Brief Summary
tl;dr: This article is a detailed (but not exhaustive) micro-history on the character DEL (0x7F) as it appears in Amiga's Topaz font ( ⌂ ), and how it was used in Amiga ASCII art between 1993–2005.
In part 1, "What is DEL", I try to form a comprehensive understanding of how DEL(ETE) originated as a way to obliterate errors on punched tape, and how it found use as a timing control for mechanical printers.
In part 2, "The graphics of DEL", I take a closer look at how normally non-printing characters, like DEL, were given a standardized graphical representation through ECMA-17 in 1968, and how DEL was actually represented in various early bitmap fonts between 1970s–1990s.
Part 3, "DEL in Amiga ASCII art", is about the particular shape and design of Topaz's ⌂. I analyze over 3000 Amiga ASCII artworks made between 1993–2005 to see how DEL was used, and showcase some of them.
I also wrote an bonus article focusing specifically on IBM PC's DEL: Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437?.
Keywords: DELETE character, Amiga ASCII art, textmode, bitmap fonts, character sets, control characters, ASCII, ECMA-17, punched tape, telegraph, ITA2
If you find any errors, incorrect understandings, or if you think I've simplified some things too much, or if you have some information that you think would be valuable to add, or have any comments or thoughts at all, please send me an email at hlotvonen@gmail.com. I greatly appreciate all contacts, and if something needs fixing I would gladly update the article with proper credit.
I would like to sincerely thank Michael Walden, who made me aware of the weirdness of DEL and greatly helped me with this research, and VileR, whose insights on bitmap fonts and DEL were invaluable.
PART 1
What is DEL (0x7F)?
Introduction
One day I received an unexpected email from Michael Walden.
He had read my BA thesis on Amiga ASCII art and wanted to point out something curious that I had missed. The character set used in AmigaOS is identical to the ISO/IEC 8859-1 character encoding standard[1], except for one character: the character at code point 0x7F.
This observation might seem trivial, but I was intrigued. This character has always been somewhat of a mystery to me. Let me explain…
Diagonals in Amiga ASCII Art
The default font of Amiga, Topaz, is really good for making ASCII art in "outline" style because many of its characters "touch" the edges of the 8×16 pixels-per-character cell. Slashes placed diagonally form a continuous slanting line, and rows of underscores form straight horizontal lines. Combined in a textmode grid, these characters can be assembled into an endless variety of shapes, forming the basis for the majority of Amiga ASCII art. The seamless connectivity of the glyphs, as a result of their systematic familiarity, is what makes the unique aesthetic of Amiga ASCII art:
_____ _______ _________ _____ _____ _____ _____ ________
_\__ \/ \/___/ \_\__ \ _\__ \/ \/ \/___/___/
/ _ / / / / / / __\__/ _ / / / _ / /__ \__/ /__/ / /__
/\/ / / / / / / \ / / //\/ / / / / / / / //_/\
,/\\/\_____/\_/\_/\_/\__/\_____/\_____/ \/\_____/\_____/\_____/\__/\__/ \_\/<>,
Besides the slashes and underscores, there's a total of 256 characters to play with. Every diagonal in every character of Topaz follows the same basic rule: two pixels up, one to either side (e.g < > / \ % X Y Z K ^ 2 4)[2]. All, except for one character: the character at code point 0x7F.
Topaz represents 0x7F as two diagonal lines ( ⌂ )[3], which makes it very distinct compared to all the other characters because of its unusual angle: ⌂ is the only glyph where the diagonals go two pixels up and two pixels to the right. Because 0x7F doesn't follow Topaz's inherent geometric "rules", it doesn't tile well, which makes it tricky to use in Amiga ASCII art. It's like a puzzle piece that belongs to a different set, yet finding uses for it is an interesting challenge (I'll come back to this in part-3).
/ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ///// /\/\/ ⌂\⌂\⌂ ⌂\⌂/⌂
/ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ///// \/\/\ ⌂\⌂\⌂ /⌂\⌂\
/ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ///// /\/\/ ⌂\⌂\⌂ ⌂/⌂\⌂
/ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ///// \/\/\ ⌂\⌂\⌂ \⌂/⌂/
Is it a coincidence that the same character that deviates from the standards, is also the character that deviates visually from all the other characters? Or is there something more to it?
The Contradiction of a Non-Printable Glyph
As I was taking a closer look at the ISO/IEC 8859-1 standard, I realized that 0x7F is the code point for the control character DELETE (DEL), which is a non-printable character! To quote directly from Wikipedia, the Delete character "is supposed to do nothing"[4], thus its graphical representation is supposed to be empty and undefined.
But... if DEL is supposed to do nothing, and look like nothing, then why does Topaz have a glyph for it? I would assume that if a character has a graphical representation, then it must have some meaning or function, right? But if so: what is it? What reasons did Topaz's designers have that justified diverging from the standards, and give DEL a distinct graphical representation? Why not follow the standards and just leave it empty?
Even though I had used ⌂ quite a bit in ASCII art, I had never realized that everything about this strange glyph—from its design to its mere existence—seemed to be in contradiction. Maybe Walden is onto something.
These questions kept bugging me, so I wanted to get to the bottom of understanding the reasons for ⌂ existence in Amiga's Topaz at the code point 0x7F. I wanted to know: what is 0x7F, and why does it look like it does? Because I'm mainly interested in the typographic and artistic application of Topaz in making Amiga ASCII art, I also wanted to know: what is the creative potential of ⌂ in Amiga ASCII art?
What is DEL?
What even is DEL? Why does it exist? What is its purpose?
Aivosto's comprehensive article on Control characters in ASCII and Unicode defines it as follows:
"Outdated. An ignorable character originally intended for erasing an erroneous or unwanted character in punched tape. In this standard use, DEL wouldn't affect the information content of data, even though it may have affected the information layout and the control of equipment. Standards also allowed DEL to be used as media-fill or time-fill (even though a NUL may be more appropriate)."
I roughly know what punched tape is, but I was born too late to truly understand how it was used, so this definition raises more questions than it answers. What does it mean it's outdated? What does it mean that it's ignorable? What does it mean that it "doesn't affect content, but may affect layout"? What is "control of equipment"? What are media-fill and time-fill? What is NUL and why would it be more appropriate? Wikipedia doesn't help much. The entry on Delete character states that "it is supposed to do nothing", while the 1987 C programmer's guide to serial communications[5] says that DEL is like NUL in almost everything, but NUL is not interchangeable with the word "null", which is a synonym for "nothing". There's a lot of very confusing terms and concepts here.
To understand all this, and work my way up to answering the question of "why is DEL represented as ⌂ in AmigaOS", I needed to ask more basic questions: How did early telecommunication systems develop, and what effect did they have on the design of modern digital communications?
The Evolution of Character Encodings
It all starts in the early 1800s when scientists discovered that electric current could transmit signals nearly instantaneously over long distances, which lead to the idea of using it for sending messages. There was a problem though: how do you encode the alphabet into a format that could be sent over a wire, and reliably decoded and reconstructed on the other end?
There were multiple experiments, Morse code being the most successful at first. But, a more lasting and practical solution came in the form of character encoding systems developed during the mid 1800s. The grand idea was simple but ingenious: each character (a letter, number, or other typographic symbol) could be represented as a fixed-length sequence of binary digits (bits).
What's a bit?
Bits can be represented with any mechanism capable of being in two mutually exclusive states. In written format, they are most often represented with numbers 0 and 1. Transmitted, it could be implemented as electric current switching between on-and-off states, or as distinct frequency shifts in telephone or radio transmission. On paper tape, a bit sequence can be represented as a combination of holes and spaces. In this article I will use ⓪-bit to represent an unpunched space (0), and a ❶ to represent a hole punched through paper (1).
The 5-bit Code of ITA2
In the 1870s a French telegraph engineer, Émile Baudot, develops the Baudot code, and in 1901 Donald Murray refines it into what became known as ITA2 (International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2). ITA2 is a 5-bit code, which means that each character is assigned to a specific sequence of five bits.
On its own, five bits can represent only 32 elements (25 = 32 code points), which is not quite enough to handle all letters, numerals and punctuation needed for basic communication in English. To alleviate the limited space available in five bits, ITA2 employs a "locking shift scheme" to switch between two modes: in letter mode bit sequences represent letters from the Roman alphabet, and in figure mode the same bit sequences represent numerals and various punctuation marks. This effectively doubles the amount of printable characters to 56 (some are reserved for special characters). The two shifts resemble the modern day use of the SHIFT key to access lowercase and uppercase characters.
ITA2 code was mostly used in special telegraph machines equipped with keyboards that were connected to tape perforators, typewriter-like printers, or both. A blank tape can be considered to contain only NUL characters, which are represented by five unpunched spaces (⓪⓪⓪⓪⓪). When an operator strikes a key, the tape perforator punches holes corresponding to the character, into the tape, overpunching the NUL characters. The pattern of five punched holes (❶❶❶❶❶) activates the letter mode and ❶❶⓪❶❶ activates the figure mode. Any binary sequence following a mode shift prints the character in that mode. For example, ⓪⓪⓪❶❶ prints A if letter mode is activated, or - (dash) if figure mode is activated instead.
Correction of Errors on Punched Tape
Writing messages like this is slow and error-prone. There is no "undo" on punching a hole through paper. A teleprinter manual from 1958 estimates that "in manually-prepared unchecked tape one error may be expected to occur in every 300 to 2000 characters."[6], which seems like a lot, but is likely far fewer than what a typical person would make today.
Write the previous paragraph in the textbox below to see how few you errors make while typing (I've disabled the Backspace key):
If you made no mistake, congratulations! But more likely, you made at least one typo. Not being able to simply erase errors feels weird. Nowadays, with ubiquitous spell-checking and auto-correct, we take text deletion and editing for granted.
Obviously, even back in the day, operators needed some way to correct typing errors. With the original Baudot code, errors had to be literally cut out of the tape, and corrections pasted back[7]. A simpler, and more common, practice was to follow an error with a recognizable character sequence e.g. EEE or XXX, although it caused uncertainty on "how far back" should be ignored[8].
Sidenote
The manual tape-cutting process was also known as "rub-out" (a skeumorphic word that stems from rubbing out pencil marks with an eraser), and is the reason why the physical delete key was sometimes labeled as "rub-out".
The improved ITA2 solved the problem with a clever trick: precisely because there is no "undo" on punching holes, all the operator has to do, is punch any erroneous part full of holes. This is done by reeling back the tape by pressing a lever, backtracking to the typo, and striking the letter-shift key (❶❶❶❶❶) over it. Conveniently, this action works on any character as they're all the same length in bits, and each includes at least one unpunched ⓪-bit.
What makes this solution so clever is how it exploits the fundamental way the telegraph system works. In normal operation, telegraph machines are kept idle in a "marking" state, with electrical current flowing continuously, producing a steady stream of ones (❶❶❶❶❶❶❶❶❶❶...). In this state, the machine doesn't advance the paper tape or cause any printing action; it does nothing. Only when the machine receives a zero bit (❶❶❶❶❶❶❶❶❶❶⓪...), it knows that a message is incoming.
So when the receiving machine encounters an all-ones pattern (❶❶❶❶❶) within a message, it either idles (just like in marking state) or, if it was in figure mode, shifts to letter mode. But if the machine is already in letter mode, shifting to letter mode again does nothing; the machine simply ignores those bits and continues from the next character. As a result, no trace of the deleted typo, not even a blank space, appears in the final printed message.[9]
Here's a simplified ITA2 tape perforator simulator to demonstrate this. Try writing something. Press Reset to start a new message. ⨂ shifts to figure mode, and ⨀ shifts to letter mode. To correct a typo, Reel to the unwanted character, and press the letter mode symbol ⨀ on it.
The Usefulness of Wasting Time
Besides removing typing errors and shifting to letter mode, DEL is used as a "time-waster" character. Telegraph machines and teletypewriters typically process data at fixed timing intervals (like a metronome), rather than waiting for each operation to finish before starting the next one. This creates a timing problem: different operations take different amounts of time to complete. The DEL character solves this with its ability to tell the receiving machine to idle.
An operation that often needs such timing accommodations is when the printer carriage (= the mechanism that holds the paper) moves back to the left margin to start a new line, triggered by a combination of CR (carriage return) and LF (line feed). Because the horizontal movement of the carriage takes longer than the time it takes to process subsequent characters, the following character could be printed mid-movement, resulting in misaligned text (e.g., overlapping characters or text appearing at the wrong horizontal position). By inserting a DEL character right after CR and LF, the machine is instructed to idle for a brief moment, as the carriage completes its movement, before continuing printing. The processing delay caused by DEL characters, used to "synchronize" the data stream with the printer's physical capabilities, is why DEL is referred to as a "time-waster" or "time-fill" character.[10]
For this reason, the ASCII standards also state that the "addition or removal of [DEL] characters may affect the information layout or the control of equipment, or both"[11], meaning that DEL characters could have a very important role in determining where and when text is printed, and should not be removed from the data.
Understanding how DEL actually functions in telegraphy clears up the confusion I had about statements that DEL is "ignorable" and "supposed to do nothing". Because initially I was interpreting these terms through everyday language, I thought that "nothing" meant "unimportant", and "ignorable" to mean it could be deliberately disregarded. But in the context of paper tape, mechanical devices, and character encodings, these terms just describe how DEL should be processed. When DEL is called "ignorable", it's not worthless—it's a specific instruction for the machine to "skip the character without action". When it "does nothing", it's not useless—it's actively preventing other operations from occurring. DEL's usefulness comes precisely from its ability to exist in a data stream while causing no processing action—making it not an absence of function, but a function in itself.
Sidenote #1: DEL as line-fill
The practice of using DEL to instruct the machine to idle is sometimes referred to as "line-fill", because it fills the line (circuit), indicating that the line is active, but not sending information.[12]
Sidenote #2: DEL as media-fill
DEL as "media-fill" refers to punching a series of DELs to create an easily noticeable visual mark on paper tape. This practice is commonly used to mark the end of a message to make it easy to tell which way the tape should be inserted into a tape-reader.[13] It is also used as a "padding" to extend the tape.
Sidenote #3: Is DEL a control character?
The status of DEL as a control character is debatable. Some sources label DEL as a control character, others explicitly reject this categorization, and some just give up and call it a "special" character, or simply refer to it as "DEL" without taking a stance one way or another. According to the ASCII-1968 standard, "in the strict sense, DEL is not a control character", probably referring to the fact that it is not part of the control characters group (code points 0–31, also known as the C0 set) in the ASCII table, and doesn't directly control any device operations. But it's not a printable character either, so it's not to be put into a category with the rest of the graphic characters. The SPACE character is also not a graphic character, but it does have an important function in written language, unlike DEL. NUL, which is quite similar to DEL, is part of the control characters group, but it's similarly debatable if NUL is an actual control character or not. But, NUL and DEL do have a significant and practical influence on the timing of operations. The processing of NUL and DEL characters takes time, which is not nothing.[14] For this reason, the way I see it, DEL is a control character—it controls time. For practical reasons it is not part of the C0 set, but that shouldn't affect its status as a control character.
ASCII immortalizes DEL
While ITA2 remained in use in telegraphy, the limited range of characters possible with 5-bit encoding was insufficient for the needs of emerging data processing technologies. By 1960, over 25 different character codes were used in computers and other systems in the US alone—most of them incompatible with each other. This created two pressing problems: individuals struggled to learn multiple, slightly different codes, while large organizations faced inefficiencies from maintaining incompatible systems that couldn't directly exchange data.[15] A new unifying character set was urgently needed: one that would establish a standard for mapping bit combinations to characters. And so, in August 1960, this task was taken on by the American Standards Association (ASA), forming the X3.2 subcommittee on Coded Character Sets and Data Format.
The result was the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a 7-bit (27 = 128 code points) character encoding system better known by its acronym ASCII. In the 1960s, computers relied primarily on physical media like punch cards, paper tape, and teletypewriters, so ASCII dedicated 33 of the 128 code points for managing these devices. ASCII preserved the earlier convention from ITA2 in assigning the final code point (127, where all seven bits are ❶) to DEL, maintaining its function as a physical obliteration of an undesirable punching on paper tape.
Although ASCII only requires 7 bits, its values are commonly represented using two hexadecimal digits (equivalent to 8 bits). DEL's all-holes-punched pattern ❶❶❶❶❶❶❶ is thus padded with an extra ⓪-bit to become ⓪❶❶❶❶❶❶❶. In hexadecimal notation this pattern is written as 0x7F, where 7 represents the first four bits (⓪❶❶❶) and F the last four bits (❶❶❶❶). The prefix 0x is a convention from programming languages to denote hexadecimal numbers—without it, a value like 10 could be interpreted either as 10 (decimals) or 16 (hexadecimals).
ASCII became immensely popular in facilitating the transfer of textual information across various systems and devices. Almost all of computer and character encoding systems developed after 1960s are based on ASCII (or are mostly ASCII compatible, IBM's EBCDIC being a notable exception) for the first 127 code positions.[16] ASCII remained the most commonly used character set on the Internet until 2007 when it was overtaken by UTF-8[17]. Even though ASCII itself is not widely used anymore, Unicode inherits the ASCII code points, thus cementing DEL to the 0x7F position in perpetuity.
But, neither ASCII nor Unicode defines the graphical representation of DEL, because it's a non-printable character. So the question remains: why does Amiga represent DEL with a diagonally striped glyph?
PART 2
The Graphics of DEL
DEL gets a printing symbol
With the rise of digital data processing and computer programming in the 1960s, managing errors became essential. While typos in everyday documents are inconvenient, in programming, even a single mistake could lead to system crashes, mission-critical failures, or incorrect outputs. Most typing errors are noticed and corrected immediately. But what if the error is caused by an invisible control character like the DEL?
In a letter to the director of production development at the Teletype Corporation in 1962, British computer pioneer Hugh McGregor Ross suggests a solution to the problem: the normally non-printing DEL should have graphic representation, as a way to highlight errors in print:
"Experience shows that when these errors are being corrected it is all too easy to make further mistakes. It is considered most important that at all stages the occurence [sic] of any error, together with its correction, should be highlighted in some way to permit a third overall scrutiny and check. [...] To accord with the computer principle that all errors be highlighted, a printing symbol needs to be associated with the Delete character."[18]
But which symbol? A 1960 Survey of Coded Character Representation by Bob Bemer ("the father of ASCII"), reveals that almost none of the roughly 70 machines at the time had a clearly defined printing symbol for DEL.[19] An exception was the 1958 Ferranti Pegasus computer, which used a heavy asterisk (🞷) to represent obliteration.[20] However, Ross, who worked at Ferranti, opposed this choice. Though he doesn't explicitly state his reasons, he may have worried that the asterisk could be misinterpreted, as it already had multiple different meanings and uses, but none that were strongly associated with deleting.
The symbol of shading
To replace the heavy asterisk, Ross proposed a "symbol of shading" to visually represent ERASE (aka DELETE). While working at Ferranti in 1961, he implemented this symbol for their 7-track flexowriters (= devices that combined a typewriter, printer, and paper tape puncher) used with the Orion and Atlas computer systems.[21] The symbol also appears in his 1961 document Punched tape codes, where he proposed standardized encodings for paper tape. In his hand drawn designs, the symbol of shading for ERASE is represented by evenly spaced 45˚ diagonal lines—twenty three years before a strikingly similar design would appear to represent DEL at the same all-holes-punched position in Amiga's Topaz font.[22]
The standardisation of DEL's representation in ECMA-17
Ross was active in promoting his ideas for character codes, so he joined the Technical Committee 1 (TC-1) committee at The European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA). TC-1's task was to define common character sets and their coded representations for input/output media and data transmission. In 1963, the committee officially decided that DEL should have a a printed representation[23], and started working on assigning graphical symbols for all non-printing control characters. This allowed control characters to be analyzed, troubleshot and documented visually. Their work culminated in 1968 with the ECMA-17 standard, which introduced graphical symbols for control characters—including DEL and space. With this standard, Ross' design of evenly spaced 45˚ diagonal lines became the official representation for DEL. [24] The ECMA-17 standard was adopted into both US and international standards with minimal changes, becoming ANSI X3.32-1973 in the United States in 1973, and ISO 2047 internationally in 1975.[25]
Side note: Bizarrely, in 1969, the US Department of Defense suggested the heart ( ♡ ) as a general symbol to indicate all control characters in print[26].
The adoption of the "symbol of shading" and ECMA-17
After Ross' proposal to represent DEL as a "symbol of shading" in 1961, it started to appear in other systems too, especially on ones based on "new" experimental technology.
Because electro-mechanical printers were extremely slow, with "print rates of perhaps 6 characters per second", and a typical calculation output being up to 100,000 characters long, printing would take an exessively long time. This frustration of having to wait for printouts lead to some eccentric inventions in search for speedier printing.[27] The 1963 informational film produced by General Dynamics, The Mark of Man, demonstrates one such invention. Their high speed S-C 4020 plotter/printer works by using an obscure cathode ray tube (CRT) technology, called the Charactron. Unlike conventional CRTs, the Charactron displayed characters by shooting electron beams through stencilled characters etched on a tiny metal plate. And, in a scene emphasizing how these character matrices could be customized, Ross's distinctive diagonal-lined "symbol of shading" appears.[28]
And then it appears again, in the Stromberg-Carlson S-C 5000 printer ("the first printer to start a fire") [29], produced somewhere between 1957 to late 1960s.
Charactron inspired other similarly weird tech, like Raytheon's Symbolray monoscopes, which were used to display graphics in their DIDS-400 computer terminals in 1967. Instead of drawing text directly on screen, it shot electron beams at a metal plate stencilled with tiny characters. The beams were "collected", and converted into an analog video signal corresponding to the stencil characters. Yet again, we can find Ross' symbol of shading in some of the Symbolray character sets.[30]
DEL represented by a checkerboard symbol
Even though the Charactron and monoscope methods could display almost any kind of shape on screen (as long as there was a stencil made for it), they had a few fundamental problems. First, it was extremely difficult to accurately align the beams to hit the correct character stencils, and then to display it on the intended position on the screen. Even the smallest drift in the beam would degrade the clarity of the displayed text. Second, beam movement caused an annoying flicker and blurring.
To overcome these problems, a student at MIT in 1969 developed one of the first dot-matrix character generators for CRTs. Instead of using a character set stencil, the characters were generated as dots in a grid (typically 5 × 7) and stored in a solid state Read-Only Memory (ROM). With this approach, the electron beam was simply turned on or off based on the stored patterns during the raster scanning process, and could be used with any standard low-cost CRT (like TVs), while producing a much sharper text.[31] Ross' symbol of shading is included in the scientific symbols set of this early dot-matrix character generator.
The trade-off for clarity and simplicity was a loss of fidelity in what kind of shapes could be drawn. Because the designs of these early bitmap fonts were constrained by their small cell sizes, often 5 × 7 pixels-per-character, the diagonal lines of the symbol of shading could not be rendered clearly anymore. If the diagonal lines were placed too close to each other, the character would end up looking more like a checkerboard symbol ( ▒ ) rather than clearly separate diagonal lines. But, while the checkerboard pattern didn't accurately resemble Ross' symbol of shading anymore, it still fulfilled its purpose as a symbol of shading.
The mass manufacture of character generator chips
During the 1970s computer components got smaller in size, their production costs reduced, and manufacturing volumes increased. This development lead to the mass production of desktop-sized computers. One such manufacturer of computer components was Motorola, who started producing cheap dot-matrix character generator ROM chips. Their 1975 MCM6570 character generator chip was based on the ECMA-17 standard, which included graphic symbols for all control characters and DEL, rendered again as a checkerboard pattern.[32] In 1977, its successor, the MCM6674, was used in the TRS-80 Model I, one of the earliest mass-produced retail home computers.[33]
Despite TRS-80's decent commercial success, it failed to make the symbol of shading, or any other ECMA-17 symbol, known to a wider audience. Even though the ECMA-17 symbols were present inside the MM6674 character generator chip, the TRS-80 wasn't capable of displaying them (or lowercase letters) without hardware modifications.[34]. But even when modified (usually to enable those lowercase letters), the purpose of the ECMA-17 symbols were not understood very well. Even Motorola itself mistakenly advertised them as "math symbols"[35]. This lack of awareness of the ECMA-17 symbols continues to this day: a recent TRS-80 cloning project calls them "hieroglyph-like"; the TRS-80 expert RetroStack calls them "odd symbols"; and "the most complete TRS-80 text font" by KreativeKorp misclassifies them as mathematical, technical or geometric shapes.
This confusion is understandable. The ECMA-17 symbols, including Ross' symbol of shading, were designed for paper tape and electromechanical systems (e.g. ⍾ symbolizing an electric bell), not digital displays. As TRS-80 was squarely a digital computer, the ECMA-17 symbols seemed like some cryptic artifacts, locked inside the TRS-80's character generator chip.
The legacy of DEL
Beyond appearing in the 1984 Amstrad CPC[36], the ECMA-17 standard largely faded into obscurity. However, one of its 34 characters managed to endure: DEL. Even though graphical symbols for control characters 0–31 were not widely adopted, many systems and software continued to include the diagonal lines symbol (or a similar representation) at the 0x7F position.
This checkerboard pattern can be found in character sets for Apple II (1977)[37], the dot-matrix printer based DECwriter III (1977)[38], Exidy Sorcerer (1978), various systems that used the TMS9918 video display controller by Texas Instruments (1979)[39], Elektuur Junior (1980), Kaypro II (1982), in many "RAMfonts" bundled with the Hercules Plus graphics card (1986), and in some software, like SEI Soft's FontEdit II (1994). Hewlett-Packard also had specifically designed "symbol sets" for printers, many of which included the checkerboard pattern at 0x7F, first appearing in 1978 in the HP Roman encoding.[40]
An interesting example showing the utility of graphically representing control characters can be found from the 1983 remote display terminal system UNIVAC UTS 20. It included a line monitoring function, which displayed all characters graphically for "troubleshooting communications problems".[41]
However, the graphic representation for DEL wasn't necessarily always a glyph of diagonal lines, or a checkerboard pattern. Some are close enough that the glyph's function remains roughly the same. For example, many Teletext character sets[42], Mattel Aquarius[43], Robotron Z9001, Otrona Attaché, the morse set of RM Nimbus PC-186 and Canon AS-100 (CP/M) among many display DEL as a full block ( █ ) instead. FM-Towns and the DEC VT220 terminal displays DEL as a glyph containing the letters "DL".
And then there's the 1981 IBM PC: its infamous Code Page 437 represents DEL as a "small house" ( ⌂ ). This is such a weird deviation from all other character sets that I had to write a separate article on it: Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437?
To get a more complete picture on how DEL appears in all the various microcomputer systems, I put together the following chart. It displays the graphical representation of 0x7F from 1259 character sets, compiled from Rob Hagemans' hoard of bitfonts and from VileR's VGA textmode fonts. It's ordered purely based on the visual properties of the characters. Click on the glyps to display more information about them. (Note that some characters might have extra whitespace around them which might not appear in real hardware.)
The overwhelming amount of ⌂ characters skews the chart, but if we disregard those and compare the remaining sets, it seems clear that the standard choice for visually representing DEL was either as a symbol of shading in the form of diagonal lines ( ⌂ ), checkerboard ( ▒ ), full block ( █ ), or as a symbol combining the letters DT, DL or 7F.
The graphical representation of DEL in Amiga's Topaz fonts
Amiga computers were produced in a few different models by Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994. When the Amiga first starts up, the only fonts available to use are Topaz-8 and Topaz-9, both of which are stored in the "Kickstart" Read-Only Memory (ROM).
The number, Topaz-8, refers to the font's height, which means that the font is actually 8×8 pixels-per-character in size, and not 8×16 as I claimed in the introduction. But, because Amiga's default video mode was 640×200 (NTSC) or 640×256 (PAL), each pixel was "stretched" vertically to fill the screen. This meant that, in effect, each pixel had an aspect ratio closer to 2:1, resulting in the font looking like it was 16 pixels tall. This is the reason for it's modern appearance as a 8×16 px font, and for its consistent look and two-pixel line thickness. So, the raw ROM version of the characters like the slash ( / ) have diagonals at 45˚ angle, while DEL doesn't. But when stretched to 2:1, the DEL gets transformed into its more familiar 45˚ diagonal lines form ⌂.
The Kickstart firmware has seen several updates since its release. Alongside those updates, Amiga's Topaz fonts have also gone through an evolution. The original serif versions of Topaz (Kickstart versions up to 1.4) were designed by Bob Burns and the original sans-serif versions (Kickstart versions from 1.4 onwards) were designed by Peter J Cherna.[44]
When comparing the differences between each Kickstart version, I was surprised to find out that Topaz-8 initially rendered DEL as a checkerboard, from Kickstart 0.7 (released in 1985) until Kickstart 1.4 (released in 1990).[45]
On the other hand, the Topaz-9 font has always included the same diagonal lines symbol for DEL.
Conclusion on the graphics of DEL
This research originated from Michael Walden's claim that the AmigaOS character set is identical to the ISO/IEC 8859-1 standard, except for the DEL character. This lead to the follow-up questions, why does Topaz have a glyph for DEL, and why represent it as diagonal lines. I didn't expect I'd be writing nearly 14,000 words to answer these questions, but I think I've finally come to a conclusion.
As the evolution of the diagonal lines glyph ⌂ is traced throughout the history, from Hugh McGregor Ross's proposal for DEL to be represented as a "symbol of shading" in 1961, to its standardisation in ECMA-17 in 1968, and to its adoption in so many different character sets, AmigaOS's choice for representing DEL as diagonal lines doesn't seem like an outlier after all. Instead, it's clear they were just following a decades long convention. On the other hand, nearly every bitmap font since the first dot-matrix character generator in 1969 (that represented DEL with some kind of "symbol of shading), rendered DEL as a checkerboard. To my knowledge, Amiga is the first to actually represent DEL as Ross had intended it, with diagonal lines. Was Topaz's designer, Bob Burns, aware of ECMA-17, or was it just coincidental attempt to represent "shading" somewhat differently? This question remains open.
Then, coming back to Walden's claim: does AmigaOS follow the ISO/IEC 8859-1 standard or not? Or perhaps a more accurate question is: if a character code standard like ISO/IEC 8859-1 doesn't explicitly define a graphical representation for a character (like DEL), but a system like Amiga implements its own graphical representation (based on another standard, like ECMA-17), is it compliant with the standard or not? The answer might simply be a matter of perspective. Keeping in mind that character encoding standards are primarily concerned with the binary values attached to characters and their semantic meaning or function and not their exact rendering, and that by definition DEL's graphical representation is undefined, and that DEL was also largely obsolete by 1980s, yet still an inseparable piece of the ASCII standard, then representing DEL visually might not be strictly compliant with ISO/IEC 8859-1, but also not contradicting it. Therefore, I think that AmigaOS does follow the ISO/IEC 8859-1 standard, just extends it in a standards-compatible and useful way, by visually representing DEL with the checkerboard/diagonal lines glyph.
What does the Delete key do?
At this point I had still one lingering question in mind regarding the DEL character. I know what DEL is. I know why it can have a graphical reprsentation. But, how do I actually input or use the DEL character?
My Windows keyboard has a key for Delete, Del and Backspace, and my Mac keyboard has a Delete key where Backspace usually is. On the Windows keyboard, when I press the Backspace key, the character to the left of the cursor is deleted, and when I press Delete, the character to the right of the cursor is deleted. On Mac it's the opposite, pressing Delete removes the character to the left, but I can do Fn+Delete to forward delete. I can also press Ctrl+H to delete backwards, or Ctrl+D to delete forwards. On Windows, the Numpad Del does a forward delete if Numlock is off. But how are they related to the DEL character? If I have a font with a graphical representation for DEL, how can I type it?
BS and DEL
The answer is rather complicated and confusing, and starts with understanding how DEL was used in conjunction with backspace. To recap, a common way to backwards delete on paper tape was to move the tape back by pressing a backspacing lever and then overpunch with the all-holes Delete. Initially the backspacing lever itself didn't punch anything, it would just move the tape, but later on it became its own character (BS at 0x08). This was necessary to achieve overprinting on initial punchout and any subsequent print-outs. Overpunching was useful feature for multiple reasons, most commonly to achieve diacritics. As an example, u BS ^ would produce û, and u BS _ underlined u.
BS was also combined with DEL to produce backwards delete. But this posed a difficulty on how computers should interpret DEL during tape editing and subsequent print-outs. When the tape is first created, the simultaneous print shows the original erroneous character, then the DEL character on top of that. But any subsequent print-out shows only the DEL character, because the original incorrect character didn't exist anymore—it was physically and permanently transformed into a DEL character. A technique called "line reconstruction" was developed to overcome this, based on a few simple rules: never manually move the carriage, and all print-outs should match what's on the tape. With these rules in mind, the computer could be programmed to read the data to a buffer (without immediately printing them), then processing it sequentially, so that BS moves backwards in the buffer, and DEL overwrites the position. After the buffer process is completed, the line is printed, ignoring any DEL characters.[46]
E.g. STANDARDS INSTITUTION may be punched as STR BS ⌂ ANDARDS SP INSTITUTION or STRANDARDS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS ⌂ SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP INSTITUTION where ⌂ = DEL character, BS = Backspace character and SP = Space character.
DEL vs Backspace
The differing interpretations on how to deal with DEL in various media had lasting effects. What worked on paper-based media proved problematic for the digital screen-based text input and output. Ultimately, the question on how exactly to use and interpret DEL was (and still is) context dependent, lacking a clear consensus.
Examples
This ambiguity has lead to much confusion, as illustrated by the following examples. The 1978 video terminal VT100 worked similarly to the "line reconstruction" example, but many UNIX systems behaved differently. In UNIX, by default the Backspace key would send the actual DEL character (0x7F), but many terminal drivers and applications were configured to interpret it as "move the cursor back one position and delete the character at the cursor position". On the other hand, the Delete key would behave like DEL (forward delete), but actually generate an escape code ESC[3~, which is a command to the terminal to perform a "forward delete". Confusingly, there were also terminal emulators (like xterm) based on the completely different VT100 behavior: Backspace key would send the BS character and Delete key would send DEL (0x7F). This discrepancy caused problems on how these characters should be interpreted. Should Backspace be interpreted as forward or as backward delete? What about DEL then? These confusions lead to situations where the sender's screen might show deletions correctly while the receiver's might not, or vice versa. On top of that, some Unix-like systems, like HP-UX interpreted DEL as a "interrupt process" (similar to modern CTRL+C)[47]. Many guides have been written on how to deal with the issue of Backspace and Delete keys doing unexpected things.[48].
The many varied and contradicting functions, interpretations and implementations of DEL is a total mess. So, when I press the Delete key on my keyboard, the keyboard sends a scan code for the Delete key, the operating system translates this to virtual key code based on the currently active keyboard layout, and this virtual key code is interpreted differently based on the application—and this could be literally anything from printing the DEL character to deleting a file. The physical key has nothing to do with the ASCII DEL character, other than having a shared history and name.
DEL in AmigaOS
But what about Amiga then? When the Delete key is pressed on an Amiga system, the raw keycode is translated by the system into the ⌂ character OR action based on the current keymap and console device handling. To my knowledge, by default it invokes a CSI escape sequence that deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
The raw keycode can be captured though, as noted in the Amiga 500 user manual: "Keys can be program-controlled-that is, their use can be defined by the software being used".[49] One could program a software to find any non-printable character and return 0x7F, displaying the ⌂ character. This is the case for example in the RAWKEY keymapping example on AmigaOS wiki[50] which is a program that converts raw keycodes to ASCII, and replaces any unprintable or control characters with ⌂. In this program, printing the DEL key as a visually highly distinct character is more informative than printing nothing, a space, or a string of escape sequences from directly outputting control characters.
To help with inputting characters, the Amiga Workbench 3.1 has a menu option to "Insert ASCII" by providing the index (0-255) of the character's code point. If I wanted to insert 0x7F, I would write 127 in the prompt.
But when I draw Amiga ASCII art on macOS using contemporary specialized ASCII editors (like Moebius), all the characters are simply listed in a table which can be mapped to function keys F1–F12.
Displaying Amiga ASCII art on the web
Nowadays to actually type the character at code point 0x7F requires the use of "alt codes". On Windows, this can be done by holding down the Alt key, then typing the decimal number of DEL 127 using the keyboard's numeric keypad, and then releasing Alt. On Mac this is not possible by default, but can be done by enabling Unicode Hex Input as text input source (instructions), then holding down the Option key, then typing the Unicode hexadecimal of DEL 007f, and then releasing Option. These will produce the code 0x7F.
However, displaying the glyph at 0x7F is not always possible—it's wholly dependent on the application. For example, here's DEL (0x7F) using the Topaz font: . If you view this on Chrome, you will see the glyph. However, if you view this on Firefox, it will not display, because it's blocked at the browser level (for what reason I don't exactly know). On the web, it's more common to display Unicode characters using HTML entities like  or , but these methods produce the generic symbol for "unrepresentable character", even on Chrome: � �. Using a Javascript snippet document.write(String.fromCharCode(0x7F)); displays the glyph correctly on Chrome, but not on Firefox: .
This is of course a big problem for displaying Amiga ASCII art containing DEL characters on the web. Even asciiarena.se, THE website dedicated to archiving, sharing and displaying Amiga ASCII art, haven't been able (or aren't bothered) to solve this issue. Artworks containing DEL characters simply don't display them. For example, the rendering for SNAFUALV.TXT by sNAFu from 1995 is completely broken on the site. (However, the artworks on asciiarena.se could be shown correctly at least on Chrome, but the DEL glyph is not even assigned to any code point in the Topaz font they use.)
The other option, as employed by the site 16colo.rs, is to render ASCII art as images (see for example h7-impure.txt by h7 from 2021). This preserves all formatting and special characters like DELs, but it's slightly disappointing that ASCII art, which is supposed to be just text, is displayed as images.
ASCII to Unicode
Is there really no way to display ASCII art, including DEL characters, reliably as text on the web?
The answer is no, if we want to use the original code points. But a way to preserve ASCII art as text, while being able to display DEL and other control characters, is to convert the troublesome characters to their Unicode equivalents or best-fit approximations. A similar glyph to ⌂ could be ▨ (U+25A8), 🮙 (U+1FB99), ␥ (U+2425), ▒ (U+2592), 🮕 (U+1FB95) or maybe it could even be mapped to ␡ (U+2421). In 2022 the Terminals Working Group at Unicode made a Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS[51], adding hundreds of new graphic characters to provide compatibility with a wide range of home computers manufactured from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Even though Amiga was not among them, three new specific symbols for delete were added: symbol for delete in the Apple II character set (U+2427), in the TRS-80 character set (U+2428), and in the Amstrad CPC character set (U+2429). These were accepted to Unicode version 16.0 which was officially released just last year in 2024. In my opinion, the closest graphic approximation for Topaz's DEL would be 🮙 (U+1FB99), but its name is a generic "upper right to lower left fill", while semantically better fit would be the new (U+2429), which is a "symbol for delete medium shade form".
Converting ASCII to Unicode is not trivial though. There needs to be some program or process to do it, and the font needs to map the right Unicode values to the corresponding glyphs.
For this site I ended up using a much simpler, although improper, method. My preferred ASCII art tool Moebius, which is predominantly programmed for creating PC ANSI art, already has an ASCII to Unicode conversion feature. I can either save the file as "Unicode ANSI", or simply copy-paste from the program to another text editor, and it will convert any control characters to Unicode. However, PC ASCII uses IBM's code page 437, so the conversion is specific to it. For example, 0x7F gets automatically converted to the Unicode equivalent of code page 437's symbol for DEL ( ⌂ ) at U+2302, rather than to any of the aforementioned symbols that would better fit Amiga's DEL symbol. The ease of use is too great for me to care though, especially because semantic correctness for control characters is not a priority (for me) in Amiga ASCII art.
To then display ASCII art on the site, I made a font of Topaz glyphs, and mapped the ⌂ glyph to U+2302. This way I can make Amiga ASCII art with Moebius, then simply copy paste it to my code editor, wrap it with a <pre class="amiga"> element, give it two lines of CSS, and it just works:
.amiga {
font-family: 'Topaz_Plus_a1200_CP437';
line-height: 1;
}
(Additionally, I made a web component that uses regular expressions to find escape sequences and transforms them to <span class="fgX bgX"> elements to display ANSI colored Amiga ASCII.)
PART 3
DEL in Amiga ASCII art
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/╛⌂/%⌂/╛⌂╛╛⌂╛╛⌂/╞ááb_\\
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Scanning the archive for DEL
Inspired by this whole research, I downloaded an archive of Amiga ASCII art containing 3153 works made between 1992 to 2015, and wrote a script scanning them for the DEL character. The script found DEL used on 15617 lines of text in 410 different files, which is a lot more than I expected. But on a closer look, the actual number of files with unique uses is probably closer to a few hundred because many files contained repeated uses of the same few ASCII logos, adverts or images. (The complete results can be found here)
The earliest file containing DEL is from 93, although the character is actually used in a BBS advert added in 1995. Therefore, the earliest deliberate use as part of ASCII art seems to be from 1994. The files are not properly dated, so it's impossible to say who used it first, but an ASCII artist called "xClUZiWe" or "xcz" was among the first to use it frequently and with purpose. The use of DEL in Amiga ASCII art properly took off in 1995, continuing strong all the way to 1999. From 2000 onwards, it's seen less and less as the whole ASCII scene started fading. Since around 2015 Amiga ASCII art has experienced a slight resurgence, as has the use of DEL, but I wanted to focus on the historic use of DEL, so I didn't include art made after 2010s in my search.
Below I have curated a selection of artworks that incorporate DEL in one way or another. The files are grouped by year. The individual artworks are usually part of larger collections ("collys"), some of which have a unified layout or theme. Crudely copy-pasting them here inevitably removes them from their original contexts, so I recommend viewing them in full using a dedicated ASCII software. For this the Windows only ASCII art editor / viewer PabloDraw is best, as it includes a browsable folder view.
If trying to spot the ⌂ characters is too time consuming, clicking on the ASCII art highlights the DEL characters! Other than that, I will let the art speak for itself. Enjoy!
1994
1994/dss_xcz!.txt
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| ¿4µ_ `╗ ╪1 ,╪┤ ¼╪ ╪ #._ _╪ ╪╣#L ¼╪V&_ |
| ¼½Q_ ╪" ,╪ ░0╪⌂~ V╣ ╪ ¼░░ |
| ¼" » ¼▓ |
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| ╪ _╪╪. µ@ñó0µ_ ╪"~░4µ ╪╣ ¼╪ |
| V╣ ╪' ╪_ ° ß╪ ░╪ ╪____╪ ╪╣ ╪ |
| _╞╪╞╪ ╞╪°µ╪╪ ╪_ ╕ ╪ ╪┤ ╪ ╪╪@░░ ╪╣ .µµ╪1 |
| ╞P ¿0≥`* #L ░╪ ╪W╕°╪ ╪, J╪ ╪P4µ ╪1╠╪ ÑW |
| ╪L___╞╪ |W ¼#@`M╪░ ╢#___d╪┤ ╪ `#_ ╪1¼╪__╞╪ |
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| __ _ |
| ╪, `# _ ╢╪╪╨ |
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1994/pss_rw.txt
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1994/xcz-phq.txt
_ _ _ ______ ___ ___
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| ,╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪N__ `╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛'.╛╛╛╛╛╛╛. ╛╛ ╛╛~ ╛╛╛╛' |
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| ╪╪╪N ░4╪╪╪╪╪╪╪_ _ l╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪╪╪.__ ª
| ╪╪╪╪ ░╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╕ __°╪╪╪m __µµ_ |╪╪╪╪ ¼^*╪╪╪╪╪╪.`
| ╪╪╪╪ ¼╪╪╪╪╪╪# g╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╠ _╪╪╪╪╪╪W |╪╪╪╪ ¼░╪╪╪╪&
| ╪╪╪╪ #╪╪╪╪╪╪ ╕╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪┤ ╕╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ l╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪,
| ╪╪╪╪ I╪╪╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪░» ╕╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ñ░ l╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪╣
| ╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ ß╪╪╪╪╪V ╪╪╪╪╪╪▐ l╪╪╪╪ ┴╪╪╪╪
| ╪╪╪╪ ╕╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪╪╪µµ__ ╪╪╪╪╪╪___ |╪╪╪╪ __╪╪╪╪╪┤
| ╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪┤ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪, ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪µ |╪╪╪╪ ╕_°╪╪╪╪╪▐ :
| ╪╪╪╪ _╪╪╪╪╪╪╪P #╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪┤ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ |╪╪╪╪ ╪╪╪╪╪╪│ ª
| ╪╪╪╪ _╪╪╪╪╪╪╪P ¼╪╪╪╪╪╪░¿ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪*ñ┤ l╪╪╪╪ ░ó*░" |
| ░╪╪▐ _╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪│ #╪╪╪╪╪≥ ░╪╪╪╪╪N l╪╪╪╪ |
| __╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪" ╪╪╪╪╪╪b V╪╪╪╪╪&╕ |╪╪╪╪ |
| __⌂╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪░ ¼╪╪╪╪╪╪«_ 0╪╪╪╪╪#_ l╪╪╪╪ |
| _╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪░ 0╪╪╪╪╪╪, V╪╪╪╪╪╪Q |╪╪╪╪ |
ª 0╪╪╪╪╪╪╪▐~ ░╪╪╪╪╪' ░╪╪╪╪╪╪ |╪╪╪╪ xCz ª
`----░╪╪╪▐░---------------------░░░-------¼^4╪ñ"-`╪╪╪▐-----------'
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1995
1995/cor-vns.txt
µµ, __╕
____ µ╪╪╤╪╪╪╪τ______µµ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪r
╤╪╪╪╪╪µ╡╡_╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╢╢""""
_╕ ╡╡?╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪&_
j╪╪╪╞╪╪╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪µµ_
╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪µ_╕
j╪╪╪╪P⌂╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪"╤╪&╢
╞╪╪╪P_╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪¼╪╪τ
╢╪╪╪J╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤Z╪╪F
¼╢╢╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╤⌂~ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╪╪F
µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╤╤╢╢" _µ¼~ ╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪M╤╪╪╣
╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪2 /"╪m m╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@ ¼╤╪╪
¼╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪Z╢p- " ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@ J╪╪,
J╪╪╪"╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╕ _ ╪╪╪╪╪╪",w_ ¼╢╢~
¼"~ ¼╢╢╢╪╪╪&_╕»~» ╕ ╞╪╤P╪╢>¼ ╪
¼M@╢╢╢µ_z╢~_µF--¼ mL
╡P """" _╕ ¼╤╕
╪▐ ¼╪ __j*
╪ñ Y ⌐Mt/dS!_╪r╢╢F
╪FmF "╪F ╪
J╪╞~ ╪F ¼&
j╤F ñ╪ ╢τ
MP ╤µ╡ ╢τ
µ" J╪]╤, "╡
." _______ _________ ╢╣╢╢ ¼___,
______________(______/| /_________\ .
|----\ | \| / ___\ |
`----/\__________|---------\______/-----------------'⌐Mt
_ _____ _________,
_____________________________ /_| / _____________:------_________
\ ____ / _______ | /---' ___ ª_________ |
╖ \--------'----------------\______/-----\__/________|`--------------'
1995/ds!-hopp.txt
__ _,µw,_,a --=g_
_,w-^""»»"#^░ a_µ@" #τ__w+"
-******╡#╪&_░░g╞╪╪╤"░╢╪╪&_
µ╪╪╪╪╪m_╞╪╪╪╪╪#╞╪╪╪╪╪m_
_╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#m╡_
╕µp*╤╤╪╤#M#@╢╢╪╢╢╢╢P░░░#»» ¼# ╢#_
__µ@" ,* # ╢ ╢L ¼# ___&╡╡µ#P
¼░░╢@*#gm╡wwm╤mmm*#mmw╪w***P╢╢░╢╪w __
_╡╪P" _,╞╪#_""______
^^-µ╪@<aa________ __╡╡µÇ╪╪╤#W╪╪╞ZZZ____
-----µ╪╪##@╢╢P░░"» ____ ¼╢╪# »»"░~
**---;╪╪@" _░░""_________________Z╪#___
_____aw╡╞╪@----^^^^^░"""»»» __╡╪╪L»»"""^--<
░░""»» ╤╪L___ ___╡╡µ╡µµ╤╤@╢░"
»░░M╪╪#╤╤╤***********╤╤╤#P╢░░"»*╤µm╡╡╡╡
_╡____╡µ╤#P╢P" ╡╞#P"
__µ╞@░░╢#P" ,µ╞╞Q_______________
w╞#E" ¼░░░░░░░░░░░░░⌂╪╤╤@░
¼░╢╢╤#µmw___ __________╡╡╡╡_ _╡µ#P"
¼5╪╪# *╪╪╞░░░░░░░""⌂╪╪╪╪╤ǵµµm╡╡╡╡╡_ µ╪╞___________
,µm___µµ╪@P░» ╢╪K___╡╡µ╤@░" ¼░╢╤#µm╞ZZ"░ ¼░░Z5#╪╪╪╪╪╪╤@
╞╪P╢╢P" µ╤╤@╢╢░"» .m_ "░╢╤m_ ╢#╪╪#«╡╡╡╡╡╡╡_
_╡╞╪P_________________________________╢╪╡µµ#***╤╤@@╢░_________________W╪#┤
| |
|d E V I N E s T Y L E R S.__________.____________________ |
| ._____________________|__ | _________________/_______. |
| | _____________________/ _|________________________ | |
|[t^]| |__________________| \_ `---------' | (r) |
| |________________________________|___________________________| |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
1995/ds!-bob4.txt
╕a*****w.__
╪ ╪ _w**w,_
___`# _╞*"» ░m
╕pñ"»»»"░#╡ _⌂░ _#
╞~ ]#╡╞E__╡µ╡╡µµÇ▒░ t^
¼^ma___agµ╤P╤╞_ »¼*τ
»» µ░ ░╤m,__ _JP
¼╢w________# ¼"░░░""»
1995/cnb-sch.txt
______________
__\_ _/__
\_ _/
...................| |.....
_______ :: ______________ | _____|___::______ o o
_) ___/___::__) _ /_|_________\ : _ /__|__________|__
\ \) : \) _ (/ _ .________ | (__
\ _ ________ (/ /\ /_\___| / | ░ /
\___________/ \_____\ \ / / \_________/ \ | / ░ | /
:: \____/___ dto/e^d :: \__o|O___/ /
:: ______ \_____/_/ | :: \__.______ __/
:: _) /______| |_____. | :: /__l_____\ \_
:: \ _ | | _|___::___- _--»- | |
:: \ (/ _ | |_) _ .» / . | |
:: \_________/|____ : |\ \) . / | ░ |
:: | \__ ___ ______ _/_._____| |
:: | |_____| \______\ -»\__l_____/ _j
:: | | :: /_________(
::..........╛⌂╛⌂╛⌂╛⌂╜ c e n o ╜⌂╛⌂╛⌂╛⌂╛
⌂╛⌂╛⌂╛⌂╛⌂ b i t e ⌂╛⌂╛⌂╛⌂╛⌂
| |
_| |_
\___ ___/
/____________\
1995/snafualv.txt
First colly in which the 0x7F is used extensively as the "main" character. It's completely broken on (asciiarena.se)[https://www.asciiarena.se/release/SNAFUALV.TXT]
_______________ ______________ _____________ ______________ _______ _______
\_ _ {╖} ______ {╖} _ {╖} _ {╖} Ñ _/
T T______Ñ »»»»»7 Ñ _____T_____ Ñ T______Ñ | T
|_______»»»»»»| | | ___________ | _______| | |
ª»»»»»»7 ª ª ª »»»»»T»»»»» ª 7»»»»»»ª ª ª
ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª : ª
: : : : : : : : : ╖ :
: : : : : : : : : . :
╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖
. ╖ . ╖ . ╖ . ╖ . .
⌂
⌂
⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂╖⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂
⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ _____________________ ____________________
⌂ \ _ {╖} _ /
⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ \ T Ñ T_________/
⌂ \_ | | _________/
⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ª ª ª 7»»»»»»»»
⌂ ª ª ª ª
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂: : : :⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ : : : : ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂
. ╖ . . ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂
⌂
⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ .¡⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ .¡¡¡' ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ `¡¡¡¡¡⌂¡¡¡¡¡. ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ .¡¡¡¡⌂¡¡¡¡¡'
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ `¡¡¡¡⌂¡¡¡¡.
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ .¡¡¡⌂¡¡¡¡'
`¡¡¡⌂¡¡¡.
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`¡¡⌂¡¡.
.¡⌂¡¡'
`¡⌂¡.
.⌂¡'
.¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡. .¡.`⌂¡.
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ |
⌂ `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡' `¡¡¡'
_____
⌂ {_____}
___________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _____ ___________
\_ _ {╖} _ {╖}____ {╖} _ {╖} _ {╖} {╖} _ _/
T T____Ñ ___T___ Ñ »»»7 Ñ ___T___ Ñ T Ñ Ñ T____T
| _____| _______ | | | _______ |____| | | |»»»»|
ª 7»»»»ª »»»T»»» ª ª ª »»»T»»» ª»»»»ª ª ª ª ª
ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª
ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª ª
: : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : :
: : : : : : : : : : : : : :
╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖
. ╖ . ╖ . ╖ . ╖ . ╖ . . ╖ .
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂
⌂
_________ ___ ___ _________ _________ _______ _________
\_ _ {╖} Ñ {╖} _ _/ ⌂ \_ _ {╖}___ {╖}___ _/ ≈S≈
T T Ñ ª Ñ T___T ⌂ ⌂ T T___Ñ »»7 Ñ »»7 T⌂⌂
l___| | | | ____| ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ | ____| | | | |⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
»»»ª ª _ ª T»»»ª⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ª T»»»ª ª ª ª ª⌂⌂
⌂⌂ª ª T ª ª ª ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ª ª ª ª ª ª ª⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂: : ª : : : ⌂ ⌂ : : : : : : :⌂⌂
⌂⌂: : : : : : ⌂ : : : : : _j :
╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ ╖ »» ╖
. . ╖ . ╖ . . ╖ . ╖ . .
1995/-t-satc3.txt
____╡╡╡╡╡╡╡╡╡___
_╡╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪µ╡_
_µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╡_
µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪m_
_╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪K
╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪&
J╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#
╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪▐
µm,╡╡╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ ¼░╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪▐_
░⌂╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ ¼╢@#╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#___
J╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#" ¼░╢╢«╪╪╪╪╪╪#╪╪╪╪#
¼╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤M░╪Q _ aτ _ µ╪N╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@
g╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╤╤╪╪╪#╞Q #_J╪#⌂" 0╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#
¼╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤Q ╢╪m╞░#L╕ _╞╪M3╡╞ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#~
╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#¼m ░╤╪# ░# _╪#░#@P" J╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#╕
µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#Z#_ µ╪Q ╪╪▐ _°"2╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪F
¼╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ ¼*╡____,*" ¼╢mwww*░ J╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#_
¼╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#, ¼░░░~ _╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#m
_J╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪Q_ ╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪▐
╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#╡ _╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪┤
J╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪b_ ____ _w0╪╪╪╪╪╪M╤╪╪╪╪P"
░#╪╪╪╪╪P╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#¼╢w_ µ╪╪╤┤__µ" "╢#╤@" ⌐Mt/dS!
__ ¼""» »» _____ "╢*mwwwm*░» __ .......................
_____\_\_____________ ______\____\______________\_\___:__________ __ :
\______ _____ \__\_\_ \ _\ _____/_______ ____\ ___/ /--. ___\/_ :
\ \ \___________\ \____\_______ /\ \________/ \\% /\/ :
\_____\ \_____\ /___/_____/ \_____\ \__________\\/-tre!
: ______ :
: _______\_____\__ :
t ╖ W ╖ i ╖ S ╖ T ╖ E ╖ D : \ __________\(!
: \____\________\ :
:.....................:
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⌐ ╣ 9 9 5 t W i S T E D p R O d U C T i O N S
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1995/e^d-name.txt
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| ⌂⌂⌂⌂ .---. |
| ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ | .-|-'
| ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ª | |
| ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ : `-'
| ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ .
ª ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ `-----.
: |
. ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ |
. .---. ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ |
`-|-. | ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ |
| | ª ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ª
`-' : ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ :
. ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ .
.-----' .
| ⌂⌂⌂⌂
| ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ .
ª ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ :
: ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ª
. ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ |
ª ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ |
| |
..lσtom oss g÷ra vad ?
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1995/e^d-blc.txt
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################## #################### :
################### _╞#################### ª
####################__ _g###################### |__________.
######################-, ######################## |
#######################Q ######################## .---------------------'
######################## V####################### |
######################## ]####################### | I look to you
######################## ¼####################### | How you carry on
########################╣ ####################### |
########################t ####################### | When all hope is gone
###########***########» ¼░4########^░░»»¿░0#### | Can't you see
########⌂" ¼4##### ░#####░ »σ# |
#######░ ¼^0##╣ ¼#▐~ d## | Your optimistic eyes
#######_ »¼ó _ ▓ _┴### | Seem like paradise..
########_ _ ó╟ ¼"░óµ_______⌂##### |
##########m________⌂┤ V╣ ¼############# | To someone like
##########X########f IL ═############ | ..me
#####╗~ ¼░½##Q ###_ ]############ |
###░ \#s __╖ π####____############# | -dEPECHE mODE!
#░ ╖ ¼ ░░*╣ ###################### |
#µ__ ¼b ,###################### `---------------------.
####µ_________, # [###################### .__________|
##############[ /# ###################### |
############### /## ¼###################### ª
###############µ___µ⌂###Z ###################### :
#########################, ###################### .
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1995/os!-isbm.txt
The colly includes "Ping Pong" and Pac-Man in a similar style.
.-----------------------------.
|╖░ñ░ │▓╣│╖|
| ñáñáñáñáñáñáñáñáñ |
| ºáºáºáºáºáºáºáºáºáº |
| ñáñáñáñáñáñáñáñáñá |
| ░á░á░╖░á░á░á░á░á░á░ |
| |
| µ#µ | µ#µ µ#µ |
| #~# #~# #~# |
|╖ µ#µ ╖|
`-----------------------------'
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
.(. i was the champion of the block on this game! .).
1995/m's-sign.txt
_°_
_ _) (_ _
_ _ _ /(__ __)╖o╖(__ __)\ _ _ _
( ((__╖(_\_ _/_)╖__)) )
/____o ╖O╖ o____\
___ /\_\_ _/_/\ ___
_.__\ (_) (_/ \_) (_) /__._
\|_ _|/
| .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛. |
. .........| .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛. |......... .
: :: | .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛. | :: :
___:_::___ __|____╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛'╛╛╛╛╛. | _::_:___
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂\ \/ : .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛' `╛╛╛╛╛___|______\____ /⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂\ \/ .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛' `╛╛╛╛╛. : ______/⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂\__________\ .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛' `╛╛╛╛╛. \j /⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂/_____╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛' `╛╛╛╛╛_______________/⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
: :: .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛' `╛╛╛╛╛. :: :
: :: .╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛. :: :
: :: dto.╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛' `╛╛╛╛╛.m's :: :
: ::.......| |.......:: :
| |
- - ---+--≈m≈--≈^≈--≈a≈--≈^≈--≈z≈--+--- - -
_|_ _|_
\|___ _ _ ___|/
/_( ) ___________ ( )_\
\/ \/
_________/\_________
_.__\ _ ___)(__ _ /__._
\| \/ |/
. | /
....::::╖╖|╖ |
....:::::::::::╖ _|_ _|_
.::::::::::╖╖╖ ::::: |/ \|
╖:::::: ::::╖______|______ _____ \_ _________________
:::::: :::╖ __ /_______\__ (_ _/ _) __ /
:::::: ╖ | |/ __ /____ |______\ \/ /
::::::::╖ | / /\ \/ \/ __________/
╖:::::::: |____\ \_\__________ /\_____\
::::: \_______/ . \______\/ dto/m's
:::: __. | ..:::.. /______/
.::╖ __\_|:::╖╖╖:::╖: : .: |
╖ __/______ \__ .:.:╖ . ╛
| | . ╖ ,⌂.
| .____| ⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂
| | __ | `⌂'
/ | )_\| - f r a m e - ╛
\ | /_/| |_
|\ |____| _ __/\___ _ ___|/
| |________)(________\
|___________| \/
:
_ _ .............................
`╛╛.,╛╛',╛╛╛╛╛╛x. :: ::
`╛╛',╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛.╛ |_________________________. ........... ::
`╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛ | .. | :: ..... :: ::
`╫╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╫' :: | :: :.....:: ::
:: | ::..............::
_____________________::_____|_________
_:_\ : | /_:_ .
\| . |..:::. |/.::╖
| :. .|:╖ ╖:: .::╖
| :::╖ .: | :: .:: ..::
.. | :::╖ ::: ..|:::.:: .:: .::╖::.
..::╖╖ | .::...::::........:::..::╖╖| ╖::: ::|::: :::
.::╖ .| ╖::::: ╖╖╖╖::::╖ | ::: ::╖:::::.:::.
.:::╖ .::: ::::╖ ..:::╖ | ::: :: :::.╖╖╖╖╖ .
╖:::. ..:::::. .::::: .:::╖:: | ..::.::: |╖:::::::::╖╖
╖╖:::::╖╖ ╖:::::╖╖.:: .::╖ ╖ ....:|:╖╖:╖ ::dto/m's
| ╖ ╖:::::::::::╖╖╖╖| :: |
| | :: |
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂|⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂::⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
_| | :╖ |_
\|__ ╖ | __|/
: /____________________:______|________\ :
............... :: |
:: ...... :: :: |
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::.................:: |
|
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\| |
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|_______________|/
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|
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1996
1996/os!-eotw.txt
______
.\ __/_____ ______
|_______ \\ /_______ ______
oS|________ \ ______/ ___________\ /_______ ________
: /______\_____/ \/ __ \ ______/______\ /
: /______\____________\______ \ __ __/
: /______\______/ \
: ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ /______\sCf
: ⌂⌂⌂⌂ :
:..........................⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ..........................:
⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
1996/ed_fc.txt
╖ ╖
[⌂⌂⌂][ ≈ ][⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂][ ≈ ][⌂⌂⌂]
╖ ╖
╖ A ╖
╖ T ≈ R ≈ I ≈ B ≈ U ≈ T ≈ E ╖
╖ T ≈ O ╖
╖ T ≈ H ≈ E ╖ A ≈ S ≈ C ≈ I ≈ I ╖ S ≈ C ≈ E ≈ N ≈ E ╖
╖ ╖
[⌂⌂⌂][ ≈ ][⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂][ ≈ ][⌂⌂⌂]
╖ ╖
1996/-t-ap3e.txt
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_a╡╡µM@#M╢╢╤╪╪╪K
╞P░"_µ╞" ¼#╪╪▐
____ ╡╪@ ]╪╪L
_/ _╡*"¼╢╪# J╪╪ ß╪╪
╞╪_╡m J╪F J╪@ ]╪╪_ ,╪╪╣
_, _ _µM╪"» ╪F _µ╪&*@ #╪#_ _µ╪@
a░ _w^░## J╪ J╪■-ñ"» , ╢#╪#m-^░»
,µ_ ó╪ ╪L __ ]╪ ##_ _╞┤-rLF/-T!
, µ "░╪_ ╪L ╢╪*P╢╪L J╪L a ¼╢╪╤▐^░"»
#_.=⌂F ╪▐ ╢Q ╢Q _ ╪F ╢╪▐=^░
╖╢F ╪ ╪L ╞F J# ╢╪w,µP
JL # ╪#__╡P ░┤ ╖ hOTWIRE rELiEF dEVíSTATOR ╖
¼K ╞╡,ñ"¼P" ╖ tANGO pRiDE sAL-1 sCARFACE ╖
╢▐ñ
⌐ gROOVY pEOPLE pRODUCTiONS ╣996
1996/beuty.txt
....:...:╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖╖:.... ____ _
...: :...... ......|:╖ ¼| |¼|
..: we are about to :...... : . :| _|__ |_|
....: take a look at the :..... : :|,_ ¼| __
....: very short but probobly :.. :....:|_/ |/_/'
.:. interesting enough,.. :.. /______|
.:.... ____ _
..:..... /___///' .____ __ ____
.__ ____________. _____|___/_ __|__\____\___\________
.___ __|:╖||:╖ ¼||:╖ _______/ ____, /'\:╖ __/'
| _/`\ | || || ¼' |///____________/_ ¼\
| | \ ||,_ || ||:╖ ¼' \ /╖ \_____\
___| |___ \__|l_/ |l________|l___________\/_______\!CE ¼
\\\\⌂⌂⌂⌂┤ ¼~~~/ |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~¼
\\\⌂⌂⌂┤ / |
\\⌂⌂┤ / |
\⌂┤ /______________|
┤ Y ¼'
╖
1996/hos-dts!.txt
____ _ _______ _ ____ ____ _________
|║ \ ///_ |║ ////_ |║ _\ //_ _\\___ ║| .
|: \\/ \|: \|: \\_ \/ _ // :| :⌂
l_____\ \____________\_____\ \___________l | ⌂ .
\______\ \______\ ⌂__⌂______ ___ _
_ ___ _____ ___ rDm _________ _________ _________
⌂ ⌂| |║ //_______ |║ _ _ //_ _\\ ___| _\\ ___|
. ⌂ : |: \|: //___/ \/ \_ |/ \_ |
⌂. l____________\____________\___________l____________l
1996/-t-loved.txt
_,,, __
.-⌂⌂_╡«ñM■▓µ._
µ░ⁿ°M╢,] »"╨,»»Mm_
.2▐⌂V`═ ┤N_7 F *J_`N╫_
_⌂m#_ ╣ hC.,WK ▐,^#v.`A@_
J»d4▐"gw⌂J▐"JU¼uK J¿ (/ΓE0_
/╙⌂ I /7w4Q] fI ╞╕\╞ 4▌MW_wM
/µ/- ╞┤╕4¼I[\w #/J`JM L└ E╞«t
d&FL /I╫_I ú▐-úaN.J/╪ \Fα_w4 MM
J_FF1/,╢m`4╖FK VN@ 7u7,⌂wM▌9W/L@L
_____ «K ▐⌂mLIL7╤τL▐FFIPLAú@L┤EJ I/M4▐╢
._ \╖ / _____┴@\ M,\ 7X ╛&L`_B_αJ7Mß/d*.┴J<╢L╞▐_____________.
._| _\\ ( j4▐ g▐ ╕J¼`/LK#┤╤ KI«MM╤YWJKd▌ j#JL __ |_.
.._| | _\/___ ╖ M╤»»4M=z]J╕[ &FI▌U▌MQ0N╤π_J╪~4IxI¿N4_ __ __/\_\ | |_..
||_|_|___\/\ //_J7&' FE. FVMg/Jh]/#╛LMJ@W#/4▐╕╞4╕0╖╢W //_/\/_/__|_|_||
-rLF:-T! \/___ú╤7</ j W_¿Ljbs▐╢/╞\╞├╤N╪#^╞╖»#┤\«w╪W___ \_\/\_\ :
╪J],MK¿ [╟"0_]/⌂╢«W░» 0«ME\µW-/▐╢⌐╪ \/_//___ _
J┤═J╣J `╛F (JYKwE╡░ s i╪╤╤/CY /JL╞«#
╞⌐╞7»╬╕=╞M@=«W_▐╪" U» i ╪KN_3╪m-#╪-╪F
╪╡1FTM-g_L¼_@A#╛┤ r o c JAMLDdjL_MjJA▐
EII /J '/VK_#α#F o t S»_╢#\╢L▐¼#Z_#F0
«QJ/ j╡┤ J)&╤C╤ t» a _Φ╞MN╜@\,b _0_╞
.an. #_«L»J#- ╣╢"⌐╤# ,«Q╪tt╞Q╖-M» #/┤ .na.
.interresting. # Qt ┴¿\Z ╚Mµ╤&_ _,qE╤╤,#XLJ.╞ ▐JKj .gnitserretng.
.way. ╪ FVJJ-7\_*⌂dM╪╤╤#5@JdEM¼╞/└¼W╞╖MYSF .yaw.
.▓. IL▐>#j [>⌂K-jWÑQº╢⌂#╢m╢\K╛▐╕╜U~τ«-╪ .▓.
.start. I]F E&<╕'0 /#b╪@«WLTF¼QCX l/░▐ /#2┤ .trats.
___________________J-#»L╠πQ_╪dC2 M╤E╤¼«QKJ┤J╤K_'&/╛QK___________________________
1996/-t-tatf2.txt
___________
\_________/
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_) (_
| _|
l_ ___\
/_____(
_________ __╡╡╡__ __________
_) /________µM"»»»¼# __╡╡╡_ ________ .________) ___/__
| (_ ╪ ╪╞@░»»¼╢m_) \| (| ______(_____.
| _╪ @╪" .╖. ¼╪ \_ | \ _|
l_ _________\╪▐ ╪" : ° : _╪ \) _l_ _________\
/_____((rLf) 0K ╖ ╖.╖_µ@┤_ _________\ /_____(-T!
¼╪_ __µ⌂@» /_____(
¼#w__╡╡╤P""
╢@░»
1996/-t-tatf3.txt
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. ⌂⌂ _. ._ ⌂ ╖
<╖:|⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ )[ t r e a z h ]( _ |.
╖ ⌂⌂ | |ª
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ | |ª
.____. ⌂⌂ ._____. | _____. __.
| | ._____ ⌂⌂ | __l____ ____\__ l_ ______ ____\ |____
____| |____| _/_____| _\ (_\ __/ (______\_ /__\ . (_
\____ ____/ \| (________ _________ __ _______________| __\
-T!/____\ /__ __:_____\ /___\ /___\/__ \ \-rLF l___\
/___\ _ /_____\
⌂⌂ | |.
⌂⌂ | |ª
⌂⌂ ⌂ ... |ª
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ::: |ª
⌂ . |ª
| |ª
| __ ___|╖
_|___\(/
:
1996/e^d-t0!7.txt
..... ..... ...
___ _ : ..:..: : .... :. _ ___________ _ _ . . ...:.: _ _ ____
í :.:.: :.: :.. _ : í
|. /\___:_ . /\_____ . :/\_ . __ . /\_⌂___ . __ . :/\_____ ╖t0!╖ |
|_\(_ _ (__\(_ _ (__\(_ (__ _\(_(__\(_ _ (__\(_(__\(_ _ (_ |
/ __/ / / / ___/__/ / /____/ / __/ . /\_____ |
_/_ \ _/_ / _/_ _/ _/_ _/_ _/ _/_ _/_ \____\(_ _ (_|
\/____/____\/____/____\/_________\/____\/_________\/____\/____/ / __/ /|
| : : ⌂ : _/_ \ / |
|. /\___:_ . /\_____ : . /\_ . /\_ ⌂ . /\____ : \/_. _/\___/ |
|_\(_ _ (__\(_ _ (_ : _\(_ (__ _\(_ (__⌂_ _\(_ ___/ : _\(_ (__ |
/ / / _/____/ :/ ___/__/ _ (/ ___)__: / ___/__ |
/ _/ _/_ ___/ _/_ _/ _/_ / _/_ _/ /: _/_ _/ . /_|
\_________\/____/ \/_________\/____/____\/_________/ . \/________\(_(|
| : ..... ..:.. ⌂ / /
.╛╛╛╛╛╛, :.... : :..:.: : _/\____ __. ⌂ _/\____ . _/_ /|
╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ :..: :...: ._) ____/ ._)¼|__⌂__ _) ____/ . \/\___/_|
| ╛╛╛ | ___)__| | ¼Y ___)__. _\(_ _ (|
| ╛╛╛╛, ╛╛╛╛╛╛╛, ╛╛╛╛╛╛╛, |. | ¼|. | |. | ¼| / / /
| ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ || | || | || | | / _/ /|
╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ || | |ª | || | | \___. _/\_/_|_
╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛╛╛╛╛, ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ |ª | |: | |ª | | _\(_ _ (_
╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ |: | |. l_ _ |: | | / / /
╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ |. l_ _ l____/// |. l_ _ | _/_ / /
`╛╛╛╛╛╛' ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛ ╛╛╛╛╛╛╛' l____/// | | l____/// | \/____/____/
| `-----' `--⌂--' `-----' |
| __⌂__ |
| ╖e^D╖ _\ /_ |
!_____________________________ _ _ _ __)\\ //(__ _ _ _ ____________!
Y
1996/e^d-barc.txt
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╕____ ╪╪ ╪╕_ ╪╪╪ # ╪╪╪ __ 7╪╪╪ ___ 7L╕╡╡__ ╪╪ ╡╡╡╡╡µµp
["3╤╤╤#m_ ╪╪ ¼"▐ ╪╪ j╢9╤▐╡_ ╪╪ ╢M"╢w ╪ ,µ╪#╢╢╤m_ [ a╢╢╢*w ╪ ╢╢"""
[, "Q ╪╪ ) [ ╪╪ ] "*╕ ╪ ┤' ]s ╪ P ╢w [J "_ ▐
[I J▐ ╪ ┤/ ] ╪╪ ]J ╢ (f ]] ╣F 0 ╣I ╢L ▐
[I ,╟▐ ╪ ,, τ ╪ ]J jF J j W ] I ▐
[I _/a~ ╪╪ ┤╣ / ╪ ]═ ⌂ ][ ░ # I ) ▐
╣`_╡µñ~/ ╪ )/ (s ]I _╕' 0▐ # I ╣' µµ╞╪╤▐
],╢╢╢^mww ╪ ⌂ ╕_ ¼ ]I _/a" 0▐ 4 )╕ I // ¼""~
JF ¼@ ) g╞╪W#m╕t ] µ° JL 0 ,, ,I ╕(/ J
JL ¼ ¼" ¼╕] ¼"╢ó╞╡╕ #╕ _µP¼# x_' [I µ■" ╪ ¼╕__
_w╡╡╡µµ╤" (' ╪╪ ╪ (j I "* ╪ ╢w╡╡pP" ╪ ╢g╡╡µW*~ [ aµ#" ╪╪ ╕_"W╪╤╪#
""""" ╪╪ ╪╪ ╪╪¼~¼^ ╪ ╪╪ ╪╪╪ "" ¼╢" 7╪╪ ¼""
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
╪╪L ╪╪ 7╪╪╪F ╪╪ ╪# ╪╪╪╪ J╪# 7╪╪╪L # 7L ╪╪╪╪ 7╪╪
1997
1997/u'r-bomb.txt
- a s c i i a r t c a l l e d b y h i m -
j_ # / &
╪_σb _' ╝╪
1`d╪■ jL _' ╞╪ _ _╡ _╡
_ ¼ ░╪╪≡ ┼ ╪# ,F j╪╪ _, _°F _ ╓╦µ╪P
Γ_¼¡w__ , ░╪╪≡j \╞╪╪w ╪╪╪╦í _°r_-jLg╪F ╕ '_╞╪╪P
░#-.░#p╡_ ░b╡__] ░╪╪F ¼╪╪@ j╪╪P j╪╪╪P ╪╪╪P ╕ ' _╞╪╪P
¼-_"¼╪╪╪╡__ + ⌂╪╪╪ML π╪ ╢P #╢ ¼╪P ╞╪╪╪ ' _d╪╪P
»¡. ¼░*╪╪g╡≡»░╢╪╪# µ╪@░ _╞╪╪P"
^._ ¼░#╪6 ¼░ - A T O M I C - ░ _°╪╪╪"
-._ ____ .____ °╪╪╪
._ ______ _/____. _______ ___ ___ | _/_____ _ _______ _.
| \\ \_ |/ _ \./ \/ \| \_ // |
| \\ ' | / | \/ | ' // |
|___\\____ _ ___________|_________|____/ |___________ _ __//___|
/______|tF!/u'R!
!░»µ┌.-g╪╪╪╪" _- _ ¼N╪╪╪╪╪╪b_
*P" µ╪╪╪@ _°╪P Γ _ ╪g╡_ σ░░P@╪╪╪╪╡_
_╞#░╕'.-σ╪╪@ j┬ _╞╪ jp Ip_ ¼╪╪╪b╡░,
" P┤ j╪╪╪ _ñ╪╪ ,╪╪╪╬ _╪╪b ]╪╪╡ ¼@╪╪b¼¡k
j╪╪P ^╪╪P ╬- σ╪╪╪ ,^╪╪╪╪_ ]░╪╪#╡_`,¼░9┐
j╪╪P " ó" ╪╪PL_╣ ¼╞╪╪Psj ░╪╪╦{¼L
_╪@#,^ πP αf π╪# M╬ ¼9╪╬`QL
╞»jF ` ░# ¼╪, ░
- a n a n o t h e r u ' r a c e p r o d u c t i o n 1 9 9 7 -
1997/se-atrip.txt
_ ______ ______ ______
/// / ___________ / /____ _______/ /__________ _____________
/ _/_____/ _ \/ _ \/ _ /_\____ \/ _______/
/ // /______/ // // _/ /\_____ \
\___________/\_________________//_____/\___________/\________________________/
___╡╡µµµ╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#µµµw╡____
_╡╡µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪µmw__
_µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#w_
╡╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╤╢╢╢╢╢╢╢╤╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪W_
bHm µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#" ¼╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪Q sE!
╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪W_ ~ __╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#
╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪µm╡╡_______╡╡µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#~
"╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@"
_µ╪#⌂#M«╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤@⌂&µ╪#w
µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪µ⌂W#╞MM«««╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪«««@MM#«&µ╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪Q
╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#
╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪┤
"╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#P
"╢╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤P░"
""░╢╢╤╤╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╤╤P╢░░"
l e t d a r e c o r d s p i n n
1997/se-pain.txt
⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
_ __ _____ _ _______ _ ______ _ ___. _ _________ _ ________.
._\\\ \/ /_\\\ _ ⌂⌂_\\\ /_______\\\__|_⌂⌂__\\\_ /_\\\__ |
| _/ _/ / ⌂ _ / ⌂ / / _/ |
| \ \ / ⌂ / / ⌂ / / \_ |
|_____\_____\__________⌂⌂______/ / _ _______⌂⌂__ / / _ _____|_____|
⌂⌂ /______\ ⌂⌂ /______\tG°
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂
1997/p^d-ambb.txt
_╡m**µw_
µ@" "╢w
,╪" ¼#_
╡F ╢w
J" ╢_
F ╢
╞ Q
J▐ ]
ß K
# 0
f.u.L.L a.t.t.e.n.t.i.o.n b.e.c.a.u.s.e t.h.i.s c.o.L.L.e.c.t.i.o.n
m.i.g.h.t j.u.s.t b.e o.n.e o.f t.h.e s.m.o.o.t.h.e.s.t o.n.e.s
m.a.d.e b.y t.h.e h.a.l.f.s.k.o.o.L.e.r c.r.L p.i.o.n.e.e.r d.e.s.i.g.n
╢ F
¼L J
0 #
¼L ╪
¼L J┤
░╡ µ"
¼b_ _⌂┤
╢µ__ __°░
"╢M**@P"
1998
1998/la!-mia.txt
_awΓ_
µ" ¼#_
____ __µm.wΓ_ ,F yñ░╢_ ╢_
. J@ »¼ñw__aó" ¼░ñ╞q╞_ ╢ ╢_
-------------╖-½- ßñ _ ,,mK» »░»Σπ° ╢, ╢
ª F_╔ _╧=' ,q╕ a░░τ ^g J 1
ª ╞ ╪ g# J▐_╢ F╡ # ¼# a4 _F
ª FJ▐ ¼╪ J_P╪ └,J" ╢░__µ"
--[ ----]--╖-------|-/ L¼L ▐ ░░_,aaΓ M"»
╖ #_¼maJ▐ _J» #*w,_ JL
¼ñ*.╞# _p" h__,/ "L J░ ????... .
╢_ # JL _ #_*'
¼*w#░w_ J~w__w╣J&P^m,_ _
_ _µ░π*_Z┌Z___,,µñ J ¼*w _\---------
--]-----(--_*" _Fa┤ »»¼J▐ ## F ¼╢,----)
_µ░ ╪ F d J 7 ,╣ ¼b
_# J┤╞ 0 ╪ `╧ 4
y" ╞_1 #_╦ ¼K b
______J┤ ╪N▐ ╤W«▐ `╡_ ]
╡╢M░░^«2@q╡δ*a._╢╪-* aaΓwP⌂W█╢╧╤Z╢τ J
µ"J ¼w7¼\& »"*_¼╢╣ ╕F_ # ╢qm0Wñúñm._____,▓
╡MN&_JM, ¼K ╢w ß╞¼╬╢_╞d ¼▐≡¼≡ »¼"»»#
K╬ ╢»»__^^¿≡ ¼▐ 0# ╢ " ╢.J┤J▐¼L ¼k
¼@^ñ P»»"& ¼╬ ╬ 7░-",*^^q_ Q ╦ ╪ -----╖---[-
░, J▐ J▐ ╢╕ 0 ¼τ # Q # 0 µ┤ ª
¼w ░w__J J▐ _F ____& ╢_ # F # añ ª
░w ¼" ╞_,╞5+r░"_»»»≡ ░=*░ p µ~_w*" _ ª
¼*w___╪ñ" )╖\--- ñw_ _µw°#░»-----(-------╖-
» """"" ╖
1998/l124-iso.txt
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ _ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ___|_| ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ____|_ .| ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ | .|_| ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
_____. | ._____ ⌂ ._____ _____. ._______ _____.
_|____ |___|___|___ |_ ___|___ |_._|____ |___._| ___ /___ _| |___
| . ____ | ______| ______| . ____ | ___/ Y . ___ |
|___________|___________|___________|___________|----|_______|___________|
. |___.__
⌂ |______| .| _ ⌂ a(id/L124. ⌂ ⌂
⌂ | . .|_|_| ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ |______| | ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂
|___| ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
____ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
._ | . | ⌂ ______. ______. __ ___. .__ _
|_|__| _|______| . |___._|_____ |___ _| | |___| \/_____
| |__| . . |___| . | . ____ Y /~\ | + _ /⌂⌂
⌂⌂ | . |______|------|_____|____________|--/_________|______\/_ ⌂
⌂⌂ | . . | ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂ |________| ⌂ a(id/L124. ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ _____. ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ._| . |___. ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ | | | . | ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ _____. |-----|_____| _____.
⌂ ⌂ _|____ |___| |_|____ |___ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ | ____ | | ____ | ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ |___________| _ _ |___________| ._____ ⌂
⌂ .-----------. |_|___|_| _|_|____ \_ ⌂
⌂ | anadune | | .| | `/ | ⌂
⌂ `-----------'_____. _|___|_ ___ _. |___________| ⌂
⌂ ⌂ |_| ___ |___. |_| |_| _| | |___| ⌂
⌂ | _____| | | | | ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ |___________| _____. |___________| ⌂ a(id ⌂
⌂ ⌂ |_| . |___| ⌂⌂⌂⌂ L124 ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ | | | . | ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ |-----|_____| ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ _____⌂____ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂_\ _ /-| ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ | \/ | a(id/L124. ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ _|_______ ___| ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ | . Y . | ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ |_________|____| ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ___|_ __ |___ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
⌂ | /__________| .| ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ | | ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ _ | ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ | _ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂ |__| ⌂ ⌂ |__| ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ___
_ ____. .__ _ ⌂ ______. ⌂ ___ __ ___|_ |__
|_|_____| . |_____| \/__ _| . |___._| | /_____|__ .|_| |
| ___ | | + Y | | . | . _/ .|__| .|
⌂ |_\ /____________|______|------|_____|-----|__________| |_____|_
⌂ \/ __ __ __ ____ |_|
⌂ _|_/ ____ //__| |___//__|__
⌂ /_| |___//____ //__| ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ l i n k e d u p . . . ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ klubbheadzz! ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ooooooooooooooooooooootekniq nonstopooooo
1998/l124-m98.txt
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ . a m i g a . ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ a(id
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ______. ______. __ _ ______. ⌂ ______. L124.
________|_____ |___._| |___| \/__ _| ___|___ _|_____ |_________
| . . . ____ | |___| | .| |____ | . ____ . . . |
|___________________|------|_____|______|____________|__________________|
⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
1998/la!-tdh.txt
ª
`--½---------.
ª
^Γ⌂⌂S«&ª╦Z░╢#╪&_¼#╪& #╪L¼╪N ╢╧¼#L3#╢K╢K#¼K0╪╤" ╞F #] #╞J¼,
⌂@@░░¿"ª╢╪╪╤_╢╪╪ ]╪╪ 2╪# ╪╪ ╪Q¼╪r0▐0_╢/Q╢⌂╬_╡╪K ╞╣╪ F╞j ¼
µ╞╪#╪╪╪ª_ ╪╪#J╪╪ ╞╪«_░╢▐*╪#_g╪# ╪LJ#J#JQ╢ Q╢M░~ µFJFqL#JJ&
___ ¼0ª╪ ╞╪F╞╪' _______ ~*╪_J╪┤ß#J# #]L#]L_╡╪Fg@ ╞J▐FL0
╪╪╪╧_ ¼ª╪ ╞#j╪" | ___ | F╪JP░"_µ# d_#g #¼
.------╗-'#J╪\╪┤╞ | | _| | -] ascii [- #ßµ╤╪P`_⌂"╪j╣L#L
ª ╧τ 0╪ J╪┤╪F╪┤╞M | |_____| _______ #,"óK╢Q
ª ╪╪ ╢╪ _____ | ______ ____. \ __ / ____ "╚JQ]╪
ª ╢╪L╢╪ .__\___ \_|_\ __/__._/ ___|__.\ //_._(_ (_ F7#¼╪
`-------| __( | \____ | \ | \/ | | F7╪ ╪
L╢#J# |___\|____|_________|_________|______|_______|---------.
# ╪ # | 7╪#_ ª
╪L0L╪ #\ Bd! | L╣24 ╢_¼q_╢w¼╢w_π╪P5╞K_╞Fµ@ ╞╪ ╪╪ ¼╪╪╤ ª
╢&JQ╢wK╞_ ___ | m¼m_¼*,░gµ╪░Γ╞P Γ╪"µ# J╪# ╪╪K »░@ ª
τ0L#J#d ╪ | _| | J╦J#J╪q_░mZ9m_╪╪K_╞#┤_╞╪ µ╪F ╞╪╦ #╪╪╧m╡╡ ª
╢¼#`«▐FJ╣ |_____| _#*╪J#wZñw_░*╪╪┤j╪╪ ╪╪'J╪╪ .--½-----------'
╢╞╬╢J▐╪ , Q╢L╢K╢╡Zñm┐░^#╪ 0╪Q ╪╪╕¼╪╪Kª ~╢#╪╪##╤@P
\╢WJ K F _╪" __╞/K╢_╢w0Z░*mZZ╢╪K¼#╧_ ╢╪╧_¼╢#ªm╡____ΓΓµµ0
\╢M▐▐JF ╪F J╪@^╢«K╢╤╤K╢Kñ=*aZZ╪#_╢#m_¼░╤MµwªZ┌Z╢5Z«╡°ñ,
ª
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ª
1998/dzn-pac.txt
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂______ ______ ______ ______ _____ ______ __ ___
⌂⌂⌂⌂_\_ _/_\ /_\ /_\ _/_\__ /_\ /_\ \ /
⌂⌂ \_ ___/ »\_ __ »\_ ___/ »\_ »\_ \ »\_
⌂⌂⌂⌂ / \ ╣ / _/ / \ / ╣ / \ /
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂_____________/__/___/____________/______/___\__/
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::twr!
1998/blz-devs.txt
⌂ ---------------------------------------------------------- ⌂
⌂ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ⌂
⌂: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :⌂
⌂ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ⌂
⌂: :: :: :: ______ . :: . ____ . :: . ______ :: :: :: :⌂
⌂ :: :: :: T. \| |/ \| |/ .T ⌂
____ :: __| __ |____| __ |____| ____ |___ a(id/k0re.⌂
_ |/ .T_____ T _____| .T. T .T. \| T _______ . ⌂
|_|_| | | | | | | | | \| _
_| |____| |___________|-----|_____|___________| . |_|_|
| |__|| ______ . ______ . . _____ . ______ |/ |__
|__|_ | T. \| T. \| |/ .T |/ .T |___| |
|_|| __|____ |____| __ |____| |___| |___ ||___|_
| T _______T _____| .T.|____/| T .T | |_|
⌂: |___ | | .| | | | _____| ___| ⌂
⌂ |___________|___________|_________|________| ⌂
⌂ :: :: :: :: ⌂
⌂: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :⌂
⌂ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ⌂
⌂: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :⌂
⌂ ---------------------------------------------------------- ⌂
1998/cp!-hom.txt
__,,-_-_,_
,g*^~» »░░4__
_⌂░ _,gµ**µµ__ ¼░m_
.______. _▐ ,⌂│~ ¼░╨_ ╢, .______.
___________ | _|_,P___P __-≡ññ≡,___\\ _V╕_________| |___
| ______/__| \_ \./ _ |/ _ | ___/___.
|\________ | | | | | | | | |
|_____________|______|______|_____________|_____________|_____________lsn
¼b ¼■ ¼^*µµ*^ J│ ╞┤
░m `4,__ _-@" ╕d~
»V,_ ¼░╣½***ñ░» _-P┤
¼╣≡_,______,-°│»
»~░░^░░░¿
1999
1999/k0-st8wa.txt
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂
. n o r m a n ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ a n a d u n e
_______ _______ _______ ⌂ __ ___ _______ _______
___( /_ __( /__ __(___ /__⌂__( \/ /__ __\_____ )__ __( /___
\ ___ \ _______ \ |/__/ ⌂ _ \ _____ \ ____ /
< |/ _ \| _ __ ⌂_____ / _ |/ _ |/ >
/-----/_____/_____\______/-----7______⌂-----\/_____/______/.____/-----/______\
⌂ a(id/k0re.
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂
the fountain of ideas
1999/sea-erre.txt
******************** ╜signed by tommy[AZZARO]sative mea╜ ********************
!proudly presents an ╜ ╜ !proudly presents an
ascii colly entitled ╜ . . . . . . . . . . . ╜ ascii colly entitled
******************** ╜ ╜ ********************
*rewind.erase&rewind.erase.erase&rewind.rewind.erase&rewind.erase.erase&rewind*
*erase.erase&rewind.rewind.erase&rewind.erase.erase&rewind.rewind.erase&rewind*
* _______ ______╜ _____ ____ ____╜ ____ *
* | _____/_____\ ___/___ _\ _/\____. __/ __/___\ \_____________\ /. *
* | \_\ ___ _____/_| / \ |__\__/ __ _ \_ ___ | *
* |_____ \______ _____/ ___ ____\/____\ __ \_\_______| *
***-----\______\----\______|---/______\-/____|-----------\____\/______\-----***
╜ ╜
*** ╜ . . . jµ╡╡ . . . . . . ╜ ***
* ╜ j#QQ⌂____ ╜ *
* _ ╜ . . _╡╡╪╪@MV»»»"░┌s*¬__. . . ╜ *
* Q╪M■ _,*«»µ╪M#╟ ¿» ¡»!¡ ╜ *
!MB⌐Uk4_*░í¼ .4╪╪╦ j44╡, ` . ╜
M⌐#⌐#Qy" ;╪Q⌐B" )j╞╪╪╪Qp ╜
¼QMQQQ╬__⌐Q╪#' __4g╪⌐Q⌐Q⌐⌐__╡_ ¡_
j╣▓┌╪«##Q╧@@ ñ?GMQM╧M#KM#Q#╪⌐_ '}L
,F/ ╞«⌐#⌂╪# jCΓ⌂M┼f ? #@W╪╪F `3
' ▀╪╞╞╞╪╞L,_µ╪╞╪«N┤ ╞╞NBP╣ ∞Ñ
π╪⌐╞@▐@M▐g@M╪!7 _ ╞╪╪╧! J]
╞⌐⌐▐I »V─WQW▐L, _I╪M╪╬ _╡╪╪L
-g##P ░░⌐#⌐⌂╧,╡⌐@⌐F╣ ,j⌐╪╪Q¡
v) ,*╪▐##, °f »5qNgW⌐W~ ,ñ⌐#╪▐P#
`_,"πM╪⌐╣¡¼ó╡µF,4δ╡_░╢╪QQg___ _╡gQ⌂MF'jVF
\/í╣##╢ ╞Mu▐┤°+ _ `¼g@⌐b@╡⌐#╪╪╢ \F
░jQ╞B Σ# ░W╦_H" » ⌐W@WGW"f .V╜
^#@_ ² _α¡^╛__ *╡╡Q@NBNW╛╨°≡*
__ñR`Np ░ ¼░_┼⌐@F 'P╪@⌐▐=,
* "╞#░ . . __µ▐#WF~ _ _°#^"»J╓Q▐4f._ *
* ¼» ú ╡╡╞M╞⌐*__╡┼6M" » ╢░°#Mpc *
* ╜ . . . .¼7▐F!"»". . . . . »7@¼ *
*** ╜ ╜ ***
╜ . . . . . . . . . . . ╜
*** _______ ╜______ _______ _______ ╜ _______ ***
* .\ ___/___ | _____/______________ /_\ ____/___╜_\ ___/___ *
* | _____/_| \_\ ___ ___ _____/_. *
* |_____ ______ \ \_\________________ _______ | *
*********-----\______|----\______\______\--------\______\-----\______|*********
az0!/sea
1999/la-cld.txt
______ 7
| __ |______╞l__________
| |__| | _ ╪# Γ |
__________ |______| ¼b__ ╪F _╡⌂┤ |
___\ ______ |_________ | ó╪#_0▐,╪╪F |
| ___\___ | ____ |_________ | _jw__╢#╞w«╦______ |
| | _ |/ |/ __/____ ____ |___| ¼""╢░░""╪╦»¼░░╢P"" |
| | (_) /____ __ |_____\_ |_____ J@@ |
| |_______| | \| _____/ |\ __/____________ ______|
| ___ |__|_______ \|_ |_\______ __ /__ |
| _\ |_ _______ |__|_______ |/ \__/ | |
| | ____/____\__ / _____ |______|___ | |
| | \| / _/______\ \ ____ |_________| |
__| |__|_______ \ \__ \ \_/___/____________ |
| |_________ |___\ |\ \| __ /__ |
| | |_____ \_______________ | \__/ | |
|______| \_____________ |__|_______ | |
|_________ |_________| |
[ p h a s e t r u c e ] luk!|_____________|la!
1999/c½w-purefeelings.txt
j
` _____________╕
| ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╬ .
, -Γ╡#╡°╡╡ _ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╬ ┬
¼___╡µ▐ñ╪╪╪@╪╪╪╧µM╪╧╡__ ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ZW⌐■^#▓
░╡ _╡*#╪╪╪╪N@╢╢╢╢╢╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪#╡_j╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@╝╪«/ σ
_________j_ _____ µ#" °╪@_________J╕j╪#╪#"ZN╪╪╪╪╪#___IZ«╪N╦°# #│_______
]╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪W«╪╪@"Γ*░_g╞╪╪╬╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪■0╪L % #╦P╪╪╪╪##╢╪╪N╪╪╪╪╪╪#╡µ/ó#╪╪╪╪╪
]╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪¿ ╫░_µ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪N╪╪╪╪╪╪╪F╞╪╪╬ #¼╪#╪@⌐╪╪# ░g╞«╪╪░░╢╖ q╪╪╪╪╪╪╪
j╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@ jj╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪LN@╢░░"» ¼╞╪╪h ¼╪╪╪╪L╞# /"╞NL╞#___ j╪╪╪╪╪╪╪
/]╪╪╪⌐╪#Z╪╪╪" _╞╪╪W╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@░_ ___ ¼⌂Z╪╪╬ ╢╪╪╪╪MA╡ ░ ¼╪╪N╪╧ j╪╪╪╪╪╪╪
¼π╪4╞@╞╪╪P g╪╪╪╪╪╪««╪@"Γ*╢"╡_╪╪╪╪╪Fσ╪╪╪╪╪L¼ `# ░ g░ π╪M╪_j╪╪╪╪╪╪╪
H╪L╞F N╪F °╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@ ╢╕g╞╪╪#j╪╪╪╪▓σ╪╪╪╪╪╪╬ C `#░#p@╢Z╪╪╪╪
/]P╞@j╪Np q╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪" µ^╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ σ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪│ _ #╢╡_ _╞╪╪╬°╪╪╪╪╪╪
j r]\╪ ╞╪╪ ñ µ╧g╪╪╪╪╪@ Γ╪╪╪╬╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪L╞╪╪╪╪╪@_╞_ _9▐L_╢# ╕ » 9╪╬¼╪╪╪╪╪╪
╣ t `╞F @@╬/C/@@@@@@@╢ ¡,*@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@M@@@*@N@│#M╪▓Z_______@╟ @@@@@@
╞ ╞ ╞ j #¼#¼╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╬ ╬
# # F @ ╪L0L¼╪╪╪╪╪╪╪# #
# # j▓jF ╪╚╞F ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ # ___
# # j@╢╬ ╧¡¡¡¡' ╪╬ t╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ #'`"»
σ ╞ jp ╬ ¼║ ╪Fq╬ß╪╪╪╪╪╪╪# #
]╡jp ╬ Ñ╡ ¼╬_Γ ╪ ╪▓°╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╬, F
¼╬ ╬ ]╡╞╧╡°╢╦ @j@j╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ ╚j
9╕╞_ 9F¼╪#,¼b µ▓ ░ ╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪Fj«#
╬j╬╡ 9_ ó╪╡µ#_*┤ t , _6 j╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪ ░U_
_╡*N╪N╬ ¼╬_3#╬╞# j b j╪╪#,╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╪╪┤ 7 ╖qµ╡╞
_,╖» ¼╬¼u ,@L°╢╪╪▐ jr ¼╬ _g^»g@░«╪╪╪╪╪╪╪@ °╬ p J"_
*' ¼╬jq, /_/"░*╞╪╪#µ. _ j____Γµ╪#"a°░" ╪╪╪╪╪╪╪P µ╪╬ / -"╕F
N,σ╡_╡ _ ' ¼╞╪#╡___ π╪╪«╬°╪@N@ ╪╪╪╡F╢ _╞╪╪╬! µ jP
¼##N╡#" N╪╪C¿"¼╢F»"» ░ ╪╪╪@┤ µ╪╪╪«φ_╞ °" ñ
- ╞╪╪╪╪╪╪╡__ ┤ ░╪#_ t _ @░Γ*░j╞╧╡9╪╪╪O" ' ^
_/"╪@#╪╪╪╪╪╪▐╡____ 9╪╪╡ j 9_µ°░╡░_g╪╪╪╪╪╪W⌐╪╬
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____j╪╪╪#_____ ___ 3M╢╢╢╢╢╢╢╢╢╢╢╢╢'
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1999/c½w-purefeelings.txt
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⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂
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⌂ ⌂
⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ _ΓΓ╡g╡gµµµ_ ⌂⌂
______ ░##πF"»»»π@ ___
_\_,__'-,¼0╞L ╕µ╞@ \ \_ ____
' _ / »_╪L╡╪F ____ ,-\_ / \ \
. '-/ _ ¼╢╢╪╪F _\_,`-,_ \ /---\ /
- -|---,___\\ __0N╬,-'____ ( ,--╕______/
╖ ⌂ -FFF-\\ σW# \--' Y ⌂
⌂⌂ » ¼#╪____\-----'⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂ #╪ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ¼@ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂ ________ _________⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ _\_,_ _ /-' /⌂⌂
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________ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂ -|---,____\ -|-,_| »⌂⌂
/ /\ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ \\ ╖ ⌂⌂
_/_______/ \_⌂⌂ ____ » ⌂⌂
__ /_\__, \ /\ / /\ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂
'--' ___ \_/ //___/ \__ ⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
. \-/_____\/_\ \ / /\ _____ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
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'--' \//____/ /-,_ ⌂⌂
. / \ \/ /\ ______ ⌂⌂
-|----,_______/---\ ,_/-,_/ /___/ /, ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂ _\ \/ /_____/ | ____
⌂⌂⌂⌂ . /____\ | | / /\
⌂⌂⌂⌂ -|---,_______/ ┤_\ | |-/___/ /_ ___
⌂⌂⌂⌂ . \/ | | \_ \/ /\ / /\__
⌂⌂⌂⌂ -|----,________|/---' _/_/ \-/__/ / /
⌂⌂⌂⌂ . _ -' \ /-\_ \/_/\
⌂⌂⌂⌂ -FFF-|-----\______\/ _ ___/ /
⌂⌂⌂⌂ . `-' \/
⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ -|----,___,-'
⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
___ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ____⌂⌂ ⌂⌂
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░ \_. /---'\ _,-) / _____/ / __/ _ ___ ⌂⌂⌂
. ó /_ / \ ,__/ _ _/ \ __/ >--'\ __,-) / ⌂⌂⌂
- -|---,____\\ ____ >--'\\_ . |____ . \__ /_ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
╖ \\ /___ . -|--.__| ,_/-------' '-'_/ \_
» ,__/------'-,__| -FFF-|-----\____/ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂
⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ╖ ⌂⌂⌂
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⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂ ⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂-DZ.MIES-ROKK-⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂j
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1999/c½w-klam.txt
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__ __ __/\_\ /___ __\\ \/ / _/ _ \___ / ⌂⌂⌂' / /_
\_\\_\\ ___ _/ \__\__ >--'\---' /_⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂___\ ,_/ \ __
/_ __\ / '----' _/ / / __/ \⌂⌂⌂⌂ _\ // /__
\/ /______ _ /________ ____\_____\⌂⌂' ___________//_//_/,_
/______/ \ /___ __ \/ ⌂⌂⌂_ ⌂⌂⌂ -FFF-
X<__//_/,_ `⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂⌂'
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2000
2000/lot-rave.txt
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.+τ⌂7*-░"»» »»"░ñ╢╤╩╡+.
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F ¼▐
\ J
\ j┤
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_| |_ | / ___/ \ ___/ \_______ _\ /
\_ _/ \ __/__ \ __/__ \ \ / \___ /
/ \ |______\ \ \ \____\ \ /
\_______/______|z!o /___________\ /__________\z!o \_______\_______/
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░w░w_ ,ñ,ñ
░w░w_ ,ñ,ñ
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ñ, ╕/"
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2000/lot-noco.txt
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|_\-/ \ //_\\_|\//_/|_|_/_/ |
_xµµ_ / \ \ |
µñ» »L_ a░Mc |
J ._ # µ^^*w_ ___ "" _µ=m_ ___ __
J ¼L# ___ µ=m, ¼u_ µ╣J"»¼°░╢░ a*^*E__ ¼___*"""b a*░""▐
0 añ» ░⌂_ ¼_╡*m░m__ # º ßa░ _╞» F"0*_ » JNQ_a*
╢ F__ #/L K _3 »░w# a, J #¼░░" J ¼q1 wwJ_ ,*^q
¼L J▐╪╢ 7 ,┤ ╢ZJ ]¼w_ _▐ J▐¼w_ ╡▐ _µ _Mñw___▐\, ¼*╣J
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¼░****=^*w***" /»_ #____W a░__ z!o
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_|_______________
|
2001
2001/1oo-apoc.txt
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_\_____ \ ._____ /______ \ ______/_\_____ \ _____ ¼b
/ ______ \ \ \/ / \ / / \/ |/ ______ \\ \\ JL
/ \/ /. / \____/ .\/ / .| \/ /. //____// JF
\__________/ |\_________/|________|__________/ ╞
z!o|_____| \ / \ _a⌂
/ _____ \/ \ ¼░░*m_
/ | | ___\ ____ ___\_______ ________ ___________ ░w
╜╜╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛╛___|___ _\__\| __/_ ._____ / ______/__ .______/ ¼&
╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╜╛ \_____ \ |_ \ \ \/ / \/ \ ___|_ ¼K
\____ ____/ .\/ \ .|/ / \____/\_______. / \/ | 0
| |_| |__________/ _____/ | \ \_________/_________| ╢
|____| |____| \____|z!o\|_____| \ /\ ß
_\ __, /_ \ \ 0 / \ ╪
| \___/ | \ \ ¼K / \J╣
| | | | aPocaLyPsE Is nEaR! \ \ ░K / ,P
|_| _ |_| \ \ ¼m_ / _µK \
/__|__|__|___________________________\_________\____________░#µw╡µ╞░____\
Further readings
There's a lot more to say about DEL, especially about the technical aspects of character codes. I left most of that out on purpose to center my attention on the visual aspects of the glyph. However, if you are interested, there are many well written and extremely detailed articles on the minute details of telegraph machines, character code standards, control characters, early computing history and so on.
On coded character sets and ASCII, there's the massive 535 page Coded Character Sets, History and Development by Charles E. Mackenzie (1980), the slightly more approachable An annotated history of some character codes by Tom Jennings (1999, last update 2023) and The Evolution of Character Codes, 1874-1968 by Eric Fischer (2000). Aivosto's Control characters in ASCII and Unicode (2011, last update 2022) is an excellent and in-depth look focused on control characters. David M. MacMillan's Codes that Don't Count is more about the telegraph codes with a particular attention on Teletypesetters. The most invaluable source of material has been Source documents on the history of character codes compiled by Eric Fischer and shared gratuitously on the Internet Archive. But if I were to recommend something more "enjoyable" and thought-provoking to read, it would be The machine in the ghost: digitality and its consequences by Robin Boast (2017), which takes a more social and human approach to the developments of digital communication.
For texts on ASCII, there's not much unfortunately. On text art, there's WiderScreen's 2017 issue on text art as both an object of study and artistic work, and the book From ASCII Art to Comic Sans: Typography and Popular Culture in the Digital Age by Karin Wagner (2023). VileR has a great article on Game Font Forensics (2024) which has a somewhat similar theme investigating old bitmap fonts. On Amiga ASCII art specifically, there's my own BA thesis on Amiga ASCII art from 2015, which I translated to English and published here on my blog in 2023.
Footnotes
ISO/IEC 8859-1 is probably better known nowadays as Latin Alphabet No.1 or just Latin-1, and when Commodore adopted it, it was known as ECMA-94. ↩︎
There are a few Topaz versions that slightly differ from each other, but the 8×16 Topaz+ fonts, and its variants, are the de facto font for Amiga ASCII art ↩︎
Different Kickstart ROM versions shipped with slightly different versions of the Topaz font, but all of them have checkerboard pattern or diagonal lines at 0x7F. Check the comparisons at Heckmeck's blog post on Amiga Topaz ↩︎
Wikipedia: Delete character 07.04.2025 ↩︎
Campbell, Joe (1987): C programmer's guide to serial communications, p.22 ↩︎
Creed & Company Limited (1958): An introduction to Creed teleprinters and punched tape equipment p.42 ↩︎
Herbert, Thomas Ernest (1920): Telegraphy; a detailed exposition of the telegraph system of the British post office Scan by Internet Archive / Google p.482 ↩︎
Ross, Hugh McGregor (1962): Letter 441/HMcGR/DB. Included in the "Source documents on the history of character codes, 1963-02", compiled by Eric Fischer, on Internet Archive ↩︎
Herbert, T. E. (1920). Telegraphy: A detailed exposition of the telegraph system of the British Post Office (p.482) ↩︎
ANSI X3.4-1977: American National Standards Institute. ASCII Format for Information Interchange. Adopted in FIPS PUB 1-2 by NIST, 1977. ↩︎
ANSI X3.4-1977: American National Standards Institute. ASCII Format for Information Interchange. Adopted in FIPS PUB 1-2 by NIST, 1977., p.11 ↩︎
Jennings, Tom (2023): An annotated history of some character codes 19.02.2025 ↩︎
https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ferrantipemingMan1962_40324310/page/n135/mode/2up ↩︎
Campbell, J. (1987). C Programmer’s Guide to Serial Communications (p.21). Internet Archive ↩︎
Ross, Hugh McGregor (1961): Considerations in Choosing a Character Code for Computers and Punched Tapes. Included in the "Source documents on the history of character codes, 1960-1961", compiled by Eric Fischer, on Internet Archive ↩︎
Control characters in ASCII and Unicode, Aivosto 19.2.2025 ↩︎
Dubost, Karl (2008): UTF-8 Growth On The Web. W3C Blog. World Wide Web Consortium. http://www.w3.org/blog/2008/05/utf8-web-growth/ 19.2.2025. ↩︎
Ross, Hugh McGregor (1962): Letter 441/HMcGR/DB. Included in the "Source documents on the history of character codes, 1963-02", compiled by Eric Fischer, on Internet Archive ↩︎
Bemer, R. W. (1960): Survey of coded character representation. Communications of the ACM Volume 3, Issue 12 (Dec. 1960), 639–642. https://doi.org/10.1145/367487.367493 ↩︎
Felton, G.E. (1962): The Pegasus Programming Manual Ferranti Ltd ↩︎
Ross, Hugh McGregor (1961): Considerations in Choosing a Character Code for Computers and Punched Tapes. Included in the "Source documents on the history of character codes, 1960-1961", compiled by Eric Fischer, on Internet Archive ↩︎
Ross, Hugh McGregor (1961): Punched tape codes. Available online at chilton-computing.org.uk 06.03.2025 ↩︎
ECMA (1963): Ecma philosophy on codes. Included in the "Source documents on the history of character codes, 1963-02", compiled by Eric Fischer, on Internet Archive ↩︎
ECMA (1968): ECMA Standard for the Graphic Representation of Control Characters of the ECMA 7 bit Coded Character Set for Information Interchange. Online scan 07.03.2025 ↩︎
Michael, George (2000): "The Radiation Printer" 8.4.2025 ↩︎
Convair/General Dynamics (1963): The Mark of Man [Film]. Uploaded by San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives on YouTube, April 17, 2012. ↩︎
de Beauclair (1968): Rechnen mit Maschinen ↩︎
Tubetime.us (2018): A Vacuum Tube ROM? 8.4.2025 ↩︎
Paul Allen King, Jr. (1969): A Novel Solid State Character Generator.. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ↩︎
Hoard of Bitmap fonts repository has bitmap dumps of the TRS-80 Model I, Model III, Model 4 character sets ↩︎
Matthew Reed's TRS-80.org: Why was the Model I uppercase only? ↩︎
Electronic Design V26 N10 (1978) Scan on Internet Archive p. 12. 07.03.2025 ↩︎
CPC wiki on Amstrad CPC Character Set ROMs ↩︎
DamienG (2011): Typography in 8 bits: System fonts 8.4.2025 ↩︎
w2hx (2024): LA-120 Decwriter III - Self Test Problem and Fix!. Youtube video. 8.4.2025. ↩︎
SPERRY UNIVAC (1983): Universal Terminal System 20 (UTS 20) Single Station System Description ↩︎
Wikipedia, Teletext character sets 07.03.2025 ↩︎
text-mode.org (2025): Mattel Aquarius (1983) character graphics set. 9.4.2025 ↩︎
Limi, Alex (2023): TopazDouble ↩︎
heckmeck.de (2024): Amiga Topaz 1.4 9.4.2025 ↩︎
Ross, Hugh McGregor (1962): Letter 441/HMcGR/DB. Included in the "Source documents on the history of character codes, 1963-02", compiled by Eric Fischer, on Internet Archive ↩︎
A relevant discussion on "What is DEL for?" ↩︎
See Sebastiano Vigna's Linux Backspace/Delete mini-HOWTO, Anne Baretta's Consistent BackSpace and Delete Configuration and Kermit FAQ's My Backspace Key doesn't work! ↩︎
Commodore Amiga 500 User Manual. Scan online p.238 ↩︎
AmigaOS Wiki: Intuition keyboard ↩︎
Bettencourt, Rebecca; Ewell, Doug; Bánffy, Ricardo; Everson, Michael; Hietaniemi, Jarkko; Silva, Eduardo Marín; Mårtenson, Elias; Shoulson, Mark; Steele, Shawn; Turner, Rebecca (2021-12-20): Proposal to add further characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS ↩︎