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Looking for some retrocomputing long reads to relax with this weekend? Check out the first three parts of my history of "Instant Graphics and Sound" on Break In…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
“We were not trying to make a big splash in the Atari community. We simply wanted our BBSes to look as good as, if not better than, the PC BBSes.”But they found…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Mistodon: AdeptApril really puts the text in #textmode art this time, illustrating an apparently delightful (and seemingly enormous) #book in #ANSIart for Book …
Posted by mistfunk
In the late 80s, most e-zines and online publications were just text — whether Phrack or FidoNews, or Atari ST mags like Z*Magazine or ST Report.But Larry Mears…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
A self-described “working man without a degree,” Larry Mears was a shipping clerk for a bakery in Huntsville, Alabama, who often downplayed his own coding abili…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
🖥️ 🖱️ 📈In 1988, Larry Mears created a revolutionary tool for displaying animations and graphics on normally text-only Atari ST BBSes. The problem was getting…
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It's here! Part 1 of my in-depth series on "Instant Graphics and Sound," a revolutionary but forgotten plain-text graphics protocol for Atari ST BBSes, which de…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Mistodon: when you split a walnut in half, the interior structure of the shell can resemble an #owl face. I expect that's why this #textmode composition by @ill…
Posted by mistfunk
Vitruvian Man#teletextart #pixelart #demoscene #textmode #textmodeart #ascii #asciiart #digitalart #computerart #8bitart #8bit #1bitart #1bit #monochromatic #mo…
Posted by littlebitspace
Mistodon: Tapio of @unculturedgames has taken the smallscale #ANSIart aesthetic and extended it into an entire #QB64 #textmode #JRPG, #WhispersInTheMoss, availa…
Posted by mistfunk
DivineOS#ascii #asciiart #art #bbs #c64 #commodore64 #computer #computerart #demoscene #digital #digitalart #petscii #petsciiart #retro #retroart #text #textart…
Posted by littlebitspace, mistfunk
Interplanetary#ascii #asciiart #art #bbs #c64 #commodore64 #computer #computerart #demoscene #digital #digitalart #petscii #petsciiart #retro #retroart #text #t…
Posted by mistfunk, littlebitspace
As of today, I have four parts of my "Instant Graphics and Sound" series written so far (about 4,200 words). I've got two more parts to write.Can't wait to get …
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club