Looking for some historical info...

Greetings, all!

I am currently working on an article about some of the elder, but
still thriving, cultures of the net, and the ASCII art community fits
that bill fairly well. What I'm most curious about is if there is a
good resource for info on pre-internet art...I remember, as a
relatively small child (10ish) seeing assorted ASCII Spocks and
Snoopys on my fathers ancient line printer -- this was the early to
mid 70s. 

Any pointers to a pre-history of line-printer art would be muchly
appreciated.
*----------------------------------------------------*
Evolution doesn't take prisoners:Lizard
"I've heard of this thing men call 'empathy', but I've never 
once been afflicted with it, thanks the Gods." Bruno The Bandit
http://www.mrlizard.com

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