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NAME:
Peter Hardcastle
COMPUNET ID:
PH24 (but who were the other 23), DRAL (it cost me 10ukp for
this JANE)! NETFAX (but I got this one for free). FEEDBACK
(I got that one when Jane chucked it), -EDITOR- (I got paid
for this one - sometimes)!
WHAT HE DID:
Within my first month I "wrote" a football manager game in
AmigaBASIC!!! It was a roaring success, apparently reaching
the Hall Of Fame faster than any other program. Later I began
to write a roundup each week of all the uploads. This became
"Netfax" and was very popular (if I may say so myself). This
led to me getting a free account and (I guess) led Jane to
recommend me to Nick as her successor. I'm still unsure as
to whether this was done as a friendly gesture or (with hindsight)
because I'd upset her terribly in some way! ("hehe" - as ID
Monty would have said).
As soon as Nick took over, things went
down hill. Mind you, I took over as editor at the same time
so maybe it was all my fault. Or maybe it was Jane's fault
for leaving us all with that crazy man. Like a good captain
I hope he went down with his ship. I jumped off a few months
earlier. I think Gnome and Top Cat (David) were still around.
Since then my only Cnet contact was
a brief meeting with TJ who was at a Commodore (hey [starry
eyed look] remember Commodore?) Show up here in Washington
CD (County Durham). He popped back to my house for a cuppa
and that was where Cnet ended for me... until now.
CLAIM TO COMPUNET
FAME:
I enjoyed a spell in the "famous for 15 minutes" category
when I was interviewed by a number of Commodore magazines
- in the days when there was a number of Commodore magazines.
Best one was in Zzap 64 where the interviewer turned out to
be from Sunderland (my home city) and he came all the way
up from Ludlow to interview me - or did he just do it because
he'd come home for the weekend! Anyway the interview appeared
complete with photo. Mrs. Dral was very proud.
WHAT'S HE
UP TO NOW:
Strangely, just this week I've started out on my second 15
minutes of fame. I have just had a book review and an article
published in a Canal Magazine. I have also been commissioned
to write a series of canal related articles based on my web
site. A guide/book(let) may also follow.
OTHER STUFF:
Jane, I saw you on Sky TV on "Speed" recently. Good to see
you.
TOP THREE
C64 PROGRAMS/HARDWARE:
Blimey. I suppose the Cnet software could be mentioned!! And
things like "Freezeframe" cartridges which allowed you to
poke games and transfer (copy) them onto disk. I guess my
favourite game was "Emlyn Hugh's Soccer" because it allowed
my brother and I to play on the same team (which we did for
years until I bought my Amiga - and we still play the Amiga
version now)!
BETWEEN WHICH
DATES WERE YOU A MEMBER OF COMPUNET:
User: March 1987 to March 1989 - Editor: March 1989 to the
end (whenever that was... 1991?)
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