#textmode Timeline - Takahē

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3d

If you've done 6 impossible things this week, why not round it off with a trip onboard "thE grAvY trAIn" THIS SATURDAY at 21:00 UK! (1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern)

https://erb.pw/y/tgt20260314

#DontPanic #thEgrAvYtrAIn #TextMode
#RetroComputing #BBS #ChipTunes #TrackerMusic #ANSIArt #ASCIIArt

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4d

So I've been quietly building something and now it's finally ready.

https://ssbbss.org - the Secret Society of BBS SysOps - is now live.

It's a certification program for BBS operators. Four ranks: Initiate, Operator, Adept, and Master. Every rank has a curriculum covering the things that actually matter - BBS software, door games, message networks, ANSI art, FidoNet, the history and the law.

Study materials are free and open to anyone, no account needed.

When you're ready, you sit the exam. Pass, and you're a certified member. You get a downloadable PDF certificate with a QR verification link, an ANSI badge you can display on your own BBS, and a member ID in the public registry.

Right now there are 95/100 Founding Member spots available. £99 one-time - that covers all four exam slots, lifetime membership (no annual fees ever), a physical certificate shipped to you, and a low member ID. Once those 100 are gone, they're gone.

If you run a BBS, or you used to, or you just care about keeping this scene alive - come and have a look.

#retrocomputing #textmode #bbs #ansi #ascii #ssbbss

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10d

Glowing cave

#platformer #textmode #pixelart #gamedev

Platformer demo screenshot of a cave scene. Walls are dark blueish and covered in green moss, cave background is brown with black dark holes. Small to giant mushroom grows on floor and walls, a little character is standing on a giant mushroom, a luminous giant plant grows from cave ceiling. Weird geometrical glowing structures seems to grow here and there. There is bottom down passage leading to left, a cliff passages leading to top right, hidden channels leading to bottom right and bottom and a vine path leading to an upper scene. Overall picture got a chunky/glitchy text mode pixel art style

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10d

Come check out my new game over at thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE!

telnet bbs.erb.pw port 23

Head over to the doors menu, goto page 2 (hit ">") and then enter Elderwood!

#bbs #textmode #retrocomputing #elderwood #crownofash

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10d

If you've done 6 impossible things this week, why not round it off with a trip onboard "thE grAvY trAIn" TONIGHT at 21:00 UK! (1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern)

https://erb.pw/y/tgt20260307

#DontPanic #thEgrAvYtrAIn #TextMode
#RetroComputing #BBS #ChipTunes #TrackerMusic #ANSIArt #ASCIIArt

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10d

#bbs #textmode #ansi #ascii #chiptunes

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10d

If you've done 6 impossible things this week, why not round it off with a trip onboard "thE grAvY trAIn" THIS SATURDAY at 21:00 UK! (1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern)

https://erb.pw/y/tgt20260307

#DontPanic #thEgrAvYtrAIn #TextMode
#RetroComputing #BBS #ChipTunes #TrackerMusic #ANSIArt #ASCIIArt

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17d

If you've done 6 impossible things this week, why not round it off with a trip onboard "thE grAvY trAIn" TONIGHT at 21:00 UK! (1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern)

https://erb.pw/y/tgt20260228

#DontPanic #thEgrAvYtrAIn #TextMode
#RetroComputing #BBS #ChipTunes #TrackerMusic #ANSIArt #ASCIIArt

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30d

What is the best #VT102 #terminal emulator for 16-bit #DOS?

Tried several 80s/90s programs with "vttest" and all fail the cursor movement test (even when ignoring the 132-column mode, who cares about widescreen).

#MSKermit 3.16 was best and got it almost right. Since it's nowadays under BSD license w/source available, maybe I'll just try to fix it. Failing test is pictured. Cursor stuff at right margin is difficult to get right, agreed #DEC manual is pretty vague.

#TextMode #RetroComputing

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39d

Here is the surprise software I was mentioning !

If you are reading this on a computer you can directly play it on https://adelfaure.net/pseudographics/acousmatic_tekno/

(not working well on safari)

It is the first musical demo of a serie we are making with @ralt144mi for the release of his live coded album named Pseudographics.

For now it is on a website but ultimately the idea is to share compilated software.

(1/2)

#livecoding #noAI #generative #textmode #animation #pixelart #glitchart

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2y

Getting there slowly but surely. Better ground/horizon, finished characters. Now need a bit of foreground and background scenery and I'm nearly done.

#pixelart #art #startrek #bbs #bbsing #textmode #igs #graphics #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Kirk and Spock examine the Guardian of Forever

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1y

Recently I've been working on a fork of libansilove and ansilove-c that adds support for using fonts and color palettes derived from the Atari ST programs ANSIterm and FANSI.

FANSI was a really slick ANSI editor for the ST from Eric March.

It was a godsend to me as a teen when it was released in 1994. Finally I had a way to draw my own ANSI art in the full 16 colors.

If only it had come out a few years earlier!
(1/3)

#atarist #atari #ansi #ansiart #textmode #ansilove

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1y

🎉 💾 🎨

Celebrate the new year with a fun new artpack: IGNITE 01!

This pack celebrates "Instant Graphics and Sound," a unique Atari ST-specific corner of BBS history, with 18 new images and animations for your viewing pleasure.

Download the pack from @mistfunk:
https://mistigris.org/packs/IGNITE01.ZIP

Learn more about it at Break Into Chat:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2024/12/31/ignite-the-first-all-igs-artpack/

#retrocomputing #IGS #vintagecomputing #atari #PixelArt #MastoArt #textmode #ansiart #asciiart #atarist #bbs

Pixel art shows the characters Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock from "Star Trek."

Computer art of a robot holding a rose, made from overlapping rectangles.

Computer art showing a three-dimensional rendering of a character from the video game Space Invaders.

Calvin, a character from the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes", stands beside a cardboard box, rubbing his hands and grinning evilly.

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42d

Full Moon

#textmode #1bit #pixelart

Text mode base Full Moon drawn with black and white semigraphic characters. Moon is on the center of the picture surrounded by a starry sky. A shooting start is passing by on the left.

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47d

Good news on tv today

#pixelart #textmode

Picture is text mode base and represent a television turned on a information channel. A presentator is saying "Good news today, folks! The proletarian revolution is finally taking over the world!". On the top right of tv screen there is a frame holding fire and a message "Fascism burns in hell live on air". On the top left of the tv screen a white on blue number seven, on the bottom on screen a banner is displaying "Breaking News" white on red. On the right of the picture Television is featuring a clock displaying 13:12 and "ac/ab" with highlight on"ac" mocking a "am/pm" clock. On the bottom of the clock there is a digicode along a confirmation and cancel button, there is also two green buttons "Menu" and "Tv" and there is a "+" and "-" button under a "Volume" tag. On the bottom of theses elements covering half the height of the TV there is a speaker integrated to the tv body.

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81d

🤷‍♂️ "Very little is readily available"
🤷‍♀️ "I couldn't find much"
🤷‍♂️ "Information is scarce and unreliable at best"

For nearly 20 years, writers have been apologizing for the dearth of details about one particular provocatively-titled piece of webcomics history.

It's time to start filling in the blanks!

https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/24/ansi-art-and-webcomics-filling-in-the-blanks/

#ansiart #comics #webcomics #history #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #textmode #asciiart

Screenshot shows a historical claim from a book:
"A type artist code-named Eerie used a slightly more elaborate set of characters, ANSI, to compose the first known comic on the Internet, Inspector Dangerfuck."

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162d

Art the Clown, the eighth in my trilogy of horror icon ANSI renditions, for October of the 2025 Fire Graphics calendar.

#calendar #october #arttheclown #terrifier #horror #movie #fanart #ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #computerart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics

ANSI textmode image of Art the Clown from the Terrifier horror movie series

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197d

Collaboration with Filth for September of the 2025 Fire Graphics calendar. #calendar #september #dodgeball #highschool #horror #ouch #ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #computerart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics

ANSI textmode art depicting a boy being hit on the face by a ball

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259d

Happy 90th birthday to the late David Prowse, unseen and unheard body and soul of Darth Vader.

#ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #fanart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics #portrait #starwars #darthvader #davidprowse

ANSI textmode portrait of David Prowse

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273d

Happy Birthday to the Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci. Deceased in 1996, this would've been his 98th birthday.

#ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #fanart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics #portrait #giallomovies #luciofulci

ANSI textmode art portrait of Lucio Fulci

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340d

I've finished the poster for this year's Lyon Algorave
#textmode #pixelart #poster #algorave

This image is a printed poster. It features a variety of information. "Algorave Grrrnd zero 24 mai 18h-6h" as a title alternating red and black colors on each title line. Several boxes with red text contain additional information: "Nuit de Live coding", "60 avenue de Bohlen 69120 Vaulx-en-Velin", "Prix libre, no CB, 6 euros conseillé", "Performances visuelles et sonores de 39 artistes", "Restauration sur place". Group names are written in white text on a red background above a text-mode illustration of the city: "emilie_breslavetz", "z0rg", "peregrine", "lbvp", "libre_&change_trio", "polymorphic_engine", "parvagues", "th4", "maeertt", "crash_server", "sara_adkins", "bubobubo && ralt44mi", "nabir", "jaxa", "lucky. juj" , "syntonie" , "three_naughti_bois" , "2mo", "fronssons", "marlen", "plot", "kaamtar", "ungual", "dok", "nesso && bruno_gola", "afalf", "neon_delice", "bleuje", "c_robo", "azertype", "gcode". Background shows a city street scene with building facades, a pedestrian street with a staircase leading down to a train station, a street with cars. Characters walk or interact with each other. Animals are also present in the illustration: dog, cats, rats and birds. Some of the walls feature graffitis: "Fuck Lepen", "Act for LGBTQIA+", "Free Palestine", "A mort le patriarcat". On the bottom of the poster is written: "organisé par ordinateur_dans_la_tete 21472 bytes poster by adel_faure Greetz to Mistigris, Textmode Friends, 1-Bit Bad Bitches and Cookie collective"

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1y

Happy Twin Peaks Day.
RIP David Lynch.

#ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #fanart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics #portrait #twinpeaks #eraserhead #losthighway #mulhollanddrive #davidlynch

ANSI textmode portrait of David Lynch

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1y

Let’s get ready for the first day of Lovebyte!

Join the live-stream on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/lovebytedemoparty) and get more info at https://lovebyte.party.

#demoparty #lovebyte #bytebeat #bytejam #textmode #petscii #sizecoding #ascii #ansi #teletext #c64 #pico8 #tic80 #micow8

Timetable Lovebyte Saturday.

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1y

You made it!!

We received 128 entries so far. Will we reach the 256 together?

#demoparty #lovebyte #bytebeat #bytejam #textmode #petscii #sizecoding #ascii #ansi #teletext #c64 #pico8 #tic80 #micow8

128 entries already submitted to lovebyte demoparty 2025.

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1y

This is a friendly reminder that anyone can contribute to the lovebyte.party!

It is a party about tiny intros, that is held online on the weekend of 15. - 16. Feb 2025.

#bytebeat #bytejam #textmode #petscii #sizecoding #ascii #ansi #teletext

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