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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 May 1999.
Re: History of ASCII

Re: History of ASCII

I think the first one was ancient Egyptian cultures, they used their
characters to make pyramid-looking pictures on walls.

.----> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:20:24 -0500, Seth Sanders announced:
|You should look at the poem "Heart, Crown, and Mirror," a poem by French
|Symbolist Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918).  pay special attention to her
|"heart portion" as it resembles two pictures. (A small bit similiar to M.C.
|Escher's work)
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|K| || .-. || |T|  "FOR THE GREATER    |E|   Vice Admiral Acker     |S|
|I| ||=|@|=|| |H| GLORY OF THE EMPIRE, |B|   Kam...@rotfl.com      |C|
|L| ||='-'=|| |E| DESTROY EVERYTHING!" |E|http://www.spunge.org/~vaa|U|
|L| ||     || |R|   ~Briefing Officer  |L|     15310412  -ICQ       |M|
'.'-||-----||-'-'---------.------------'-'.            _______  .---'-'
 | spunge.org/~vaa/ascii/ |  My Ascii art |-------o---| 5E9L! |-'vaa
 | spunge.org/~vaa/laugh/ |  Funny Jokes! |       |   |__  ___|  
 | spunge.org/~vaa/other/ |  Guides for   |   __.--.__   |/      
 |                        |  great games! |  (________)          
 '------------------------'---------------'     '--'             

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Subject: Re: History of ASCII
Date: 1999/05/03
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