-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic- bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Ken via vcf- midatlantic Sent: 06 November 2016 23:33 To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Ken <kenzolist@lastever.org> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Suggestions? East XII keynoters

At 11/6/2016 06:11 PM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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Sam [Harbison] was one of the ASCII overstrike art pioneers. His name is on several of the large prints, such as Buzz Aldrin on the moon, and Spock holding the Enterprise. He was at Princeton in 1973. See my ASCII Art page for details:

http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ASCII/

Fantastic! I'd merely appreciated and speculated on these printouts back on the day, and had never gotten to read the history/tech before this.

Not really "ASCII Artwork," though...as he mentions in the interview, it was EBCDIC!

- Ken

If you get Sam I will have to come again. Always fascinated me. I remember when they had a purge of such files on the 360/67 at Newcastle Uni a little note, written on a Punch Card was pinned on the notice board, it think it read.. "Due to a lack of Reindeer this Christmas will not be directing an output stream down Roger Broughton's Chimney, Signed S Claus" Roger was I think Ops Manager at the time.. http://archive.michigan-terminal-system.org/images#TOC-Photos-from-Roger-Bro ughton-s-Home-Page Dave Wade