Red Sector Incorporated

RSI is an acronym for "Red Sector Incorporated". It was founded by three suppliers from Canada who went respectively under the pseudonyms of Billy Best [http://noname.c64.org/csdb/scener/?id=10608] , Greg [http://noname.c64.org/csdb/scener/?id=10610] , and Kangol Kid [http://noname.c64.org/csdb/scener/?id=10609] . RSI began in 1985 as a Commodore 64 demo coding and cracking group.

History

Red Sector was build in spring 1985 by three Canadians called "Billy Best", "Greg" and "Kangol Kid". In the summer of 1985 "The Skeleton" and "Baudsurfer" were asked to set up RSI's WHQ Pirate's Ship BBS. Supposedly "RSI ran the first Canadian bulletin board EVER!" [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:ftvambC-SnkJ:www.demondownload.dk/show_group.php%3Fid%3D49+tristar+leaves+trsi+demondownload&hl=fr&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=fr] . End of 1985 /early 1986 "Irata" (swapper) and "Mr Zeropage" were asked to join RSI and set up the European section. Later in 1992 "Iratas" would revive RSI/TRSI [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristar_and_Red_Sector_Incorporated] .Was a part of The Light Circle. RSI became famous with their legendary demo 'Red Sector Mega Demo' that is still considered a classic to this day. The group's initial foray onto the PC scene involved a productive cooperation with the US PC group, Public Enemy. Red Sector built a co-op with Tristar (Tristar & Red Sector Incorporated) around 1990 on the PC and Amiga. At that time RSI was dead on the C64. RSI was reborn in 1992. In the year 1993 Red Sector was the best 1st release group on the C64. They ruled that year like no-one else.In the year 1995 Three main organizers now, Control, Warhead and Uyanik! German graphician Navy (ex BASF, 12/93) were kicked early in the year, for unknown reasons [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristar_and_Red_Sector_Incorporated] . In the year 2008 "BaudSurfer"(TRSi-TDT)reclaimed part of membership in RSI dating back to its BBS creation era in Canada as co-sysop and swapper of Pirate's Ship BBS (TRSi WHQ) along with "The Skeleton" (TRSi-TDT) [www.phrack.org/issues.html?id=2&issue=44] .

* 1985 . Red Sector Inc founded on the Commodore 64 in Canada.
* 1985 . First WHQ Pirate's Ship BBS is founded in Canada.
* 1986 . Red Sector releases on the Amiga
* 1990 . Public Enemy founded
* 1990 . Public Enemy team up with Red Sector Inc who are now also on the PC
* 1990 . On the Amiga Red Sector teams up with Tristar to form TRSI, on the PC they remain separate
* 1990 . PE and Red Sector team up with Tristar and The Dream Team : Public Enemy/Tristar Red Sector Inc/Defjam/The Dream Team
* 1991 . PE leaves the coalition leaving TRSI/TDT on their own
* 1991 . TRSI and The Dream Team part ways
* 1994 . Early in the year the group peaks
* 1994 . TRSI dies after it's UK members leave to join Legend
* 1995 . TRSI on the PC reemerges and then dies again
* 2003 . TRS Tristar leaves the coalition / TRSI goes on
* 2008 . RSI leaves the coalition / TRSI goes on

References

* [www.phrack.org/issues.html?id=2&issue=44] BBSList Pirate's Ship TRSi/WHQ

External links

* [http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=3119 Red Sector Incorporated Megademo]
* [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:ftvambC-SnkJ:www.demondownload.dk/show_group.php%3Fid%3D49+tristar+leaves+trsi+demondownload&hl=fr&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=fr Timeline RSI/TRSI]
* [http://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=280 RSI] on Pouët
* [http://noname.c64.org/csdb/group/?id=602 RSI] on CSDb the C-64 Scener Database
* [http://www.tristar-whq.org/ TRS official website]
* [http://www.trsi.org/ TRSI official website]
* [http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Red_Sector_Inc. RSI] on Scenery Amiga
* [http://www.defacto2.net/groups.cfm?mode=detail&org=trsi] History of TRSI/TDT