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[[Image:TRSI - JOE.png|320px|right|TRSI pixel-drawn logo by J.O.E]]

'''Tristar and Red Sector Incorporated''' ('''TRSI''') is a [[demogroup]] which formed in 1990. It came about from the longest-running cooperation in scene history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=50792|title=Somewhere in time by Tristar & Red Sector Inc.|website=www.pouet.net|access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref> '''RSI''' existed from 1985, before being joined by the "T" later on. Evolving from the [[Commodore 64]] to the [[Amiga]] and later to [[Personal computer|PC]] and various [[game console]] platforms - like the [[PlayStation]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[Nintendo]] - and set-ups like Arduino, Android or Blu-ray, '''TRSI''' released a number of digital productions, dedicated to experimenting in phreaking or network alteration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.de/buch-suchen/isbn/9781155346267/|title=9781155346267 - AbeBooks|website=www.abebooks.de|language=de|access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref> Its members were spread around the world and still contribute to computer scene art and code after more than 27 years of history.

==History==
===1985 to 1987===
Red Sector Incorporated (RSI) was founded with a focus on the [[Commodore 64]] as a group for [[Software cracking|cracks]], fixes, [[Cheating (video games)#Trainers|trainers]], packs, [[Demo (computer programming)|intros]] and [[Demo (computer programming)|demos]]. The founders were three suppliers from [[Canada]]: Bill Best, Greg and Kangol Kid. After the initial formation in the spring of 1985, The Skeleton and Baudsurfer set up RSI's first domain, "The Pirates Ship" [[Bulletin board system|BBS]] the following summer, which eventually became the "Dawn of Eternity" BBS.

At the end of the year, Irata<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://csdb.dk/scener/?id=4380|title=[CSDb] - Irata/Mayday!/Tristar & Red Sector Incorporated|website=Commodore 64 Scene Database|access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref> and Mister Zeropage were asked to join the group and set up a European section in [[Germany]], with Irata being the group's main trader, followed by additional importers in the [[United States]]. Slogans at the time included "No risk, no fun - Red Sector Number One" and "Red Sector - The Leading Force".<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Sector {{ndash}} The Leading Force |url=http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ql69172U-og/0.jpg |website=i.ytimg.com |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528034911/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ql69172U-og/0.jpg |archive-date=28 May 2023 |language=en |format=JPG |url-status=live}}</ref> The Light Circle was a basis for several future European members of RSI, a coalition of Radwar Enterprises, Cracking Force Berlin and Flash Cracking Formation.

Red Sector Incorporated first released on the [[Amiga 1000]] in 1986. During the summer, RSI decided to concentrate on the [[Amiga]] and formed an Amiga division.

In the beginning of 1987, Red Sector's Commodore 64 section became dormant, to bundle forces on the Amiga. At this time, RSI's first Amiga demo was coded by HQC and released to the Scene. It was followed by the second, "Twilight with Music" by [[Karsten Obarski]]. At the end of the year, a short-term cooperation was formed with Ghenna of Defjam, marking the first group cooperation on the Amiga.

===1988 to present===
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
*Tamas Polgar. 2005. ''Freax - The brief history of the computer Demoscene''. CSW Verlag. Pages 107, 140, 155.
*Tamas Polgar. 2006. ''Freax - The Art album''. CSW Verlag. Pages 125, 153, 154, 157.
*Denis Moschitto and Evrim Sen. 2007. ''Hackerland - Logfile of the Scene''. Social Media Verlag. Glossar.

==External links==
* [http://rsi.untergrund.net RSI official website]
* [http://www.trsi.org TRSI official website]
* [http://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=280 TRSI] on [http://www.pouet.net Pouet Net]
* [http://noname.c64.org/csdb/group/?id=915 TRSI] on CSDb
* [http://www.exotica.org.uk/info/scenery/online/t.html TRSI] on Scenery Amiga
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402004956/http://www.defacto2.net/organisation/tristar-and-red-sector-inc./thumb/-/releaseAdvert/title/100/1 TRSI PC cracktros] on Defacto2
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120226102502/http://www.defacto2.net/organisation/tristar-and-red-sector-inc. TRSI PC file and information repository] on Defacto2
* [http://www.scene.org/dir.php?dir=%2Fmirrors%2Famigascne%2FGroups%2FT%2FTRSI%2F TRSI selected old school files] on Scene. Org
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/TRSI+Recordz TRSI Recordz Discography]
* [http://amp.dascene.net/newresult.php?request=groupid&search=4540 Amiga Music Preservation] All TRSI Amiga Musicians on AMP
* [http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3119 Red Sector Incorporated Megademo]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051103045942/http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/info/www/dirs/aminet/demo/mag/rom4.lha ROM4.LHA] Article by Mop. R.O.M. diskmag, Issue 4 (requires an Amiga or Amiga [[emulator]], such as [[Unix Amiga Emulator|UAE]])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19980415171642/http://www.trsi.de/thisto.htm TRSI History 1998]

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