14 Feb
2021
14 Feb
'21
4:21 a.m.
On 2/13/21 3:09 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
On Sat, 13 Feb 2021, Warner Losh wrote:
As an undergrad in the early 1980s, posters made from line printer
strips were popular. Character overstrikes were used as pixels and
could be discerned as photos from a few feet away. These filled a wall
in our student office / study area. Given the times & 100% male
occupancy, let's just say the posters wouldn't fly today... Each poster
was multiple strips wide. Does such a program ring a bell? Ascii art
was popular, but I don't recall details on making them.
Mike Markowski
I wrote one in 83. And several of my fellow
students at college did
this as well. It seemed to be a common thing back in the day.
I've used lots of different banner programs on various systems; I think
even OS/360 had one (well, ours did anyway).
-- Dave