Recycling ANSI Art: Tracing the Origins of BBS Logon Screens

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• westurner 3 hours ago
  Oh, computer art!

  Computer art scene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_art_scene

  ANSI art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_art

  And a YouTube video example of ASCII art:

  "Coding Trance Music (Full Narrated)" by Switch Angel https://youtube.com/watch?v=GWXCCBsOMSg&is=NPh4gB8zLDKNCF4N

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  • westurner 3 hours ago
    Modem > Dialup > History > 1990s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem#1990s

    "Dialup modem connecting" https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpMrTxMV6E4&is=YbKKAGOQ6n4VidnJ

    And then dialup topped out at 56.6 kbps (56K). 56.6 kbps is equal to 0.0000566 gigabits per second (Gbps).