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Tera (demogroup)
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Tera was a Commodore 64
software production group, formed in 1989 by the merging of Tour de Future (Australia) and Reflex (Australia). The group is known for its high quality software releases, notably a world-record RLE
packer, continuance of the notemaker series and quality demos. From late 1989 across 1990, the group gained a bulletin board in the United States
and members in Europe
amidst further expansion in Australia
, but rapidly lost steam and by 1991 was alive only in name, to formally declare itself dead in 1992.
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
software production group, formed in 1989 by the merging of Tour de Future (Australia) and Reflex (Australia). The group is known for its high quality software releases, notably a world-record RLE
Run-length encoding
Run-length encoding is a very simple form of data compression in which runs of data are stored as a single data value and count, rather than as the original run...
packer, continuance of the notemaker series and quality demos. From late 1989 across 1990, the group gained a bulletin board in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and members in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
amidst further expansion in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, but rapidly lost steam and by 1991 was alive only in name, to formally declare itself dead in 1992.
Achievements
- First Australian group to develop a solid presence in the United States and Europe
- Produced the world-record shortest RLERun-length encodingRun-length encoding is a very simple form of data compression in which runs of data are stored as a single data value and count, rather than as the original run...
packer, called 'beeftrucker' - Continued the famous Tour de Future (Australia) notemakerNotemakerNotemakers are a type of software tool first produced for the Commodore 64. They are designed to allow an author to write a multiple-page note that is saved as a compact self-executing program...
series - Obtained 1st place in demo comp at The Force Party (Australia) copy-party 1989, with 'damnable'