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Re: Razor 1911

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Post by digitalsanctum » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:18 PM UTC

blackhaz wrote: post #17

halper wrote: post #3

Wow, that brings back memories. Long nights, CRTs, that fresh and health-promoting smell of warm electronics in poorly ventilated spaces, microwaved garbage food, sugary drinks … not sure how my friends and I survived until adulthood.

I need to find a CRT and recreate one of those nights. Always wanted a 17" Viewsonic.

I remember being pretty stoked after getting a flat screen CRT. Oh how things have changed

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by digitalsanctum » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:21 PM UTC

Great memories of spending all my time on IRC and hunting for Photoshop when it was just a desktop app. Untold hours spent in college while procrastinating for my next exam.

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by pricees » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:26 PM UTC

This hit hard. I have a smile from ear-to-ear.

I can still remember plugging my USB Robotics 14.4k modem in for the first time. We could transfer 1 megabyte in 5 1/2 minutes!!

Thanks for the memories.

Here's a shout out to all those who read 2600 magazine and tried to hack their local PBXs so that they could call some TDT support board, internationally.

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by nshkr » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:29 PM UTC

maremmano wrote: post #20

smokel wrote: post #11

To prove that you are elite, what do these mean: RZR, FLT, DRG, TDT, TRSI? Oh wait, you can just look these up on the internet :(

Quartex? THG?

the humble guys

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by velo_aprx » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:33 PM UTC

doublerabbit wrote: post #15

smokel wrote: post #11

To prove that you are elite, what do these mean: RZR, FLT, DRG, TDT, TRSI? Oh wait, you can just look these up on the internet :(

I knew that FLT was FairLight and TRSI was TriStar?

tristar and red sector incorporated*

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by inversetelecine » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

smokel wrote: post #11

To prove that you are elite, what do these mean: RZR, FLT, DRG, TDT, TRSI? Oh wait, you can just look these up on the internet :(

I miss tKC (The Keyboard Caper) and Phrozen Crew.

FAiRLiGHT was popular during the game CD / SecurROM days iirc.

PARADOX, CLASS, SKIDROW and RELOADED I remember as well.

Reading .nfo files was fun, the artwork was great too.

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by 29athrowaway » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:37 PM UTC

WXLCKNO wrote: post #14

Is the main motivation for these groups notoriety? In particular this group was created before I was born, which makes me extremely curious about what makes them keep going this long.

http://www.textfiles.com/piracy/anatomy.txt

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by rubinlinux » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

halper wrote: post #3

Wow, that brings back memories. Long nights, CRTs, that fresh and health-promoting smell of warm electronics in poorly ventilated spaces, microwaved garbage food, sugary drinks … not sure how my friends and I survived until adulthood.

> Dycus, a member of Razor 1911, died of throat cancer in 2012.

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by 29athrowaway » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

Besides a piracy group, they are a demoscene group. You can check their productions here

https://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=158

Re: Razor 1911

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Post by CapstanRoller » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

sysadm1n wrote: post #8

darklycan51 wrote: post #2

Definitely not me but man I remember headbanging to my friends keygen software from Razor1911

You can browse chiptune/keygen music here: https://chiptune.app/

Nostalgia overload, especially with the UI