OT: Show how old you are with printer/punch card control codes.

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Mon May 22 21:54:22 2000

At 05:41 PM 5/22/00 -0500, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
>I could make a single Tar file out of em, and put it on a web site for a
>day or so for you to grab it... or maybe mail you some floppy disks.
>Now if I could just get a hold of a wide carriage printer that can do
>overstrikes and uses 11x17, or 11x14 or whatever the correct size is...
>of course, a DecWriter III is perfect for printing these... Too bad I
>dont have the space for one.

I'm slowed by sloth, too. I've been meaning to get around to putting
up all the ASCII files to match the images I have on my site, and to
generate images for the entire collection, but it's time-consuming
and hand-laborious. As explained on my page, I've made a simple C tool
that translates at least one variety of overstrike ASCII into an
Adobe Illustrator file, which easily imports into PhotoShop, thereby
rasterizing into a web-friendly bitmap. Of course, Illustrator will
also do a nice job of printing the art on any laser printer, including
the tricky job of tiling the pieces.

I still harbor the fantasy that I could make a zillion dollars
by firing up the ASR-33 in the basement to crank out RARE ORIGINAL
ASCII art posters that could be sold on eBay.

- John
Received on Mon May 22 2000 - 21:54:22 BST