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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 25 Mar 2003.
Re: hows the ascii os??

Re: hows the ascii os??

On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:14:27 +0000 (UTC),
   badstyle <spa...@spam.com> wrote:

> has anybody managed to do anything beyond imagery??

IBM. No, I am *not* kidding, it is really true.

VM/CMS by IBM and its successors use ASCII-Art for their user
interface (for windows and the like). All you need is an IBM
mainframe or an emulator.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt

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