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BSidesLV 2013 3 2 7 Sixteen Colors Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII Art Doug Moore Bren
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters recommend it as the best introduction to the history of the ANSI and ASCII art scene.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Adrian Crenshaw
- Topic
- ansi and ascii art scene
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2022
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From the original HN conversations
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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]
tdicola on Hacker News · 2015-01
In Show HN: Artpacks.org – Archive of the ANSI and ASCII art scene (1990 to present)[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.
empire29 on Hacker News · 2015-04
In ANSI Art Collection from Old BBSsIf you want to watch a cool talk about the evolution of NFO and ascii (color) art scene and processes, I recommend watching [VIDEO]
rx_tx on Hacker News · 2022-11
In Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of?
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