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Commenters recommend it as the best introduction to the history of the ANSI and ASCII art scene.
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.
“If you want to watch a cool talk about the evolution of NFO and ascii (color) art scene and processes, I recommend watching” (HN, 2022)
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: [this video]
BSides talk on archiving the ANSI and ASCII art scene.
[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. [this video] and the longer [link] are a good watches if youre interested.
History of the ANSI art scene moving from BBSs to IRC.
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