Re: History of ASCII
From Vice Admiral Acker <Kam...@rotfl.com>
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· 3 May 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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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) | | | | | -- .-.-||-----||-.-.----------------------.-.--------------------------.-. |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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