Text Mode Demoscene
The first evident IBM PC demo group to create text mode demos is said to be the Sorcerers. The ever-popular Finnish group Future Crew also began by creating some innovative creations which took advantage of text mode, with text intros such as "Yo!" and "Starport".
tAAt, a non-profit organization in Finland, has been organizing a semi-annual competitive event for authors of textmode demos called the Text Mode Demo Contest (TMDC) from 1996 to 2007 inclusively. After they announced they wouldn't continue the annual competition after TMDC 10, members of the Northern Dragons demogroup decided to take the organization of TMDC in charge.
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