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Two museums in Seattle link up two Teletype 37s (1969) for four hours so people could chat and, you know, send ASCII Homers.

Full video + More teletype art.

PETSCII by Max Capacity, 2014.

Santa arrives via Model 19 Radio Teletype (1940s). By Museum of Communications, Seattle on christmas eve 2013.

Full video + More Radio Teletype art.

From the text-mode game Dwarf Fortress, in development for 10 years already. It generates a new map every time you start the game and this is one of them.

original image via fatbreakdown

Max Capacity PETSCII.

Two articles on PETSCII graphics for PlayNET, the American online service that later became AOL. A man pushing a sign, and a shamrock. OUTSTANDING! Also – seems like smilies were pretty established at that time.. 

From the Behind the Screens magazine, 1986 and 1987.

Braintree’s ASCII mural advertising. They also do ASCII-games and other Courier-stuff. Not everyone likes it though (re: last pic).

Sources: robot, bike, dragon, dragon wip, car

Links updated 2024. More Braintree.

Max Capacity PETSCII skull.

Acrylic paintings by Erik den Breejen, 2011-2014.