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

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Doug Moore presents the history and evolution of the ANSI and ASCII art scene from BBSs to IRC.

Presentation Notes here: blog.sixteencolors.net/2013/08/05/bsideslv2013/ Video from BSidesLV 2013. All videos, with downloads, can be found at this link shortly: irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsideslasvegas2013/mainlist bsideslv.com/

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4 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as an excellent talk on the history, culture, and archiving of the retro ANSI and ASCII art scene.

jcson Lobsters • Recommends

Sixteen Colors: Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII Art

tdicolaon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Show HN: Artpacks.org – Archive of the ANSI and ASCII art scene (1990 to present)”

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: link to this video

empire29on Hacker News • Recommends

On “ANSI Art Collection from Old BBSs”

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. link to this video and the longer link are a good watches if youre interested.

rx_txon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of?”

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