X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,3acb436033fbda46 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine Subject: Re: History of ASCII Art [Question] Date: 1997/03/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 228056234 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: xemu.demon.co.uk References: <19970324054800.AAA18942@ladder01.news.aol.com> Organization: 1st Canine Chapel of Bob Dobbs Dog (Church of the SubGenius) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article <19970324054800.AAA18942@ladder01.news.aol.com>, spunk1111 writes: >I "discovered" ASCII art about 1 1/2 years ago... I'm curious as to its >background. >I have yet to see anything written about it in a textbook. But I have heard >that >it was around in the 60s- of course not like it is on the internet today. >Someone >also mentioned to me (a long time ago) that they used to create pictures on >the keypunch computer cards... who was it? Ascii art has been around as long as I have. There were large "charcacter shaded" pictures around on lineprinters when I was at university in the 70s: usually either nudes or mickey mouse. Someone posted that there had been "typewriter art" since typewriters were widespread -- 1920 or so, I think. -- _______________________fuses? I thought you bought the fuses! / �� .. '' " '' ** ______________________________________________________________ Don't be left in the dark--http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/censor/