Re: Looking for some historical info...
From Bateau <Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com>
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· 13 Nov 2000 00:00 · View full thread
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On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:19:23 -0800 Lizard <liz...@mrlizard.com> wrote: >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. Oh, you might want to check out BBSs too. -- | _ \ _ ^~ email:bateau at jupiterio.net | <')_,/ , ; \ >(')__, . ` ' , ,______________._ | (_~=/ \._`.'. \ (_~_/ _, '------:_______ ;==( *BANG* | ='- \=~_) ; \ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ | | `-\ \ *BANG* | ICQ:11367619 -'= \ ~^~~^~ `~' \_;
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