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Renaissance was an American PC Demo Group started in 1991 - 1992 by founding members Mosaic, C.C. Catch, Daredevil, and Tran. HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS The group made several noteworthy contributions throughout its existence, not only to its own subculture, but the entire computing world as well. Most notable was the creation of PMODE by Thomas Pytel , a.k.a. Tran, in 1993 , a Protected Mode kernel for DOS . Charles Scheffold, a.k.a. Daredevil, followed with PMODE/W as a replacement for DOS/4GW . Renaissance was also on the forefront of PC digital music software, having written the first PC-based 8-channel Tracker , Composer 669, and the first combined FM +digital music tracker, CDFM. The first 32-channel tracker, MultiTracker , followed in late 1993. Renaissance had intentions from the start to create games as well. The only well-released game to their credit was ''''. There was much mystery as to Tran's participation in the group. Rumors surfaced at Assembly '93, as he and other members were in attendance to enter a demo but never completed it. Months later, the rumors were confirmed as Tran released his first independent demo, ''Hell'', and announced his departure from Renaissance. He continued releasing PMODE and other demos independently. RENAISSANCE MEMBERS Founding members
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