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16colo.rs: an archive of ANSI and ASCII art

Original: 16colo.rs – ANSI/ASCII art archive

16colo.rs is a website that collects and preserves ANSI and ASCII text art, the stylised images made from plain characters that flourished on bulletin board systems in the 1980s and 1990s. The archive lets visitors browse and download collections of this early digital folk art. Readers are sharing the link, praising it as a nostalgic preservation effort for a largely forgotten corner of computing history.

Why now: Nostalgia and interest in retro computing and preserving early digital art

16colo.rsANSI artASCII artbulletin board systems

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