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TazeTSchnitzel on May 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Forgotten Moment in ASCII Art History

Many decades before the word ASCII was defined, even.

wglb on May 23, 2016 [–]

Which came about in 1963, i reckon.

Makes one wonder why they don't call it EBCDIC art (just kidding) or BAUDOT art.

This stunt was done for a long time before the invention of ASCII on RTTY equipment as well.

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