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This pair of alluring ANSI eyes was included in ProMatch 3.0, an online dating program from 1995. I had to cut them from *The Modem World *but just stumbled acr…
Posted by kdriscoll@aoir.social
Tonight I succeeded in bringing a 33-year-old vaporware BBS game back to life!After Steve Turnbull sent me the C source code to his unfinished IGS blackjack gam…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Retroterm Turbo56K Terminal v0.30 Brings New Ports and Handy Tools#Retroterm #Turbo56K #Commodore64 #Commodore128 #CommodorePlus4 #MSX #BBS #RetroBBS #PETSCII #…
Posted by theoasisbbs@techhub.social
The Underground World of BBSing in the 80's#BBS #DialUp #CBBS #FidoNet #EchoMail #ANSIArt #ACiD #iCE #RetroComputing #EFF #PTThttps://theoasisbbs.com/the-underg…
Posted by theoasisbbs@techhub.social
PyCGMS PETSCII Terminal: A Python Telnet BBS Client with Real C64 Style#PyCGMS #PETSCII #Commodore64 #C64 #BBS #Telnet #RetroComputing #Python #Demoscene #Vinta…
Posted by theoasisbbs@techhub.social
Art work for BBSANSI art#art #digitalArt #illustration #bbs #ansi #heart #red #design #pixelart #pixel
Posted by Alb_@mastodon.social
#ART #TELNET #BBS #SSH #ANSI #CONVERT #ANS #REZ2ANSISudden Death, co-founder of the legendary ANSI art group CiA and creator of REZ2ANSI, will be live streaming…
Posted by a_net_online@techhub.social
Do you remember BBSes or ANSI art? Interested in comics or obscure bits of history?Please check out my profile of ANSI artist Eerie, a talented teenager in Queb…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
ANSI artist Eerie is the subject of my latest in-depth #retrocomputing profile:https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/31/ansi-art-and-webcomics-part-3-eerie-and…
Posted by Kirkman@mastodon.social
"Calvin and Hobbes" was a major influence and subject for ANSI artists of the 1990s. https://16colo.rs/tags/content/calvinThe characters were so funny, so well-…
Posted by Kirkman@mastodon.social
PART 3 HAS DROPPED!In 1994, a teenager in Quebec wanted to make his mark in the underground scene. One of many things he tried: creating a profane, stoned, gray…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
🤔 ❓Do you ever wonder about the burning existential questions …What was “ANSI art”? What was a “bulletin board”? Were there ANSI comics? Heck, how do you even …
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Nothing's Real #ascii #asciiart #art #bbs #c64 #commodore64 #computer #computerart #demoscene #digital #digitalart #petscii #petsciiart #retro #retroart #text #…
Posted by littlebitspace
I'm 11 days late, but I finally got the @mistfunk ADVENT calendar running on bbs.decafbad.com :blobcheer: (It's under Games & Apps (X), Favorites (1), MiSTiGRis…
Posted by lmorchard@masto.hackers.town
My favorite example of a front-end for a BBS game is Thieves' Guild for the Atari ST.The "Thieves' Guild Emulator" added amazing pixel art, voice samples, and s…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
TradeWars 2002 was so enormously popular that it spawned an entire cottage industry of third-party helper programs. One of those helpers, TWTerm, automated repe…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Meanwhile, GTERM brought an SVGA-resolution interface to Land of Devastation. I wish less of the real estate had been devoted to displaying inventory, and more …
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
OOIITERM didn't add any pixel graphics, but it did enhance the experience of playing Operation Overkill II with faster ANSI menus, and cool SoundBlaster effects…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
One of the better-known examples is "Pit Terminal," which added EGA graphics to classic combat game "The Pit." (Surprisingly, though, the pixel art of the comba…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
#TELNET #BBS #90s #GAMES #CHAT #MRC #IRC #A-NET_ONLINE #ANSI #ART<=- A-Net Online BBS -=>bbs.a-net.onlinePort: telnet: 1337 - ssh: 1338 - rlogin: 1339A-Net Game…
Posted by a_net_online@techhub.social
I entered the #ATASCII compo for the first time this year. I came in 2nd-to-last, but I was happy with my drawing: X the Owl from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."…
Posted by kirkman.bsky.social