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 THiS FiLE CONTAiNS THE (ALMOST) COMPLETE HiSTORY OF THE "HOT SCENESTUFF CD"
 FROM THE 1ST iDEA TiLL THE DiSTRiBUTiON. ESPECiALLY THE MANY PROBLEMS i HAD
 AND THE MANY THINX THAT CHANGED DURiNG THE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE MENTiONED!
 WELL LETS STOP BORE YOU AND START WiTH SOME FACTS i REMEMBER...

 SPRiNG 1995
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 i HAD THE iDEA 2 PRODUCE A SCENE RELATED CD THOUGH i HAD NOTHiNG 2 DO WiTH
 THE SCENE DURiNG THiS TiME - DON'T ASK ME WHY i HAD THiS iDEA - i HAVE MANY
 iDEAS iN MY HEAD BUT THiS iS ONE OF THE FEW i REALIZED :) 

 APRiL 1995
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 - STARTED COLLECTiNG DEMOS FROM DiFFERENT SW-CDS LiKE PEGASUS OR NIGHTOWL
   ( BUT ALMOST NOTHiNG OF THiS EARLY STUFF FiNALLY CAME ON THE CD :)

 MAY 1995
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 - GOT iN CONTACT WiTH THE CREATORS OF ALMOST EVERY GERMAN! DiSKMAG LiKE THE
   GOOD OLD "HOT MAG", "PLATiNUM", "BLACKMAiL" 'N "SKYLiNE"...
 - STARTED MAiLSWAPPiNG ( A QUiTE GOOD WAY TO GET STUFF )
 - CONTACTED "DEEP THOUGHT" AKA "TRANCEMATiC" WHO FAiLED WiTH HiS PLANES
   2 PRODUCE THE CF-CD

 JUNE 1995
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 - BOUGHT A 1.3 GB HD 4 COLLECTiNG STUFF
 - DEEP THOUGHT STARTED CODiNG THE POWERCD MENU PROGRAMM 4 THE HSS-CD 

 JULY 1995
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 - RELEASED THE 1ST PROMTiON INTRO 4 THE CD - i'TS MADE WiTH iNTROMAKER 3
   BY THG ( LAME, i KNOW ) ONLY 2 SPREAD SOME iNFOS ABOUT THE HSS-CD

 AUGUST
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 - HAD SOME TROUBLE WiTH MY HD - THE ViRUS ANTiEXE OVERWROTE THE MBR
   OF MY HD DiSK 'N iT TOOK ME SOME WEEX 2 RESTORE iT SAVELY
 - RELEASED THE 2ND PROMOTiON INTRO 4 THE CD iNCLUDiNG UPDATED iNFOS 'N
   ANOTHER FiNE TRACK BY LiGHTSTONE /E-NERGETiC
 - DOJ /CUBiC TEAM PHONED ME 2 iNFORM ME THAT THE COMMERCiAL RiGHTS OF
   ALL MAJOR PARTY RELEASES ARE BY THE PARTY ORGANiZiNG AND THAT i'LL
   GET A LOT OF TROUBLE, iF I USE THEM WiTHOUT PERMiSSiON ON MY CD
   FROM THiS DAY i TRiED 2 GET A WRiTTEN PERMiSSiON 4 EVERYTHING

 SEPTEMBER
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 - CDM GMBH AKA SOUND SOLUTiONS CONTACTED 4 COOPERATiON - THEY PROMiSED
   ME TO GiVE ME A PERMiSSiON 4 ALL ASSEMBLY'94 AND X'95 RELEASES, iF i
   WORK TOGETHER WiTH THEM - 'N i AGREED
 - BOUGHT A 28800 BPS MODEM 2 GET STUFF EVEN FASTER

 OCTOBER
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 - GOT THE FiNAL VERSiON OF THE CD MENU PROGRAM BY DEEP THOUGHT
 - COZ OF AN UNKNOWN REASON (ViRUS/TROJAN) i LOST A LOT OF MY DATAs, SO
   i HAD 2 START COLLECTiNG STUFF AGAiN, WHiCH SHOULD TAKE ME AT LEAST
   ONE MONTH

 NOVEMBER
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 - CONTiNUED COLLECTiNG STUFF - THE 350 MB LiMiT OF LEGAL STUFF WAS BROKEN...
 - i ASKED MT-HEAD /FORMAT C: 4 D-ZiGNiNG THE COVER 'N HE TOOK THE JOB

 DECEMBER
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 - MUCH MORE THAN 450 MB OF FiNE STUFF AVAiABLE
 - DOWNED MANY MEGS FROM SOME GOOD LD-BBSs ( THE BEST BUT MOST EXPENSiVE
   WAY 2 GET NEW STUFF ). SO THE HSS-STUFF BECAME MORE UP 2 DATE...
 - THE LiCENSE-AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRANCEMATiC 'N ME WAS MADE
 - i B-CAME iLL SERiOUSLY AROUND XMAS AND NEW YEAR - SO i DiDN'T MANAGED TO
   RELEASE iT THiS YEAR :(
 - GOT THE CHANCE 2 USE THE iNTERNET 4 SOME HOURS AND i FOUND A LOT OF
   STUFF 2 DOWNLOAD FOR THiS CD

 JANUARY
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 - THE COVER d-ZiGN WAS FiNALLY READY 'N iT LOOX PRETTY COOL
 - BELiEVE iT OR NOT: THE HSS-CD WAS FiNALLY RELEASED !!! THE PRESSiNG WAS
   iN THE 4TH WEEK OF JANUARY AND SOON AFTER THAT i WAS ABLE TO START SENDiNG
   THE FiNAL CDs TO ALL PRE-BUYERS...
   AT THE SAME TiME THE "FiNAL HSS iNFORMATiON PACKAGE" WAS RELEASED


 DURiNG THE TiME THE HSS-CD CHANGED A LOT - AND FiNALLY iT BECAME BETTER THAN
 i EVER THOUGHT! HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY iT... MAYBE MORE SCENE CDs WiLL FOLLOW...
