World map in tangram by Michael Tompsett, available as print here. via
World map in tangram by Michael Tompsett, available as print here. via
Unauthorised Access claims to have been the UK’s biggest BBS for hacking research. It was run by Ashley Irons, who was interviewed here. via textfiles.com
Established in 1990 as a computer underground information distribution site, UABBS is the largest and most established system of its kind in the U.K.
From the movie The Final Programme by Robert Fuest, 1973.
Screenshots from Ultima Ratio Regum, a roguelike game by Mark R. Johnson under construction. It has an interesting aesthetics, mashing up ANSI, ASCII and trixels. The text characters used are inspired by many ancient written languages.
More info and downloads here.
Pages from Yack Text, custom made for the Retro Yakking 2012 Christmas Special. Great fun to create!
La plissure du texte by Roy Ascott, 1983. A twelve-day project with artists in North America, Europe and Australia collaborating through the ARTEX network. Each participant took the role of a fairy tale character to create the story together.