Eagle Soft Incorporated

Eagle Soft Incorporated (ESI, 1981-)
USA&gt; Kombalar (Chris, new 07/87-01/88), Mitch (crack, 12/87-09/88), Rik (crack, 11-12/86), Simple Solutions (new 01/88), The Head Librarian (John, 12-01/88/87), The Music Man (new 01/88), Tinman (new 01/88).

Probably the oldest pirate group in existence anywhere (and certainly the first americans doing their own cracks!), ESI was actually formed in 1981 on the VIC20. They released cracks for the c64 as early as at least 1986. In their crack of "Ace of Aces" dated 9/4/86 (probably meaning september), they listed three members named By-Tor, Scorpio and 'Me' (we're guessing Rik), as well as two boards, DATASHACK I and DATASHACK II. For a long time they had the only decent American c64 cracker, Mitch. 1987 - A crack released in mid july announced Kombalar as a new member. 1988 - A crack released in mid january announced three new members; The Music Man, Simple Solutions and Tinman.