Equinox (Amiga demogroup)
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Equinox is an Amiga
demo group with an active period between the years 1987-1996.
The name Equinox was not used from the beginning. In the early days we were called The Powerlords, or sometimes The Powerlords Corporation, which consisted of sections in Sweden
, Norway
and the United Kingdom
. At the end of 1990, just after The Powerlords and Aurora's Amiga Halloween Conference, TPL was about to break up. Some members did have some short adventures in other groups at this time. In December 1990 the former organizers of the United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway decided to keep the best members and change the group name to Equinox, and from that day The Powerlords were reborn as Equinox. Some time later, a group from Switzerland that was active for many years as 'Equinoxe', cut of the 'e' and joined Equinox.
Equinox released a bit over 30 Amiga demos
and intros, and also got well known for releasing the disk magazine
European Top 20
, a combined chart and magazine.
Up until 1993, Equinox was a pure demo group, but then started to grow at large in the trading and board scene as well. Lots of traders and some of Sweden's biggest boards at the time joined the group. Equinox primetime chart, the European Top 20, reflected this by having lots of board scene related categories and articles.
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
demo group with an active period between the years 1987-1996.
The name Equinox was not used from the beginning. In the early days we were called The Powerlords, or sometimes The Powerlords Corporation, which consisted of sections in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Norway
Norway
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and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. At the end of 1990, just after The Powerlords and Aurora's Amiga Halloween Conference, TPL was about to break up. Some members did have some short adventures in other groups at this time. In December 1990 the former organizers of the United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway decided to keep the best members and change the group name to Equinox, and from that day The Powerlords were reborn as Equinox. Some time later, a group from Switzerland that was active for many years as 'Equinoxe', cut of the 'e' and joined Equinox.
Equinox released a bit over 30 Amiga demos
Amiga demos
Amiga demos are demos created for the Commodore Amiga home computer.A "demo" is a demonstration of the multimedia capabilities of a computer . There was intense rivalry during the 1990s among the best programmers, graphic artists and computer musicians to continually outdo each other's demos...
and intros, and also got well known for releasing the disk magazine
Disk magazine
A disk magazine, colloquially known as a diskmag, is a magazine that is distributed in electronic form to be read using computers. These had some popularity in the 1980s and 1990s as periodicals distributed on floppy disk, hence their name...
European Top 20
European Top 20 (disk magazine)
European Top 20 was a disk magazine and scene chart for the Commodore Amiga published by the demo scene group Equinox.- External links :*...
, a combined chart and magazine.
Up until 1993, Equinox was a pure demo group, but then started to grow at large in the trading and board scene as well. Lots of traders and some of Sweden's biggest boards at the time joined the group. Equinox primetime chart, the European Top 20, reflected this by having lots of board scene related categories and articles.
Productions
- European Top 20
- Beast of Prey
- Sonical Fantasia
- In A Dream
- Hydrocephalus II (4th at The Gathering, 1995)
External links
- Homepage
- Group entry on Pouët