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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Group id #1754 : Triton Technology
So, j0x made the next comment regarding Real D.Y.S.P.:
"I'd say this wasn't released in 1987, but in (early) 1988. It was apparently made as a response to Triangle's d.y.s.p. demo (PhotonDYSP, released in December 1987), mentioning that Dosman had made Triton's d.y.s.p. "back in november 1987" and the scroll ends with "jokes are all (c) by the triton headquaters 1988!!"
At first my gut feeling told me he was wrong, but then I did some digging, and now I'm not so sure anymore.
First of all, the year that Triton T. was dissolved is set to 1987. I might even have done this myself, based on the fact that I really believed The Funeral, their last demo, to be from that year. However, checking the scrolltexts of that demo mentions a (c) 1988 ex-Triton T. Also, there are at least 2 other demos from 1988 (High Tech and Cosmic Copyparty).
So, although Dwangi mentions in the trivia that "Most of the members of Triton Technology formed Upfront in late 1987.", I now think that yes, 1988 is the year this group stopped their activities. And Real D.Y.S.P. was probably released that year as well, just like j0x stated.
But what really puzzled me is the "Most of the members" part of Dwangi's statement. The memberlists shows only 2 people being in both groups (Ray and Zoro). Does this mean that some people changed their handles? Or was Dwangi off again?
To me this group was one of the great from those days, so I hope somebody here can shine more light on this matter. I'll start by setting the dissolved day to 1988.
One more thing: I also noticed that somebody reset the release type of The Funeral to music collection. Ofcourse I have no idea who this is but please people, just because a part has several tunes in it that can be selected by pressing various keys, doesn't mean it's a music collection! Such parts were very common back then, mainly because most music was taken from games. |
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Sander
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 496 |
Yeah, i enjoy the read aswell. Nice to get such an insight on the historic Upfront.
Typically, Henning would've come up with some new technique on his c64, and we'd throw some music+graphics+(last second) text at it, only to discover that it basically only ran on Hennings c64, abusing some timings of his specific model.
I'd love to see them 'fixed' by nowadays active coders as a sort of challenge/compo perhaps. Reading about 'new techniques' makes me feel we missed out on some good shit. |
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pulped
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Not at all in contact with anyone else from back then, no. |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Groucho, a warm welcome from me to this forum as well, always nice to have an oldtimer like you drop by. |
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Graham
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Registered: Dec 2002
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"only to discover that it basically only ran on Hennings c64, abusing some timings of his specific model."
-> sounds like CIA 1 clock difference to me. |
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Tech
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Registered: Sep 2007
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Something is wrong though because I was the one presenting Mixer at some party on sealand where the demos were shown and old tube tv. And mixer was the #1 in the Demo Comp. I think it might have been Nykoebing F, but I'm not sure, can't remember after which party we made a demo while waiting for a train.
I'll leave it at that, if I remember little bits and pieces here and there I'll make sure to fill you in.
One thing that bother me though - Einstein is not at the top of coder list. He pushed the limits relentlessly. I witnessed first hand the awesome things he came up with. Both Einstein and Zoro were always (and still is for all i know) bad asses behind the keys...
And for that they deserve and have my highest level of respect!
-Tech/Upfront
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384 |
don't take those charts too serious, the voting is pretty broken =P |
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Tech
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Quote: "only to discover that it basically only ran on Hennings c64, abusing some timings of his specific model."
-> sounds like CIA 1 clock difference to me.
[GRAHAM] regarding the clock comment [/GRAHAM]
Naahh it wasn't that!
Unclear if you ever saw his unique development facility.... it is best described as a highly unstable nuclear reaction.
Nothing remained from the original C64 enclosure, the motherboard thrown on top of his A500, which in turn had the keys on top...
He working on what was the original prototyping environment for his A500<->C64 Assembler, cables still hanging out everywhere and some hot coffee poured on top......
That was competition conditions for us, and although it was a tough look in the mirror sometimes, we had tons of joy, just from being "Upfront"ers, and I know that I wouldn't trade for anything!
-Tech/Upfront |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Quote: don't take those charts too serious, the voting is pretty broken =P
Also, Einstein received too few votes, probably because most of the people voting here weren't around when he was active.
Then again, I haven't voted for him myself, maybe I should change that right away ;) |
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SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
On Upfront party in 1988, Einstein had a SCSI harddisk connected to his C64 with many many wires. He built that interface himself! |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11384 |
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probably because most of the people voting here weren't around when he was active.
more like, most people do not vote at all, and if they do, they vote for the recently added popular stuff and maybe their friends (and themselves ofcourse =P) |
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