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MikeSafetyNZ t1_jbu873t wrote

https://www.asciimation.co.nz/ did it in ascii years aho

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doge-chaser t1_jbuj195 wrote

There was a telnet server that did it long before that.

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FamousM1 t1_jbuk7yp wrote

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

https://youtu.be/q1U6v07v90g

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doge-chaser t1_jbvk38c wrote

That's the one. Fond memories of connecting on the school computers back in the day.

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Bmandk t1_jbxfq3o wrote

It also credits a guy named Simon, same first name as the other guy. Highly likely to be the same

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FamousM1 t1_jbyndqk wrote

I never paid attention to the credits, but looking back at it it seems like the ASCII site that was posted is the original work from Simon and then Sten Spans of blinkinlights "tellnetified" it

Good eye!

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berickphilip t1_jbv292t wrote

This is actually better and more impressive! I was a bit disappointed about the massive quantity of square frames wtth small dots and huge quantities of text on the "graphic" (it looked more like a text script with tiny text font with explanatory diagrams). The ascii animations and content must have been extremely challenging to create. And the same for the telnet someone posted below.

EDIT: unfortunately, it is not the full complete story..

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Matthias720 t1_jbuij70 wrote

My first thought as well. How technology improves, right?

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