{"id":27470,"date":"2025-01-15T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?p=27470"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:10:20","slug":"bbs-petscii-1986-1993-wip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?p=27470","title":{"rendered":"BBS PETSCII, 1986-1993 (WIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Old Commodore 64 BBS graphics are not easy to find. A lot of it was probably never saved, and there&#8217;s not really any obvious place for it online either. So I was thrilled to get a whole bunch disk images from Sixx: more than 1,000 PETSCII graphics and animations! I&#8217;ve gone through it, removed duplicates, identified artists, etc, and captured it as images and videos. I&#8217;m not done yet, but I&#8217;m presenting it as is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Full archive as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/nh32qyapwbthiuvtdtlnc\/DISK-IMAGES.zip?rlkey=h5vjp1abp16rxdavencqbtgyt&amp;dl=0\">C64 disk images<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/926481drrlhoz2abm8qte\/AHUU9qcPY-antfjFYd73Mwo?rlkey=q26jb7vx27lhbcwwknja7lwg0&amp;dl=0\">captures<\/a> (work in progress).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help and info is welcome! -&gt; infoATgoto80DOTcom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Big thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=16344\">Baracuda<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/c64.ch\/\">c64.ch<\/a> for helping out to find artist names for a bunch of acronyms. &lt;3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Context<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I got 22 C64-disks from my good friend <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=924\">SiXX<\/a>, who thinks he got them a long time ago from <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=11373\">DemongerX<\/a>, who passed away in 2023. Dated works range from 1986 to 1993, and most of them are probably from USA. Canada is represented, and a few other countries (Germany, Turkey, Denmark, Sweden..).<br><br>A majority of it seems to be BBS-stuff. Some of it is clearly scene-related (wares mostly, I think) and some is not. Online services like <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?p=10509\">QuantumLink<\/a> (which later became AOL) are mentioned, so some of the graphics could have apperared there. Sometimes the graphics were released as executable files, like <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=177341\">CG-Slides<\/a>. And perhaps some of the graphics were made offline and not part of any scene at all, who knows?<br><br>These graphics were almost certainly typed by hand, character by character, on a Commodore 64\/128. No mouse, and maybe not even basic copy paste functions.  <br><br>Although I call this PETSCII graphics, the BBS-world prefers the term C\/G, which is short for either Color Graphics, Commodore Graphics or Character Graphics. More on that towards the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On screens and ads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening screens of a BBS are sometimes called &#8216;on screens&#8217; on the disks, so I&#8217;ll go with that. Some of the images below are are probably ads posted on other boards &#8211; it&#8217;s hard to say. If you want more of these, you can search the archive for BBS.<br><br>Note that the captions contain links (in bold text).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WHITE-STALLION-BBS-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WHITE-STALLION-BBS-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WHITE-STALLION-BBS-1.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WHITE-STALLION-BBS-1-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TELEFIEDS-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TELEFIEDS-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TELEFIEDS-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TELEFIEDS-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG107-TORTURE-CHAMBER-BBS-SLICKFORCE-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG107-TORTURE-CHAMBER-BBS-SLICKFORCE-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG107-TORTURE-CHAMBER-BBS-SLICKFORCE-1.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG107-TORTURE-CHAMBER-BBS-SLICKFORCE-1-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Torture Chamber by Slickforce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG163-PLEASURE-PALACE-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG163-PLEASURE-PALACE-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG163-PLEASURE-PALACE-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG163-PLEASURE-PALACE-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-64-BBS-THE-WAVE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-64-BBS-THE-WAVE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-64-BBS-THE-WAVE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-64-BBS-THE-WAVE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1733\">Texas 64<\/a> by The Wave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GRAND-ILLUSION-BBS-JAMES-BOND-007.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GRAND-ILLUSION-BBS-JAMES-BOND-007.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GRAND-ILLUSION-BBS-JAMES-BOND-007.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GRAND-ILLUSION-BBS-JAMES-BOND-007-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Grand Illusion by James Bond 007?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-NORMAL-PLACE-BBS-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-NORMAL-PLACE-BBS-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-NORMAL-PLACE-BBS-1.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-NORMAL-PLACE-BBS-1-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1736\">Normal Place<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POLICE-STATION-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POLICE-STATION-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POLICE-STATION-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POLICE-STATION-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Police Station by Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JAZZCLUB-BBS-MORRISSEY.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JAZZCLUB-BBS-MORRISSEY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JAZZCLUB-BBS-MORRISSEY.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JAZZCLUB-BBS-MORRISSEY-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jazz Club by Morrissey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/M.EMP-MUSIC-EMPORIUM-BBS-OMEGA-FACTORY.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/M.EMP-MUSIC-EMPORIUM-BBS-OMEGA-FACTORY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/M.EMP-MUSIC-EMPORIUM-BBS-OMEGA-FACTORY.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/M.EMP-MUSIC-EMPORIUM-BBS-OMEGA-FACTORY-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Music Emprium by Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TIME-WARP-BBS-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TIME-WARP-BBS-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TIME-WARP-BBS-2.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TIME-WARP-BBS-2-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Time Warp by Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LOST-PLANET-BBS.-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LOST-PLANET-BBS.-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LOST-PLANET-BBS.-OMEGA-FACTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LOST-PLANET-BBS.-OMEGA-FACTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lost Planet by Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NUTT-HOUSE-BBS-2-1989.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NUTT-HOUSE-BBS-2-1989.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NUTT-HOUSE-BBS-2-1989.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NUTT-HOUSE-BBS-2-1989-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nutt House by ][, 1989<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEGATIVE-HEMISPHERES-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEGATIVE-HEMISPHERES-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEGATIVE-HEMISPHERES-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEGATIVE-HEMISPHERES-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GODFATHER-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GODFATHER-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GODFATHER-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GODFATHER-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Age BBS by Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IN-LIVING-COLOR-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IN-LIVING-COLOR-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IN-LIVING-COLOR-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IN-LIVING-COLOR-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=12\">In Living Color<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/I.L.C.-CUBE-IN-LIVING-COLOUR-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/I.L.C.-CUBE-IN-LIVING-COLOUR-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/I.L.C.-CUBE-IN-LIVING-COLOUR-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/I.L.C.-CUBE-IN-LIVING-COLOUR-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=12\">In Living Colour<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFTERMATH-BBS-ELI-1991-BUGGY-MAYBE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFTERMATH-BBS-ELI-1991-BUGGY-MAYBE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFTERMATH-BBS-ELI-1991-BUGGY-MAYBE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AFTERMATH-BBS-ELI-1991-BUGGY-MAYBE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=569\">Aftermath<\/a> by Eli 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK-1990.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK-1990.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK-1990.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK-1990-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Member&#8217;s only by Thinktank 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DIAMOND-BACK-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DIAMOND-BACK-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DIAMOND-BACK-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DIAMOND-BACK-BBS-ON1-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=387\">Diamond Back<\/a> by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHESTER-CHEETAH-THE-OASIS-BBS-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHESTER-CHEETAH-THE-OASIS-BBS-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHESTER-CHEETAH-THE-OASIS-BBS-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHESTER-CHEETAH-THE-OASIS-BBS-MULTISCREEN-200x169.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/128TH-PRECINCT-BBS-DH.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/128TH-PRECINCT-BBS-DH.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/128TH-PRECINCT-BBS-DH.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/128TH-PRECINCT-BBS-DH-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By DH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TOTALLY-INSANE-WAREZ-BBS-VECTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TOTALLY-INSANE-WAREZ-BBS-VECTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TOTALLY-INSANE-WAREZ-BBS-VECTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TOTALLY-INSANE-WAREZ-BBS-VECTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1888\">Totally Insane Warez<\/a> by Vector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS7-ALSO-SEE-MIRROR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS7-ALSO-SEE-MIRROR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS7-ALSO-SEE-MIRROR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS7-ALSO-SEE-MIRROR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS1-ALSO-SEE-DIMENSIONS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS1-ALSO-SEE-DIMENSIONS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS1-ALSO-SEE-DIMENSIONS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS1-ALSO-SEE-DIMENSIONS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS4-KEYTAPPER.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS4-KEYTAPPER.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS4-KEYTAPPER.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-AGE-BBS4-KEYTAPPER-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Newage BBS by Keytapper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DUNG.DOMINATION-DUNGEON-OF-DOMINATION-BBS-HC-1992-MAYBE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DUNG.DOMINATION-DUNGEON-OF-DOMINATION-BBS-HC-1992-MAYBE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DUNG.DOMINATION-DUNGEON-OF-DOMINATION-BBS-HC-1992-MAYBE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DUNG.DOMINATION-DUNGEON-OF-DOMINATION-BBS-HC-1992-MAYBE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=359\">Dungeon of Domination<\/a>, maybe by HC 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-ON1-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-ON1-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-ON1-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-ON1-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN-200x183.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=536\">Catastrophic Failure<\/a> by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multiscreen elite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a handful of multiscreen graphics for scene boards, listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/\">CSDb<\/a> as either illegal or warez related. I&#8217;ve stitched them together as single images, and they remind me a lot of ANSI graphics from the early 1990s. In fact, even in contemporary ANSI it&#8217;s quite common to see these angry faces, skulls and swords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DUNGEON-BBS-CHAMELEON-1992-BUGGED-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DUNGEON-BBS-CHAMELEON-1992-BUGGED-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DUNGEON-BBS-CHAMELEON-1992-BUGGED-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DUNGEON-BBS-CHAMELEON-1992-BUGGED-MULTISCREEN-179x200.png 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dungeon by Chameleon, 1992. Either <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1538\">this<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=4\">this<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELL-BBS-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1202\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELL-BBS-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELL-BBS-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELL-BBS-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN-128x200.png 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hell by Dog, 1991. Maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=538\">this<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SOUTH-OF-HEAVEN-BBS-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1535\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SOUTH-OF-HEAVEN-BBS-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SOUTH-OF-HEAVEN-BBS-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SOUTH-OF-HEAVEN-BBS-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN-100x200.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=105\">South of Heaven<\/a> by Chameleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MYSTS-OF-AVALON-BBS-EXCALIBUR-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1463\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MYSTS-OF-AVALON-BBS-EXCALIBUR-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MYSTS-OF-AVALON-BBS-EXCALIBUR-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MYSTS-OF-AVALON-BBS-EXCALIBUR-MULTISCREEN-105x200.png 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=312\">Mysts of Avalon<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DRAGON-SCENE-MYSTIC-CAVERN-BBS-SPADES.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DRAGON-SCENE-MYSTIC-CAVERN-BBS-SPADES.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DRAGON-SCENE-MYSTIC-CAVERN-BBS-SPADES.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DRAGON-SCENE-MYSTIC-CAVERN-BBS-SPADES-161x200.png 161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=114\">Mystic Cavern<\/a> by Spades Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life sucks, abandon all hope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah let&#8217;s head deeper into the teenage darkness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LIFE-SUCKS-RAMBOSMURF.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LIFE-SUCKS-RAMBOSMURF.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LIFE-SUCKS-RAMBOSMURF.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LIFE-SUCKS-RAMBOSMURF-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Life Sucks by Rambosmurf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABANDON-ALL-HOPE-STYLES-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABANDON-ALL-HOPE-STYLES-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABANDON-ALL-HOPE-STYLES-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABANDON-ALL-HOPE-STYLES-MULTISCREEN-200x163.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abandon all hope by Styles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DEVIL.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DEVIL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DEVIL.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-DEVIL-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DEVIL-MORRISSEY.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DEVIL-MORRISSEY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DEVIL-MORRISSEY.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DEVIL-MORRISSEY-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Devil by Morrissey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GHOUL-FACE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GHOUL-FACE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GHOUL-FACE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GHOUL-FACE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELLBOUND-HELLRAISER-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELLBOUND-HELLRAISER-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELLBOUND-HELLRAISER-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HELLBOUND-HELLRAISER-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY-MOVIE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY-MOVIE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY-MOVIE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY-MOVIE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Keytapper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SKULL-POEM-DEATH-ANIMAL.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SKULL-POEM-DEATH-ANIMAL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SKULL-POEM-DEATH-ANIMAL.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SKULL-POEM-DEATH-ANIMAL-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Animal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TUT-POWERSLAVE-HAMMER-JOE-IRON-MAIDEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TUT-POWERSLAVE-HAMMER-JOE-IRON-MAIDEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TUT-POWERSLAVE-HAMMER-JOE-IRON-MAIDEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TUT-POWERSLAVE-HAMMER-JOE-IRON-MAIDEN-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iron Maiden Powerslave by Hammer Joe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CRYSTALBALL-FACE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CRYSTALBALL-FACE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CRYSTALBALL-FACE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CRYSTALBALL-FACE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subs and sysops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulletin boards are often organized in subs (sub boards) for things like music, art, sports and movies. Some of the subs are open to anyone, whereas others are more closed, like an elite sub. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ARTISTS-SUB-POWER-STATION.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ARTISTS-SUB-POWER-STATION.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ARTISTS-SUB-POWER-STATION.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ARTISTS-SUB-POWER-STATION-200x150.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artist&#8217;s sub by Power Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUB-1-MUSIC-HOUSES-OF-THE-HOLY-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUB-1-MUSIC-HOUSES-OF-THE-HOLY-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUB-1-MUSIC-HOUSES-OF-THE-HOLY-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUB-1-MUSIC-HOUSES-OF-THE-HOLY-BBS-200x164.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Music sub at Houses of the Holy BBS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-SPORT-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-SPORT-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-SPORT-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-SPORT-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sports sub at Cob&#8217;s Corner by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-ELITE-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-ELITE-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-ELITE-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-ELITE-SUB-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elite sub at Cob&#8217;s Corner by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-MOVIE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-MOVIE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-MOVIE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-MOVIE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Movie sub at Members Only BBS by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO5-90S-MUSIC-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-SUB-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO5-90S-MUSIC-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-SUB-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO5-90S-MUSIC-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-SUB-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO5-90S-MUSIC-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-SUB-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">90&#8217;s music sub at Members Only BBS by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBS called Cob&#8217;s Corner had a sub called War. This was the only place where vulgarity and insults were allowed, but in the war sub, everything was allowed. It&#8217;s an interesting idea to keep the crap locked away, easy to avoid. I wonder how well it worked..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-WAR-SUB2-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-WAR-SUB2-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-WAR-SUB2-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CC-WAR-SUB2-COBS-CORNER-BBS-THINKTANK-171x200.png 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The war sub at Cob&#8217;s Corner by Tinktank. Unfortunately cut off at the end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner of the BBS is the sysop. At the time, they would&#8217;ve had a dedicated computer in their room to run the BBS on, since the C64 can&#8217;t really do more than one thing at once. When you logged into their BBS they could follow your every move on the screen, which is actually kind of creepy? I had a small BBS in the 1990s and I was sometimes a creepy observer, because honestly I was happy that someone called. But yeah, big happy sysop is watching you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-WATCHING-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-WATCHING-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-WATCHING-2.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-WATCHING-2-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sysops, like modern day social media, wanted their users to be active. They wanted you to call often, post messages and upload stuff to keep the BBS active. If you were only downloading things, you would be called a leech, or maybe even a lamer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-14 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GO-AHEAD-MAKE-MY-DAY-DH.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GO-AHEAD-MAKE-MY-DAY-DH.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GO-AHEAD-MAKE-MY-DAY-DH.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GO-AHEAD-MAKE-MY-DAY-DH-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By DH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DONT-LEECH-LC.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DONT-LEECH-LC.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DONT-LEECH-LC.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DONT-LEECH-LC-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Lord Catavision<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG183-NO-LEECHS-ELWOOD-MAYBE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG183-NO-LEECHS-ELWOOD-MAYBE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG183-NO-LEECHS-ELWOOD-MAYBE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG183-NO-LEECHS-ELWOOD-MAYBE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Possibly by Elwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NO-NERDS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NO-NERDS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NO-NERDS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NO-NERDS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GENOCIDE-SPADES-DESIGN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1232\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GENOCIDE-SPADES-DESIGN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GENOCIDE-SPADES-DESIGN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GENOCIDE-SPADES-DESIGN-125x200.png 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Spades<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUNSET-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"709\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUNSET-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUNSET-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SUNSET-1-200x151.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you paged the sysops for a chat and they were not around, you&#8217;d be greeted with stuff like this, (and more exy stuff &#8211; search for sysop in the archive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-16 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG151-SYSOP-SLEEPING.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG151-SYSOP-SLEEPING.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG151-SYSOP-SLEEPING.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG151-SYSOP-SLEEPING-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHATTING3-SYSOP.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHATTING3-SYSOP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHATTING3-SYSOP.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CHATTING3-SYSOP-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYS-BUSY-SYSOP.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYS-BUSY-SYSOP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYS-BUSY-SYSOP.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYS-BUSY-SYSOP-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXX.SYS-BUSY-SYSOP-SNORKELING.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXX.SYS-BUSY-SYSOP-SNORKELING.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXX.SYS-BUSY-SYSOP-SNORKELING.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXX.SYS-BUSY-SYSOP-SNORKELING-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-BUSY-TOILET.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-BUSY-TOILET.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-BUSY-TOILET.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SYSOP-BUSY-TOILET-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Possibly by Aaron Hightower (example image in Digital Paint 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Users navigate the BBS with keyboard commands at a prompt, and the commands are typically listed in various menus. Here&#8217;s how that would look at <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=536\">Catastrophic Failure<\/a>, which seems to have been a hacking\/wares BBS in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-18 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CF-GENERAL-MENU-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CF-GENERAL-MENU-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CF-GENERAL-MENU-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CF-GENERAL-MENU-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN-200x150.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kids stuff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, we&#8217;ve had enough of the dark stuff for now. Let&#8217;s look into the more naive stuff! There is certainly no shortage of comics, cartoons, dragons and spaceships on these disks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-20 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BATMAN-INSIGNIA-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BATMAN-INSIGNIA-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BATMAN-INSIGNIA-2.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BATMAN-INSIGNIA-2-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GARFIELD-COMICS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GARFIELD-COMICS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GARFIELD-COMICS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GARFIELD-COMICS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CALVIN-FULL-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CALVIN-FULL-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CALVIN-FULL-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CALVIN-FULL-CHAMELEON-MULTISCREEN-200x194.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Calvin by Chameleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SMURF-GEAR-RAMBOSMURF.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SMURF-GEAR-RAMBOSMURF.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SMURF-GEAR-RAMBOSMURF.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SMURF-GEAR-RAMBOSMURF-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smurf gear by Rambosmurf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-22 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAMBURGER.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAMBURGER.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAMBURGER.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAMBURGER-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-BTK-1991.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-BTK-1991.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-BTK-1991.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-BTK-1991-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By BTK, 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FRIDAY-THE-13TH-OMEGA-FACTOR-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FRIDAY-THE-13TH-OMEGA-FACTOR-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FRIDAY-THE-13TH-OMEGA-FACTOR-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FRIDAY-THE-13TH-OMEGA-FACTOR-MULTISCREEN-200x133.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OTHER-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OTHER-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OTHER-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OTHER-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MONSTER-MISTER-X.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MONSTER-MISTER-X.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MONSTER-MISTER-X.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MONSTER-MISTER-X-200x133.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SS1.3-CRONOS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SS1.3-CRONOS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SS1.3-CRONOS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SS1.3-CRONOS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Cronos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY2-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY2-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY2-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FREDDY2-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HALLOWEEN-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HALLOWEEN-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HALLOWEEN-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HALLOWEEN-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXXHOTSTUFF.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXXHOTSTUFF.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXXHOTSTUFF.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XXXHOTSTUFF-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-OMEGA-FACTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JOKER-OMEGA-FACTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG188-THE-QUAS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG188-THE-QUAS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG188-THE-QUAS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG188-THE-QUAS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-CHAINSAW-MASSACRE-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-CHAINSAW-MASSACRE-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-CHAINSAW-MASSACRE-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TEXAS-CHAINSAW-MASSACRE-OMEGA-FACTOR-MOVIE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/14-CASTLE-DRAGONSLAYER-1986.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/14-CASTLE-DRAGONSLAYER-1986.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/14-CASTLE-DRAGONSLAYER-1986.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/14-CASTLE-DRAGONSLAYER-1986-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Dragonslayer, 1986<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG195-DUCK-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"992\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG195-DUCK-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG195-DUCK-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG195-DUCK-MULTISCREEN-155x200.png 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/UNICORN-IMPACT-MAYBE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/UNICORN-IMPACT-MAYBE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/UNICORN-IMPACT-MAYBE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/UNICORN-IMPACT-MAYBE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Impact?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, perhaps some darkness snuck in there. If you want more in this vein, search the archive for comics, cartoon, Roger Rabbit, TMNT, castle, pirate, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Iron Maiden, Simpsons&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-24 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TMNT-DOG-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1077\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TMNT-DOG-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TMNT-DOG-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TMNT-DOG-DOG-1991-MULTISCREEN-143x200.png 143w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Multi-screen graphics by Dog, 1991<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ROBOT-HAMMER-JOE-1987-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1245\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ROBOT-HAMMER-JOE-1987-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ROBOT-HAMMER-JOE-1987-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ROBOT-HAMMER-JOE-1987-MULTISCREEN-123x200.png 123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robot by Hammer Joe, 1987<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth remembering that these images are after-constructions. They are 2-3 screens high and neither the artist nor the viewer could see the full image. Bad proportions are understandable.<br><br>By the way, I found a fun example of the divide between toughness and innocence. Someone called Snoopy ran a BBS called Snoopy&#8217;s House together with his co-sysop Heavy Metal. It had a cute Snoopy PETSCII. But it seems like the BBS changed its name into something slightly more sinister&#8230; DICTATORS OF DEATH! With suitable graphics. My guess is that Heavy Metal pushed Snoopy to the dark side, but who knows. Hey Snoopy, if you&#8217;re reading this, tell us your story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-26 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SNOOPYS-DOGHOUSE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SNOOPYS-DOGHOUSE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SNOOPYS-DOGHOUSE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SNOOPYS-DOGHOUSE-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Snoopy&#8217;s Doghouse by Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DICTATORS-OF-DEATH-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DICTATORS-OF-DEATH-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DICTATORS-OF-DEATH-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DICTATORS-OF-DEATH-BBS-OMEGA-FACTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dictators of Death by Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holiday greetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a similar innocence to the holiday greetings. It seems they were around on scene boards as well, which surprised me somehow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-28 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WISE-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WISE-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WISE-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WISE-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wise BBS, possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=2128\">this<\/a>, 1989<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-HAPPY-THANKSGIVING-LASER-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-HAPPY-THANKSGIVING-LASER-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-HAPPY-THANKSGIVING-LASER-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-HAPPY-THANKSGIVING-LASER-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-PICS-HAPPY-NEW-YEAR-INNER-CIRCLE-BBS-BY-1990.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-PICS-HAPPY-NEW-YEAR-INNER-CIRCLE-BBS-BY-1990.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-PICS-HAPPY-NEW-YEAR-INNER-CIRCLE-BBS-BY-1990.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NEW-PICS-HAPPY-NEW-YEAR-INNER-CIRCLE-BBS-BY-1990-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=241\">Inner Circle<\/a> by BY, 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XENET-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XENET-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XENET-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/XENET-BBS-NEW-YEAR-1989-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG169-HAPPY-HALLOWEEN-CK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG169-HAPPY-HALLOWEEN-CK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG169-HAPPY-HALLOWEEN-CK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG169-HAPPY-HALLOWEEN-CK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By CK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you can see an example of re-use, which was common on the boards. The graphics from Xenet BBS is based on the one from Inner Circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is not much typical politics on the disks, but.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-30 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USA-IRAQ-1992-THINKTANK-1992-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USA-IRAQ-1992-THINKTANK-1992-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USA-IRAQ-1992-THINKTANK-1992-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/USA-IRAQ-1992-THINKTANK-1992-MULTISCREEN-200x184.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Thinktank, 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAZARD-COUNTY-BBS-AD1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAZARD-COUNTY-BBS-AD1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAZARD-COUNTY-BBS-AD1.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HAZARD-COUNTY-BBS-AD1-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-IS-HELL-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-IS-HELL-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-IS-HELL-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-IS-HELL-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funky type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-32 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RATT.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RATT.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RATT.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RATT-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/REALM-OF-DARKNESS-BBS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/REALM-OF-DARKNESS-BBS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/REALM-OF-DARKNESS-BBS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/REALM-OF-DARKNESS-BBS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-TRI-NEBULA-BBS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1988.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-TRI-NEBULA-BBS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1988.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-TRI-NEBULA-BBS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1988.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-TRI-NEBULA-BBS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1988-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Shoeshine Boy, 1988<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-OF-THE-WORLDS-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-OF-THE-WORLDS-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-OF-THE-WORLDS-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WAR-OF-THE-WORLDS-MULTISCREEN-200x188.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BARY3A-V-DARKWING-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BARY3A-V-DARKWING-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BARY3A-V-DARKWING-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BARY3A-V-DARKWING-MULTISCREEN-200x196.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By DarkWing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstracts and patterns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-34 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7-BOXES-AKA-BOXES-IN-SPACE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7-BOXES-AKA-BOXES-IN-SPACE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7-BOXES-AKA-BOXES-IN-SPACE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7-BOXES-AKA-BOXES-IN-SPACE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POWER-PYRIMIDS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POWER-PYRIMIDS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POWER-PYRIMIDS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/POWER-PYRIMIDS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG139.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG139.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG139.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG139-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10-RHOMBIZOIDS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10-RHOMBIZOIDS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10-RHOMBIZOIDS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/10-RHOMBIZOIDS-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Shoeshine Boy, 1987<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-HAT-BASKET-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-HAT-BASKET-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-HAT-BASKET-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-HAT-BASKET-SHOESHINE-BOY-1987-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Shoeshine Boy, 1987<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-LOUD-MOUTH-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-LOUD-MOUTH-OMEGA-FACTOR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-LOUD-MOUTH-OMEGA-FACTOR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/THE-LOUD-MOUTH-OMEGA-FACTOR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Omega Factor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RECTANGLE-PATTER.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RECTANGLE-PATTER.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RECTANGLE-PATTER.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RECTANGLE-PATTER-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-ARROWS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-ARROWS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-ARROWS.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-ARROWS-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABSTRACT-LADY-STYLES-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1316\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABSTRACT-LADY-STYLES-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABSTRACT-LADY-STYLES-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ABSTRACT-LADY-STYLES-MULTISCREEN-117x200.png 117w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Styles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pixel style<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contemporary PETSCII often uses dithering techniques that makes it similar to pixel art. There is not much of that on these disks, but some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-36 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG104.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG104.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG104.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG104-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG127-THE-ZOMBIE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG127-THE-ZOMBIE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG127-THE-ZOMBIE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG127-THE-ZOMBIE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG119-T-SHK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG119-T-SHK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG119-T-SHK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG119-T-SHK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By The Shark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miscellaneous<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-38 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NIKE-BOXER.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NIKE-BOXER.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NIKE-BOXER.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NIKE-BOXER-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-STYX-CRYSTAL-BALL-DOCKTER-DELIRIUM-TREMENS-PH.D-1986.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-STYX-CRYSTAL-BALL-DOCKTER-DELIRIUM-TREMENS-PH.D-1986.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-STYX-CRYSTAL-BALL-DOCKTER-DELIRIUM-TREMENS-PH.D-1986.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8-STYX-CRYSTAL-BALL-DOCKTER-DELIRIUM-TREMENS-PH.D-1986-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Dockter Delirium Tremens PH.D, 1986<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13-CIRCUS-MARIO-LANZA.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13-CIRCUS-MARIO-LANZA.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13-CIRCUS-MARIO-LANZA.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/13-CIRCUS-MARIO-LANZA-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Mario Lanza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG118-SLICKFORCE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG118-SLICKFORCE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG118-SLICKFORCE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG118-SLICKFORCE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Slickforce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG115-EMPIRE-CITY-LOGO.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG115-EMPIRE-CITY-LOGO.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG115-EMPIRE-CITY-LOGO.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG115-EMPIRE-CITY-LOGO-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/QTR-MR.-STRETCH-CAR.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/QTR-MR.-STRETCH-CAR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/QTR-MR.-STRETCH-CAR.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/QTR-MR.-STRETCH-CAR-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG186-TRUCK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG186-TRUCK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG186-TRUCK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG186-TRUCK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PLUG-OUTLET.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PLUG-OUTLET.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PLUG-OUTLET.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PLUG-OUTLET-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG103.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG103.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG103.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CG103-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-ELITE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-ELITE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-ELITE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MO-ELITE-SUB-MEMBERS-ONLY-BBS-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Member&#8217;s Only elite sub by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IRON-LIFTER-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IRON-LIFTER-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IRON-LIFTER-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IRON-LIFTER-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-OFF-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-OFF-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-OFF-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CATASTROPHIC-OFF-CATASTROPHIC-FAILURE-BBS-THINKTANK-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BONK-TURBOGRAFX-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BONK-TURBOGRAFX-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BONK-TURBOGRAFX-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BONK-TURBOGRAFX-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN-186x200.png 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ZARKON-JOE-1A-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ZARKON-JOE-1A-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ZARKON-JOE-1A-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ZARKON-JOE-1A-THINKTANK-MULTISCREEN-185x200.png 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Page 1\/8 of Zarkon Joe by Thinktank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TS-THREE-STOOGES-MOVIE-KEYTAPPER.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TS-THREE-STOOGES-MOVIE-KEYTAPPER.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TS-THREE-STOOGES-MOVIE-KEYTAPPER.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TS-THREE-STOOGES-MOVIE-KEYTAPPER-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Keytapper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WORLD-PEACE-NOT.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WORLD-PEACE-NOT.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WORLD-PEACE-NOT.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WORLD-PEACE-NOT-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sequential vs static<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You could say that all these graphics were effectively animations back in the day, because the graphics were drawn sequentially on the BBS, character by character. The speed depends on the modem, which at the time was between 300 and 2400 BPS. You can compare the speeds in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1e9BBV3yb5s?si=mgikYqx3YjYNBzAt\">this video<\/a>.<br><br>Offline, there were other options. I found two programs on the disks that I used: <s>CG Viewer<\/s> (very slow) and &#8220;<s>CG Edit<\/s>&#8221; (faster). I also used <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=13313\">Petvjuscii<\/a> (2003) which is really fast, and <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=148567\">C\/G Animator<\/a> (1989) where you can set the speed yourself in BPS. I also used <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=40422\">SEQ Viewer<\/a> (1997) that actually shows the graphics as static images (and is also the only program I&#8217;ve found that loads PRG-files).<br><br>Unfortunately, the graphics don&#8217;t look the same in all these programs. Sometimes there are small errors, sometimes big. Sometimes you don&#8217;t know. This was frustrating in the capturing process, to say the least, but sometimes it creates rather beautiful data trash. I don&#8217;t know what causes this, but I&#8217;ve heard that there are different ways to store and retrieve PETSCII data. I dunno. There are still files that I didn&#8217;t manage to capture, so if you&#8217;re a PETSCII PRO, get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-40 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sherlock-pic-BUGGY-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"704\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sherlock-pic-BUGGY-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sherlock-pic-BUGGY-1.jpg 704w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sherlock-pic-BUGGY-1-200x152.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sherlock Holmes in good shape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/T-BONE-T-BONE-1993-LOWERCASE-HEHE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/T-BONE-T-BONE-1993-LOWERCASE-HEHE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/T-BONE-T-BONE-1993-LOWERCASE-HEHE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/T-BONE-T-BONE-1993-LOWERCASE-HEHE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">T-bone in lowercase instead of uppercase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trash-earth-BUGGED-BUT-COOL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"706\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trash-earth-BUGGED-BUT-COOL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trash-earth-BUGGED-BUT-COOL.jpg 706w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trash-earth-BUGGED-BUT-COOL-200x152.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trash earth, trashed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-TMNT-BUGGED.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-TMNT-BUGGED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-TMNT-BUGGED.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PICS-TMNT-BUGGED-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teenage mutant noise turtle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICE-FACE-BUGGY.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICE-FACE-BUGGY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICE-FACE-BUGGY.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICE-FACE-BUGGY-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ice Face<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Animation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been fascinated with these sequentially displayed graphics ever since I saw <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?p=7306\">Poison&#8217;s demos<\/a> some 20 years ago. They were made with the so-called notemaker software <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=20071\">Letter Noperator<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?s=raquel%20meyers\">Raquel Meyers<\/a> and others in my demogroup got really into it, did things like <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?p=3429\">this<\/a>, and released <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=247645\">Movie Noperator<\/a>. Raquel still works with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raquelmeyers.com\/\">performances<\/a> in this field. And in fact, we are just about to have a Noperator conference. :-)<br><br>Anyway, these works are not just linear streams of characters. They use control characters for cursor movements, toggling upper\/lowercase, clear screen, etc, to create animations. It&#8217;s not unique to the C64 &#8211; it has probably been made on <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?tag=terminal+animation\">terminals<\/a> since forever, and there are <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?s=asciimation\">ASCIImations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/what-is-ansi-animation-or-ansimation\/\">ANSImations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?tag=atascii+animation\">break messages<\/a>, for example.<br><br>Most of the animations on the disks are not very interesting. There are a lot of stick figures in silly adventures that are hard to follow. Some of them are extremely long, I think the longest one is almost 20 minutes (although running very slowly). There are a few more &#8220;scene-ish&#8221; animations, like Chameleon&#8217;s work for Incurable Addicition below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/INCURABLE-ADDICTION-BBS-CHAMELEON-converted.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a long video with some of the animations from the archive. The list of animations is in the description of the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1980&#039;s C64 BBS Animations\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ke6QmoS7_3Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These are tags and artist names that I&#8217;ve identified, but there are definitely uncertainties and people left out by mistake. Feedback appreciated. Bold text are links to CSDb, which suggests a scene-relation. I&#8217;ve included tag or name in the filenames for searchability.<br><br>][ = maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=9329\">Infernal<\/a>, ]&lt;]) = KD (just my guess), Alcatraz1, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=2231\">AceMan<\/a>, Animal, Apeman, Axis, Batman, BT, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=9199\">Billy the Kid<\/a> (BTK), Buckwheat, BY, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=22176\">Chameleon<\/a> (Cham), Chuckisoft, CK = maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=5905\">Copkiller<\/a> but more likely Captain Kenby (Ken Nakatsu), Cleetus, CN, Comteacher, Cronos, Crow, Cthulu, Dan Levine, Dansan, Dark = maybe Darkwing, Deaks, Deann&#8217;s Dawn9 (maybe not a name?), DEF of Toga, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=20204\">Defcon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=461\">Digahole<\/a> (DGH), D. Ferrari (DF), DH, Dockter Delirium Tremens Ph.D, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=7384\">Dog<\/a>, Dog of War, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=471\">Dokken<\/a>, Drakamen Aveng, Dragonslayer (DS), DW, Edward T.H., EL = maybe Elmynster (aka Elminster), Eli, Elwood, Exel is possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=20206\">this<\/a>, FP, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=8291\">Game Gorilla<\/a>, George Jetson, GD, Gregg Sperling, Grey Stalker, Hacksaw (aka Kyle Cantin) maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/search\/?seinsel=all&amp;search=Hacksaw&amp;Go.x=0&amp;Go.y=0\">here<\/a>, HC, Hammer Joe (HJ), HK, Iceman, Ickabod, IM, Impact, Incubus, infinity, Iron Lifter, Jed, Jim Isaacs, Joe Weider, Jon Sy, Kez Iban, Kajun, Keith, Keith Nelson, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=32548\">Keytapper<\/a> (KT), Ladybug, Lightnin&#8217;, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legeekretrogaming.com\/systems\/f_c64_petscii.shtml#\">Lord Catavision<\/a> (LC), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/index.php?id=2264\">Lethal<\/a>, Link, Lucifer, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=32281\">Mad Dog<\/a>, Mario Lanza, <a href=\"https:\/\/c64.ch\/sceners\/588\/Mark_A_Dickenson\">Mark Ad II<\/a>, Matthew Joseph Hill, McCoy, Megadave (DHG), Mike Wood, Mister X, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/search\/?seinsel=all&amp;search=night+ranger&amp;Go.x=0&amp;Go.y=0\">Night Ranger<\/a> (NR), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=17025\">Omega Factor<\/a> (OF, ().F.), Paul McAleer (PM), Pegasus, Power Station, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=32332\">Preacher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=28330\">Quicksilver<\/a> (QS), The Ram, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=37674\">Rambosmurf<\/a>, Ray (Kathy Ray Smith, according to Baracuda), Rev Bud, <a href=\"https:\/\/c64.ch\/productions\/11753\/Max_Headroom_Picture\">Rudeboy<\/a> (RB), RD, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=24054\">Red Blazer<\/a>, RF, Rico, Rod S, RS Software, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=5237\">Ruffian<\/a>, RW, Shoeshine Boy (SB), The Shark (SHK or T SHK), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=19088\">Silver Foxx<\/a>, Skoal Keep, Slickforce (SF), Socks, Sonny, SP, Space Kase, Spartan, Sttick, Styles, TA, The American Eagle (TAE, possibly only a BBS-name), The Artists Guild (T.A.G.), T-Bone, TG, TH, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=21985\">Thinktank<\/a> (Think, aka Tankanimation), TK, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=5235\">Twilyte<\/a> (Lyte, TLT aka <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=5236\">Tragedy<\/a> TRAG), TofA, TP, Trister, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=11700\">Ture Seven<\/a> (aka Ture 7), Unca Scrooge (Unca),  UY, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=23650\">Uzzy<\/a>, Vector maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=16997\">this<\/a>, Vision (short for Visionary?), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=13702\">Visionary<\/a> (Viz), Wangbar, Warp Sled, The Wave, The Wolf, Xray, Yoda, Zeph, Zodiac maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=7909\">this<\/a>.<br><br>(psst, maybe &#8220;someone&#8221; should add Lord Catavision and Yoda to CSDb?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groups and releases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There were apparently groups dedicated to PETSCII graphics, like <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/group\/?id=4700\">C\/G Design<\/a> with members like <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=2231\">AceMan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=11700\">Ture Seven<\/a>. They would have been contemporary with early ANSI art groups like <a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/?p=1332\">Aces of ANSI Art<\/a>. There are not many traces of C\/G Design, and eventually they turned into the group <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/group\/?id=1053\">Second Dimension<\/a> with PETSCII-artists like <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=5237\">Ruffian<\/a>, Tragedy (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=5235\">Twylite<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/scener\/?id=1082\">Vizz<\/a>. In recent years, the group has started to release C64-demos again.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/group\/?id=13118\">Inspiral Design<\/a> is another group that has quite a few works on these disks by artists lik Chameleon, DOG, Lethal, Night Ranger, Silverfoxx and Visionary. The group was not CSDb, so I added it. It seems like they were mostly based in New York, and some of the members were later in the hacker\/cracker group <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/group\/?id=2059\">Robert Morris Jr. Computer Club<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-42 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ST.NICK-TURE-SEVEN-1990.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ST.NICK-TURE-SEVEN-1990.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ST.NICK-TURE-SEVEN-1990.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ST.NICK-TURE-SEVEN-1990-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Ture Seven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2NDDIM-SECOND-DIMENSION-DISCOVERY-TWILYTE.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2NDDIM-SECOND-DIMENSION-DISCOVERY-TWILYTE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2NDDIM-SECOND-DIMENSION-DISCOVERY-TWILYTE.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2NDDIM-SECOND-DIMENSION-DISCOVERY-TWILYTE-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Twilyte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PIC1-SECOND-DIMENSION-GALAXY-HIGH-BBS-RUFFIAN-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PIC1-SECOND-DIMENSION-GALAXY-HIGH-BBS-RUFFIAN-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PIC1-SECOND-DIMENSION-GALAXY-HIGH-BBS-RUFFIAN-1.png 768w, https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PIC1-SECOND-DIMENSION-GALAXY-HIGH-BBS-RUFFIAN-1-200x142.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Second Dimension and <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=243\">Galaxy High<\/a> by Ruffian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AISA was a strange find. It&#8217;s short for Atlanta Image Sysop Association, which makes you curious, doesn&#8217;t it? The sysops of Magoo&#8217;s Mansion and Hanger 15, both in California, were both members.<br><br>PETSCII is not known to be released as packs or collections, but there are a few examples on the disks. Shoeshine Boy, from Alameda CA, compiled Picture Disks with various artists (1987-1988), and Paul McAleer&#8217;s made a slideshow with his own stuff called Lo-Res Graphics. It&#8217;s not the best PETSCII ever, but the Picture Disks are helpful because they are dated and artists are credited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a compact list of names that I&#8217;ve identified as BBSs. There are probably more. Search the archive for BBS-name to see its graphics. Links lead to CSDb, ie there is a scene connection. (I&#8217;ve uploaded graphics to them, unless the page was locked.)<br><br>128th Precinct, Acheron (sysop: Da Boss), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=569\">Aftermath<\/a>, Aliance #3 (name unsure, 619-569-8523) American Eagle (401-946-9152, sysop: The Eagle), Arts BBS (seems affiliated with Thinktank), The Asylum (possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1064\">this<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=251\">Attraction<\/a> (Sweden), Barbary Coast, Bathroom Wall (312-756-3726), Bizzy Bee BBS (209-578-0435, mentioned in TINKTANK\/example 1), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=11\">Black Genesis<\/a>, Black Nights (414-929-9188, sysop: Dungeon Master), Blitzkrieg (714-255-1094), Boardwalk, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=236\">Bootcamp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=307\">The Casino<\/a>, The Castle (sysop: Lord Drone), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=536\">Catastrophic Failure<\/a>, COB&#8217;s Corner (305)253-1494 (mentioned in tinktank\/foreword), Commodore Connection BBS, Crash &amp; Burn (305-238-0569, mentioned in tinktank\/foreword), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=94\">Deadzone<\/a>, Death Dungeon (301-449-0444, sysop: Warrior), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=387\">Diamond Back<\/a>, Dictator&#8217;s of Death (sysop: Snoopy, cosysop: Heavy Metal, Digital Paint Palace (817-281-7009, sysop: Aaron Hightower), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=650\">Divine Chaos<\/a>, Down by Law (203-875-5454, sysop: Morrissey), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=376\">Dragon&#8217;s Den<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=37\">Dream land<\/a>, The Dumb Board, The Dungeon (maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1538\">this<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=4\">this<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=359\">Dungeon of Domination<\/a>, Ed BBS, Electronic Playground (415-827-9193), Electronic Playmates BBS, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=61\">Eternal Meltdown<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=52\">Evil Island<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=773\">Flight Deck<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1882\">Forbidden Forest<\/a>, Fone Company (919-983-8271), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=243\">Galaxy High<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=512\">Genocide<\/a>, Godfather (312-894-3142), The Golden Citadel (602-486-8750, sysop: Lightning Jim), Grand Illusion (sysops: Starchild &amp; The Beast), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=2160\">Great Lakes Network<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=2116\">Great White North<\/a>, Hanger 15 (404-636-2136), Hardwired (sysop: The Possessor?), Hazard County (519-971-0391, sysop: Lucky), Hell (maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=538\">this<\/a>), Houses of the Holy BBS (519-971-0002), Howie&#8217;s BBS, Huntington Connection (sysop: Captain Video), Imaginations BBS (516-582-8814), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=146\">Imminent Disaster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=12\">In Living Color<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=326\">Incurable Addiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=241\">Inner Circle<\/a>, Interface BBS (312-403-0604), Jazz Club, Jesters Court (519-945-4730, see Paradise Lost), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1687\">Ken&#8217;s Comic BBS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=760\">Knights of the Round Table<\/a>, Laser BBS (see <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=2280\">this<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1636\">Last Chance<\/a>, Last Wizard&#8217;s Realm (215-724-6912), Lord Vegas Castle (sysop: Lord Vegas), Lost Planet, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1169\">Loverboy&#8217;s Motel<\/a>, Magoo&#8217;s Mansion (404-634-6136), Member&#8217;s Only (sysop: Killer Mario, cosyop: Thinktank), The Midnight Flyer, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=489\">Monster<\/a> (Turkey) Music Emporium, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=114\">Mystic Cavern<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=312\">Mysts of Avalon<\/a>, Negative Hemispheres (sysop: Rad Skater), New Age BBS, New Image (maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=2258\">this<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1736\">The Normal Place<\/a>, Nutt House (sysops: Slimbo &amp; Kentucky Gal), Oasis BBS (804-461-2250), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=2109\">The Orchard<\/a>, Outback-128 (708-366-0882), Outer Limits (217-398-3652, mentioned in mov.hole in 1), Paradise Lost (591-945-4730, sysops: Zeppelin, Jester), Pilot&#8217;s Associate (aka Don&#8217;t Panic), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/index.php?id=352\">Pirate Busters<\/a>, Pleasure Palace, Police Station, Pyro-tech BBS, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1435\">Radical Transfer<\/a> (sysop: Radical User), Realm of Darkness (431-0847, sysop: Shadow), Sanitarium (maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=254\">this<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1232\">Satan&#8217;s Hollow<\/a> (TCM HQ), Scoreboard BBS, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=762\">Severe Complication(s)<\/a>, Silicon Realms (209-754-5530, sysop: Joe Commodore, mentioned in TINKTANK\/CG EDIT), Snake Pit (543-110, sysop: Mongoose), Soopy&#8217;s Doghouse (sysop: Snoopy), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=105\">South of Heaven<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1638\">Space Station<\/a>, Stage Door (sysop: The Director, cosysop: Moon Rock), Starfleet Command (305-366-0132), Stargazer BBS (217-892-2753, mentioned in mov.hole in 1), Suburbia BBS (217-337-6312, mentioned in mov.hole in 1), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=392\">Technodrome<\/a> (Germany), Telefieds (sysop: Nomad), Terror Tower, Temple of Apshai (312-7366-6072), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1733\">Texas 64<\/a>, Time Warp (312-426-6292, sysop: The Doctor), Torture Chamber (sysop: Punisher), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1888\">Totally Insane Warez<\/a>, Trading Post (sysop: Ford Man), Tri Nebula, Twilight Zone (519-966-4520), Underground Network, Underwarez (sysop: Erradicator), Undiscovered Country (800-859-9698), User Hero (sysop: Thinktank), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=627\">Warez Syndicate<\/a>, War Zone (714-441-2210, sysop: Warlord), <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=93\">Westpoint<\/a> (Denmark), White Stallion (813-654-4847), Wise BBS (maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=2128\">this<\/a>), Wizard&#8217;s Palace (maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/bbs\/?id=1643\">this<\/a>), Wizard&#8217;s Realm (312-462-8067), Xenet BBS (513-372-3373) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PETSCII killed the C\/G-star<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no mention of PETSCII on these disks. It&#8217;s mostly called C\/G, which is the common term on C64-boards still today, afaik. I&#8217;ve had the impression that C\/G is short for Character Graphics, but that&#8217;s not the case on these disks. It&#8217;s either Color Graphics (CGFILES.D64\/cg viewer, CG011.D64\/the casino cg) or Commodore Graphics (CG008.D64\/huntington connection bbs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C64-boards often have a feature to toggle C\/G on or off. Off means that non-C64 users can access the BBS, so I suppose it&#8217;s more or less like ASCII? In Thinktank&#8217;s graphics for Catastrophic Failure BBS (TINKTANK\/CF) the toggle is expressed as ASCII or GFX. <br><br>Lores is another term used at the time, for example in CG008\/VISION AD 2 and Paul McAleer&#8217;s slideshow LORES ART. Elsewhere you can find PETSCII-programs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/commodore.software\/downloads\/category\/42-c-g-editors\">Lores Draw<\/a> and Lores Screen Editor Royal (<a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=58586\">Loser<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term ANSI was also in use. The Midnight Flyer BBS is advertised as supporting &#8220;Ascii\/Ansi\/ColorGfx&#8221; (CG006\/MF CASTLED). I&#8217;m not sure what to make of that. Elsewhere, later, ANSI is basically synonymous with C\/G (the program <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=136550\">SEQ Shower<\/a> is aka ANSI View). The terminal program CCGMS specified ANSI in <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=31399\">one version<\/a>. Sometimes, ANSI meant actual ANSI compatibility with a DOS font and 80-columns, like <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=200490\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Btw, check out this anti-ANSI\/IBM animation from 1986: Robosledge by Jeff Neilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/text-mode.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ROBOSLEDGE-JEFF-NEILSON-1990-converted.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes on preservation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each disk has its own folder, to maintain the context of the original &#8216;curator&#8217;. I&#8217;ve tried to capture all files and remove any duplicates, and the files I&#8217;ve failed to capture are listed in missing.txt, if any. The start of the file names are the same as on the disk, mostly. I&#8217;ve added (author YEAR) where known, and I&#8217;ve sometimes added keywords and comments to improve searchability.<br><br>The images are frozen documentations of something that were effectively animations, as mentioned before. They are also cleaned up. For example, there are graphics that were &#8216;recorded&#8217; from a BBS, so you can see a message header just before the image is shown. It&#8217;s also worth mentioning, that the files on a C64-disk are not ordered alphabetically, so the order of the files can hold some clues.<br><br>Most of the files are in the SEQ-format, which is more or less standard. Others are in the PRG-format, although they are not executable. Regular PETSCII-viewers can&#8217;t read them. <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/release\/?id=40422\">SEQ Viewer<\/a> displays them, but only as static images so animations don&#8217;t work. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Files that are named in lowercase have incorrect resolution and JPG-compression. Most of them have been replaced with correct files, named in uppercase, but not all. The correct ones were captured with <a href=\"https:\/\/vice-emu.sourceforge.io\/\">VICE<\/a> 2.2 in double resolution, with the Ptoing palette.<br><br>Someone should really make the ultimate PETSCII viewer! How about a browser software that takes D64-files and outputs PNG and MP4? It should read SEQ and PRG, handle MCI-commands, display the files as animations or static images, allow for different speeds and feature a toggle for lower and uppercase. Who&#8217;s gonna make it happen? :-)<br><br>I don&#8217;t know how to show animations saved as PRG-files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if all the graphics have been captured in full. It is possible that I&#8217;ve only captured parts of a picture, when it was in fact an animation or multiscreen graphics.<br><br>Some files seem to contain so called MCI-commands for BBS-systems like C*Base. CG003\/ANIM is an animation in colour, and CG003\/ANIM1 is a monochrome version of the same animation, but it contains \u00a3X commands, where X sets the colour in C*Base. It&#8217;s the same with EXAMPLE 1-3 in TINKTANK.D64. On the other hand, S.CHAT in C-G003.D64 is in colour but still contains \u00a3X commands. CG Edit in TINKTANK.D64 by Joe Commodore reads MCI and at least displays files like EXAMPLE 1-4 correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Btw<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Unca Scrooge has the biggest PETSCII. Search the archives for MISSLE-SILO-FIRE.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cosysops are sometimes refered to as Assistants, or something similar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BBS-graphicians at CSDb are listed <a href=\"https:\/\/csdb.dk\/browse.php?type=sceners&amp;grouptype_id=0&amp;profession_id=31&amp;releasetype_id=0&amp;eventtype_id=0&amp;bbstype_id=0&amp;sidtype_id=0&amp;browsesub=Browse%21&amp;showfirst=0\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BBS-tags at Demozoo are <a href=\"https:\/\/demozoo.org\/pages\/bbs-related-tags\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Todo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main thing is to capture animations saved as PRG. There are many files like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Commodore 64 BBS graphics are not easy to find. A lot of it was probably never saved, and there&#8217;s not really any obvious place for it online either. So I was thrilled to get a whole bunch disk images from Sixx: more than 1,000 PETSCII graphics and animations! 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