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		Recycling ANSI Art: Tracing the Origins of BBS Logon Screens (slashdot.org)
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ChrisArchitect 9 days ago | [–]

Actual article: https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/10/25/recycling-ansi-art... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238020)

westurner 9 days ago | [–]

Oh, computer art!

Computer art scene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_art_scene

ANSI art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_art

And a YouTube video example of ASCII art:

"Coding Trance Music (Full Narrated)" by Switch Angel https://youtube.com/watch?v=GWXCCBsOMSg&is=NPh4gB8zLDKNCF4N

westurner 9 days ago | [–]

Modem > Dialup > History > 1990s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem#1990s

"Dialup modem connecting" https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpMrTxMV6E4&is=YbKKAGOQ6n4VidnJ

And then dialup topped out at 56.6 kbps (56K). 56.6 kbps is equal to 0.0000566 gigabits per second (Gbps).

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