Tag Archives: textmode

mistfunk:
Ever feel like you’re struggling to emerge from a foggy brain haze of static or line noise? Littlebitspace captures the sensation in this #ASCIIart illustration, “Tangled”, included in the recent MIST0223 artpack collection.

Notation (?) for Yannis Xenakis’ Le Diatope from 1978 that merges sound, light, color and architecture during live performances. h/t Tim Koch

Various blue music software for DOS: Composer 669 (1992), Multitracker (1993), HSC Tracker (1994), Surprise Adlib Tracker (1995).

Text-mode music software: Plebtracker (Linux, 2018) and Looper (Windows). h/t: bitnibblebyte

WarGames (1983) uses what looks like a custom font to display thermonuclear text mode graphics. It was made on a CompuPro 8/16, although an IMSAI 8080 is used in the movie (apparently for sale for $25,000). Read more, see more.

Old sketchbook drawings by Jennifer Daniel, via Book by its Covers. h/t: svea rikes lag

876 by François Van Damme, 2013. h/t @minusbaby.