Tag Archives: 1986

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Prince, Channel Four Oracle teletext, 26th February 1986. Before he was known as the Artist Formely Known As… presumably. This could all be another teletext abbreviation policy, I dunno.

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Today, 30 years ago.

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No milk today, Channel Four Oracle teletext, 26th February 1986. It’s OK, I’ll have lager instead. :P

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Today, 30 years ago.

Music ads for Grace Jones and The Pogues on Oracle teletext 1986/87, via Teletext Art.

Kisa Kawkami, AA Files, 1986. via geo-metrie

\/\The conscience of a Hacker/\/ by The Mentor 1986 with My Little Pony graphics “written shortly after my arrest”.

Crack intro screen before a US Gold Atari game from 1985. Supplied by SiXX/G*P.

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.

Text-mode animation for Atari 8-bits. It uses a custom made character set so I suppose it’s not ATASCII. Or is it? Cursor art!

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Pretty great fight animation in ATASCII. By Peter A. Ritchie, 1986.

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All American BBS – a software to run your own bulletin board. The American way! It’s still in use, for example at Borderline BBS.

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