This document...
This document contains information on various people you
can write to, or sometimes email, for coder's and PD services such
as libraries.
They are mostly PD related in subject, so if you are looking for
general clubs and usergroups it would
be best to look at the appropriate list. The information contained
below is part of John Garners
www pages.
I also have a list of programs (demos
/ utilities / games
), some of which I own and others that I do not although I am
always looking to increase my collection. (Hint!)
I will always welcome any comments on both content and layout
of these pages as long as they aren't just flaming. So "they're crap"
or "delete them, my personal organiser is more useful" comments can be
substituted in favour of particular constructive criticism please!
Do they need more links? Is the text readable? Are the links in
the wrong places? Are they pointing to the right places - do you get
what you expect? I need feedback!
This list consists of the known coders and PD Libraries. But only
'known' as in known to me! So if you know of another, or indeed are
another libary, I would very much like to hear from you and if you can
supply me with some information on them, this would be even more useful.
Of course, if you want to look through it and can find one I
haven't listed then please let me know so I can add it. I am
also creating a list of upcoming (PD preferably) software projects
for the Spectrum, if you are working on something email me. Unless
otherwise stated, the following addresses are in England.
if you are on this list and don't already know me, you can write to me at the address
which is towards the bottom of the
coders list.
KEY TO COUNTRIES
In the addresses below, [xx] is the country - English if none
specified or '??' if unknown/not sure, where xx is:
- AU=Austria
- CZ=Czech Republic
- DE=Denmark
- EN=England
- FR=France
- GE=Germany
- GR=Greece
- IT=Italy
- NE=Netherlands
- NW=Norway
- PO=Poland
- SC=Scotland
If the country is next to a group name, all the group come
from that country (AFAIK) unless there is a specific [??] mark
next to a person's name/pseudonymm, in which case only that person
is from the specified country.
Comma's (,) at the end of a 'Programs:' list means I know I
haven't listed it all - quite often meaning I don't know much about
them, but sometimes just that I'm not bothered to find the
information and write it up. Three dots (...) means I am unsure if
there is any more to add, and if a question mark is also used,
there may not even be any more - I know even less.
Public Domain Libraries are where the biggest collections
of PD hang-out, and you can 'order' a collection or specific
ones from these places, they are allowed to charge for costs
for repair and postage, but not to sell the actual PD itself
for profit.
Here is a list of the only ones I know of at present, please
inform me of any others you know in other countries or in
England.
- Alchemist PD: Andy Davis, 62 Tithe Barn lane, Woodhouse,
Sheffield. S13 7LN
- Fountain PD: in Nottingham somewhere, not many titles - mainly their own
productions and from the "Knuckle Girls"
- MGPD: 1 Pelham St., Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. NG17 2EF
- Prism PD: Martyn Sherwood, 13 Rodney Close, Bilton, Rugby. CV22 7HJ
- Propac PD: 153 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, Kent. BR4 0AG
- RAS PD: Now defunct
- Rasputin PD: Haven't written down their address here yet, not sure they
still exist
- Rave PD: Haven't written down their address here yet
- Sinclair Freak'eren: [DE] See the usergroups section for the address
- Total PD: Now defunct
- WoMo: [GE] Ernastraße 33, D-51069, Köln. Germany
There are also several others I either don't know of, or don't
have addresses for. Please feel free to send me details of
them. But preferably only Spectrum related ones. (enough
SAM Coupe
info is available already!)
What follows is a list of quite a few coding teams and people who
either have been, or still are, writing things for the Spectrum.
- The format of the listing is as follows:
- The name is first, as a link if there is anything more
about them.
- The programs produced by them are stored sperately via
links, or below the name after 'Programs:' if there is no
other information in a seperate file. m..n represent
succesive demos with the same name ie CIR 1..4 means
there are demos: CIR 1, CIR 2, CIR 3, CIR 4.
There's always a retreat to the Spectrum Forever homepage. Take note: the order they are in
is supposed to be alphabetical, but there may be one or two
unintended and completely coincidental misplacements. In this
list (the same for other lists in my documents), small
words like "The" are placed at the end ie "The
Mad Guys" would be indexed as "Mad Guys, The"
(with the comma just to show you the link, it's not there in
the list). Not sure if that made sense but never mind...
An index to all the groups
with more information (ie groups with links) on them is also
available.
Black Knight Software (BKS)
BusySoft [??]
Programs: Blava demo, ...
Cadmium
Probably don't exist now. Don't know anything else about
them.
CIR Team [GE]
Programs: CIR 1..4, ...?
Convention
- Icabod (email rjc94@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
(60 Glebelands, Merriott, Somerset. TA16 5RE)
- Da Gangster (Gavin Harrison, Trelawne, Pakenham, Bury St. Edmunds.
Suffolk. IP31 2LS) (used to be called Twix)
Cool Guys Limited (CGL)
Spirit
Programs: Lots of cracked games, some useful +D EXECUTE type files,
and +D utilities.
Datasoft (email
jmg7@ukc.ac.uk)
Doc.R
Dynamite Dynastie [GE]
Ethanol Soft Incorporated
(ESI) [PO]
Exodus [??]:
Extacy-3
Fleshbrain [??]
Fuxoft [??]
The Interceptors [??]
Jaxxon Hollis [??]
Programs: Mr. Vain, also has had a hand in loads, if anyone can
supply me with more details I will be very greatful.
Kassoft [PO]
Programs: Kassoft 1..6, ...?
The Knuckle Girls
Note: The only all-girl coding team there is!
The Lords [NE]
The Mad Guys [GE]
Megavision [GR]
Well, I think its a group...
Mikropol [PO] (Tomasz Puwalski, Moczynskiegol/14, 85-016 Bydgoszcz,
Poland)
Programs: Signal 1..3, Screen$ compressor, CODE compressor, ...?
MQM Team [CZ]
Not entirely sure about the country
Noro Hard/Soft [??]
Programs: LCD demo, ...?
Omega [GE]
Programs: Omega 1, Ugly, part of Unused, ...?
Pentagram [CZ]
Phantom [FR]
The President [NW]
Used to be known as Alfasoft
Programs: TNT 1..4, Got To Get, Buffalo, Jukebox, Straight, Heart,
loverights, Woodpecker From Space, Baby, IQ_Test, Popcorn
Roberto [IT]
Sgt. Pepper [??]
Programs: Sgt. Pepper demos 1..11, ...
Spectec [AU]
Programs: Spectec 1..7, ...?
Substance []
Probably don't exist anymore
Programs: The Real Deal, Ceremony, ...?
Saposoft [??]
Programs: Sapo 1..4, ...?
SSC [??]
Programs: Bateria, ...
TFF Team [??]
Theo Develegas [GR]
Programs: Music demos 1..10 (for SU mag), VGA 128, Piggy Punks,
EEC 1993, Dinosaurs, Black/White 1, Black/White 2, ...???
Tigers Claw [IT]
Total Eclipse
Unbelievables [GE]
United Minds: [SC]
Wonder [FR]
Programs: First Wonder, ...?
Zack
Programs: Magican, Quark, Chef's Mate, ST-Ripper, Crystal, Megatron,
I'm No God, ...
Although 'officially' a member of Extacy 3, he hasn't done anything
I know of for them and is fairly inactive at the moment due to work,
exams, other priorities.
- Please, let me know more!!!!!