ansi graphics using thedraw

2006.04.02 21.23

I ran a BBS on a Texas Instruments BusinessPro XT PC from 1988 to 1995 or thereabouts. You couldn't do real graphics back then, but you could use MS-DOS extended ASCII characters to make pretty pictures. I used a DOS program called THEDRAW to do my work. It was a huge pain in the *ss to work with, but I managed to master it. Here's a few examples of stuff I drew from back in the day. The first example was an alternate opening logon screen from the BBS. The second one was put up when I was on vacation in Europe in 1992. My assistant Jason (Hotdogger) was in charge of the site so I drew up a little cartoon about it since I couldn't be contacted. The last one is a borg I drew for something else although I don't recall what I used it for. Check out my Youthenasia page if you want to see a couple other examples.

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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed here are my own only and in no way represent the views, positions or opinions - expressed or implied - of my employers both past and present. « joined a gym \| Main \| countdown to superman returns » ansi graphics using thedraw 2006.04.02 21.23 I ran a BBS on a Texas Instruments BusinessPro XT PC from 1988 to 1995 or thereabouts. You couldn't do real graphics back then, but you could use MS-DOS extended ASCII characters to make pretty pictures. I used a DOS program called THEDRAW to do my work. It was a huge pain in the *ss to work with, but I managed to master it. Here's a few examples of stuff I drew from back in the day. The first example was an alternate opening logon screen from the BBS. The second one was put up when I was on vacation in Europe in 1992. My assistant Jason (Hotdogger) was in charge of the site so I drew up a little cartoon about it since I couldn't be contacted. The last one is a borg I drew for something else although I don't recall what I used it for. Check out my Youthenasia page if you want to see a couple other examples. « joined a gym \| Main \| countdown to superman returns »