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Equinox is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 demogroup
Demogroup
Demogroups are teams of demosceners, who make computer based audio-visual works of art known as demos. Demogroups form a subculture collectively known as the demoscene....

 with an active period between the years 1988-2007.

Equinox was first an Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...

 demoscene
Demoscene
The demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations that run in real-time on a computer...

 crew, famous for the Pupul intro, an Atari conversion of the Amiga
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...

 DOC demo
Demo (computer programming)
A demo is a non-interactive multimedia presentation made within the computer subculture known as the demoscene. Demogroups create demos to demonstrate their abilities in programming, music, drawing, and 3D modeling...

. Till 1991 they made various intros then from 1991 to 1999 they released one megademo (the Vodka demo) and 2 multipart demos: Eat my Bollocks and Virtual Escape.

Since 2004, they are active on PC and known for their 64kb invitation intros. Their invitation intro for the Evoke 2004 party became one of the most popular intros of that year, being nominated for three Scene.org Awards
Scene.org Awards
The Scene.org Awards are the demoscene awards established by Scene.org in 2003. They are given annually to the creators of the best demos or intros that year. The winners are selected by a jury, consisting of acclaimed sceners from all around the globe...

.

Their latest production is "Frameskool", the official 64kb invitation for Breakpoint 2007
Breakpoint (demo party)
Breakpoint was a German demoscene party. From 2003 to 2010, it took place annually at Easter in Bingen.Breakpoint was the successor to the legendary Mekka & Symposium. With over 1000 visitors, it was the world's biggest pure demoscene-party, attracting demosceners from not only Germany, but also...

 party.

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