BSidesLV 2013 3 2 7 Sixteen Colors Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII Art Doug Moore Bren
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters recommend it as the best introduction to the history of the ANSI and ASCII art scene.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2015 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends tdicola · 2015-01 · 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: [this video]
Recommends empire29 · 2015-04 · 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. [this video] and the longer [LINK] are a good watches if youre interested.
Recommends rx_tx · 2022-11 · 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 [this video]