BINARY PASSION -- 01♥ -- a little     
     tribute to textmode graphics.     

     Specifically, it's a tribute to     
     the artscene, a textmode     
     underground scene for ASCII and     
     ANSI art that peaked in the early     
     90's. An art form from before     
     there was the World Wide Web,     
     social media tracking scripts,     
     and when the connected life     
     depended upon dialup modems.     
     Ahh...


                  _,/\__
      _,/\_ ____ \\    /____ _,/\__
    __\    |   /_|         /_\    /______
 \ \\__    |   _/_     |          |   __//
    _/    / \     \_   |     \_   |     \_
    \_______     ╓_/___|    ╓_/____    ╓_/
          |______/    |_____/  \\______/

                -╖- WHY -╖-                

     I like the nostalgia of the old     
     text interfaces and the creative     
     mindset that we needed to use all     
     of the constraints of limited     
     space, character set, and set     
     amount of colors to achieve great     
     things. Many tools we rely on     
     are still run in the terminal,     
     and the output is ASCII graphics.     

     This little site consists of     
     various resources collected and     
     curated over the years. Enjoy and     
     take a little dive into     
     text-mode art. If you were     
     around, remember the old times;     
     if you weren’t, get inspired and     
     explore a few of the resources if     
     this piques your interest.     

     -- Chris // bzr



     _,/\______  _,/\______  _,/\__
   __\_____   /__\_   _    \_\    /______
  \\__    _   _/_     |   _/_     ______//
   _/     |      \_          \_   |     \_
   \_______     ╓_/___|     ╓_/____    ╓_/
         |______/    |______/    |_____/

                -╖- ART -╖-                

              Great resources              
              to get started:              


  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Sixteen Colors                       |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | An archive of ANSI and ASCII art,    |  
  | preserving artpacks released         |  
  | through the BBS underground art      |  
  | scene from the early 1990s to the    |  
  | present time.                        |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Artpacks.org                         |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Artpacks.org is an archive of the    |  
  | BBS, ANSI, and ASCII art scenes      |  
  | from 1990 to the present. Artpacks   |  
  | are recognized as one of the         |  
  | primary reasons the early computer   |  
  | art scene is so well preserved and   |  
  | documented compared to other         |  
  | underground computer scenes at the   |  
  | time.                                |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | aSCIIaRENA                           |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Up Rough and Divine Stylers have     |  
  | created a community for ASCII        |  
  | artists. It is focused on the Amiga  |  
  | scene and art produced to be viewed  |  
  | with the Amiga fonts.                |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | ANSI Files at Defacto2               |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Defacto2 is a website committed to   |  
  | preserving the historic PC cracking  |  
  | and warez scene subcultures. It      |  
  | covers digital objects, including    |  
  | text files, demos, music, art,       |  
  | magazines, and other projects. This  |  
  | is the collection of ANSI files.     |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | text-mode.org                        |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Text graphics: ASCII, PETSCII and    |  
  | its distant relatives.               |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Cleaner Alternative Museum           |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Here, you will find ASCii, ANSi, and |  
  | Demoscene productions. Frederic      |  
  | Cambus has put a lot of love and     |  
  | labor into building a fantastic      |  
  | resource for the old art scene.      |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Text Art by Roy/SAC                  |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Retired ASCII and ANSI artist        |  
  | Carsten Cumbrowski put together a    |  
  | great resource on roysac.com         |  
  | between 2000-2014. Information       |  
  | about more or less everything        |  
  | related to the art scene of text     |  
  | mode art.                            |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Mistigris                            |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | Outlier computer arts since 1994     |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | ASCII ART - TEXTFILES                |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | An extensive collection of ASCII art |  
  | packs and releases from the early    |  
  | '90s and forward.                    |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | ART PACKS - TEXTFILES                |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | A collection of monthly "Art Packs", |  
  | where groups of artists would        |  
  | release the previous 30 days' worth  |  
  | of work. It started as ANSI-related  |  
  | artwork but included ASCII art,      |  
  | pixel art, and poetry.               |  
  +--------------------------------------+  

  +--------------------------------------+  
  | ACiD COLLECTION - TEXTFILES          |
  +--------------------------------------+  
  | A collection of artpacks, artwork,   |  
  | photographs, and other artifacts     |  
  | from the group ACiD (ANSI Creators   |  
  | in Demand). One of the groups I was  |  
  | active in way back...                |  
  +--------------------------------------+  



  ________//______________________________
  |                                      |
  |  This is the FILE_ID.DIZ version     |
  |  of the site, capped at 44 chars     |
  |  wide. It makes it accessable on a   |
  |  mobile, but lacks a lot of the      |
  |  artwork presented in the wider      |
  :  version. So, feel free to rotate    |
  ,  your device or come back when       |
  |  you're at a larger screen.          |
  |_______________________,,//__ . ._____|


      BINARY PASSION -- 01♥ -- a little tribute to textmode graphics.      

      Specifically, it's a tribute to the artscene, a textmode      
      underground scene for ASCII and ANSI art that peaked in the early      
      90's. An art form from before there was the World Wide Web, social      
      media tracking scripts, and when the connected life depended upon      
      dialup modems. Ahh...


                                  _,/\__
                      _,/\_ ____ \\    /____ _,/\__
                    __\    |   /_|         /_\    /______
                 \ \\__    |   _/_     |          |   __//
                    _/    / \     \_   |     \_   |     \_
                    \_______     ╓_/___|    ╓_/____    ╓_/
 +------------------------|______/----|_____/--\\______/----------------------+


      I like the nostalgia of the old text interfaces and the creative      
      mindset that we needed to use all of the constraints of limited      
      space, character set, and set amount of colors to achieve great      
      things. Many tools we rely on are still run in the terminal, and      
      the output is ASCII graphics.      

      This little site consists of various resources collected and      
      curated over the years. Enjoy and take a little dive into text-mode      
      art. If you were around, remember the old times; if you weren’t,      
      get inspired and explore a few of the resources if this piques your      
      interest.      

      -- Chris // bzr



                      _,/\______  _,/\______  _,/\__
                    __\_____   /__\_   _    \_\    /______
                 \ \\__    _   _/_     |   _/_     ______// /
                    _/     |      \_          \_   |     \_
                    \_______     ╓_/___|     ╓_/____    ╓_/
 +------------------------|______/----|______/----|_____/---------------------+

                         Great resources to get started                        


     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Sixteen Colors                                                     |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | An archive of ANSI and ASCII art, preserving artpacks released     |     
     | through the BBS underground art scene from the early 1990s to the  |     
     | present time.                                                      |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Artpacks.org                                                       |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Artpacks.org is an archive of the BBS, ANSI, and ASCII art scenes  |     
     | from 1990 to the present. Artpacks are recognized as one of the    |     
     | primary reasons the early computer art scene is so well preserved  |     
     | and documented compared to other underground computer scenes at    |     
     | the time.                                                          |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | aSCIIaRENA                                                         |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Up Rough and Divine Stylers have created a community for ASCII     |     
     | artists. It is focused on the Amiga scene and art produced to be   |     
     | viewed with the Amiga fonts.                                       |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | ANSI Files at Defacto2                                             |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Defacto2 is a website committed to preserving the historic PC      |     
     | cracking and warez scene subcultures. It covers digital objects,   |     
     | including text files, demos, music, art, magazines, and other      |     
     | projects. This is the collection of ANSI files.                    |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | text-mode.org                                                      |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Text graphics: ASCII, PETSCII and its distant relatives.           |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Cleaner Alternative Museum                                         |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Here, you will find ASCii, ANSi, and Demoscene productions.        |     
     | Frederic Cambus has put a lot of love and labor into building a    |     
     | fantastic resource for the old art scene.                          |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Text Art by Roy/SAC                                                |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Retired ASCII and ANSI artist Carsten Cumbrowski put together a    |     
     | great resource on roysac.com between 2000-2014. Information about  |     
     | more or less everything related to the art scene of text mode      |     
     | art.                                                               |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Mistigris                                                          |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | Outlier computer arts since 1994                                   |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | ASCII ART - TEXTFILES                                              |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | An extensive collection of ASCII art packs and releases from the   |     
     | early '90s and forward.                                            |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | ART PACKS - TEXTFILES                                              |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | A collection of monthly "Art Packs", where groups of artists would |     
     | release the previous 30 days' worth of work. It started as         |     
     | ANSI-related artwork but included ASCII art, pixel art, and        |     
     | poetry.                                                            |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     

     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | ACiD COLLECTION - TEXTFILES                                        |
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     
     | A collection of artpacks, artwork, photographs, and other          |     
     | artifacts from the group ACiD (ANSI Creators in Demand). One of    |     
     | the groups I was active in way back...                             |     
     +--------------------------------------------------------------------+     




  +--------------------------------------+

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