began learning as well. I continued for a few years on the ST. (I still love scrollers...) During the summer '92 my family went to the Philippines. The only computer available at our residence down there was a portable 386, so we (my older brother and I) began learning x86-assembler as well. I had a quick glance at C shortly thereafter. In '94 I got an Amiga 1200 for Christmas. I began creating a Wolfenstein-clone, but it was never finished. I visited The Party 4 (a great party, I'm going to The Party 5 too) and in May '95 I went to "Icing '95" where I met a C-Lous member. They were looking for another programmer and I gladly joined them.
I'm currently the proud owner of an A1230/50 with 4MB 60ns FAST. (I got the SIMM three days ago... It really kicked some life into the 030 board :-))
I still have an Atari 1040STE. (FM-ljud rullar!) The computer is well suited for pure programming, but it lacks some of those special features that make computers ideal for demos.
Oh yes, I've got a PC as well. It's not some lame Pentium thing, it's a 286 upgraded to a 386SX20 with 8 MB RAM, SVGA and a 100MB HD! It resides in IBM's original bullet-proof metal case, and it has a real AT-keyboard. (It's the most fascinating PC I've ever seen...)
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You aren't a person that cares very much of which group you are in. It depends on the members, friends and coding-pals. Am I right?
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- I don't care too much about which group I'm in. The members are much more important to me than the name of the group. I joined C-Lous since the members seemed nice and friendly, and I think I'll stay in this group for quite a while. If some other group would ask me to join, I'd consider their offer, but I won't take the initiative myself (I like things the way they are now). I'm also a member of Phenomena (maybe we should call ourselves Phenomena PC to avoid confusion?) since a year or two. We've only released one (well, actually two, but the first one is better left forgotten) intro so far (there may come more productions in the future).
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Today it's interesting to know more about legends, and who are legends if not Phenomena are?
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- I'm very sorry, but I haven't had any contact with the original Phenomena members. The Big A started Phenomena (PC) in May '94 and I joined sometime in early '95. The Big A has quit Phenomena (PC) by now. There are currently six members, four of them being programmers. None of the original Phenomena members are active in Phenomena (PC).
(Note, though, that I haven't said that the original members have quit the demo business completely...)
