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BSidesLV 2013 3 2 7 Sixteen Colors Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII Art Doug Moore Bren

Adrian Crenshaw · 15.8K views · 2013-08-05 · 57:37

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A BSidesLV 2013 talk from the Sixteen Colors project on archiving the ANSI and ASCII art scene. It traces the scene's evolution from BBSs to the NFO and IRC era.

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Commenters recommend it as the best introduction to the history of the ANSI and ASCII art scene.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2015–2022

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rx_tx · 2022-11 · Recommendation

If you want to watch a cool talk about the evolution of NFO and ascii (color) art scene and processes, I recommend watching [VIDEO]

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empire29 · 2015-04 · Recommendation

[LINK] is another great archive for ANSi art. The art scene in the mid 90s was an interesting, vibrant, microcosm, moving from BBS's to IRC over the course of a few years. [VIDEO] and the longer [LINK] are a good watches if youre interested.

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tdicola · 2015-01 · Recommendation

Nice work! There's a great presentation from BSides Las Vegas a few years ago about the ANSI art scene, definitely worth checking out if anyone is interested: [VIDEO]

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