Mark Russinovich, an IT professional, started his career at NuMega co-writing with Bryce Cogswell the software NTFSDOS, Filemon and RegMon.
In the 2003 film La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón, based on another characters of the author, Mortadelo y Filemón (Mort and Phil), Rompetechos is played by Emilio Gavira and is presented as a nostalgic of the Francoist regime, something not appearing in the comics.