This is a collection of ASCII Art files from a site called rtty.com, run by George Hutchison (W7KSJ) and William Bytheway (AA6ED). This site is dedicated to a machine called a "Radio Teletype", and the amateur operatiors of these machines. Besides the technical aspects and the lore, there are these picture files, most of them from the 1970's, that represent ASCII art predating the BBS.
From the pages these were taken from: "The Teletype Artwork on these pages is the product of many different authors and artists over the years. Recent efforts on the part of Bob Roehrig, John Foust, Tom Jennings, and John Sheetz have sparked new interest in this art form.... We have found the easiest way to print the pictures is to save the files to disk, and using the editor in DOS, call each one into the edit mode and then print it. The DOS editor is also fairly straightforward in enabling corrections and modifications."
There are two different types of files here: PIX and POX. The .PIX files are easier to decode: they are one line of text for every line printed. The .POX files use what are called "overstrike" characters: some of the lines are meant to be printed over several times (by not putting in a carriage return) so that the characters will be much darker than would normally be seen in this situation. Work has been done at rtty.com to have Java viewers of the final files.
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Size |
Description of the Textfile |
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adam$eve.pix | 5376 | Picture of Adam and Eve (Actually Just Eve)
| andycap.pix | 5248 | Image of Andy Capp by Don (W8DIS)
| batman.pix | 3840 | Picture of Batman's Face
| bbardot.pix | 4992 | Image of Brigitte Bardot by Anthony Mawby and Robert Connell
| bcarter.pox | 7168 | Image of Billy Carter by Kent (W9LZQ)
| bigben.pox | 10112 | Image of Big Ben
| castle.pix | 6528 | My Home is My Castle, by Klaus (DF7FB) (1980)
| caveman.pix | 5888 | Image of Caveman on Unicycle
| chamglas.pix | 4352 | Image of Woman in Champagne Glass, by K6EQV
| cookie.pix | 4864 | Image of Cookie from Beetle Bailey by John (WB4GlJ)
| cougar.pix | 3072 | Image of Cougar from an Original Charcoal by Dennis Droz (K7OOW)
| cowboy.pix | 5632 | Image of Cowboy: "Sudden Settlement" by Bill Skipper (K0ARG)
| crane.pox | 15744 | Image of Japanese Craine by N. Tsuruno
| cy.pix | 2711 | Image of Cy, the Iowa State University Mascot, by Doug (Wn0nRK)
| cylonrdr.pix | 3328 | Image of a Cylon Raider by Dick (K7WYNC)
| dog.pox | 5888 | Image of Greta, my German Shepherd, by Winky (AD4M)
| dtchme.pix | 10880 | Noli M Tangere (Don't Touch Me), by DL6US (1975)
| edison.pix | 4736 | Image of Thomas A Edison by Bill (W2LTJ)
| entrpriz.pix | 13573 | Image of the Star Trek Enterprise "Space - The Final Frontier)
| f4e.pix | 4480 | Image of a F4E Phantom U.S. Airforce Attack Fighter by Neil (K9WRL)
| facegirl.pix | 3584 | Image of a Girl's Face, b W0CQN (October, 1978)
| fang.pix | 5248 | Image of Siamese Pussy Cat by Don (WA6PIR)
| fccgirl.pix | 6016 | The FCC Takes the Fun Out of Everything
| ffstone.pix | 7168 | Image of Fred Flinstone
| frnchnd.pix | 4608 | Image of French Nude, by F6DEG
| fshnfrg.pix | 6656 | Image of Fishin' Frog by Bill (WD5HRB)
| garroway.pix | 3840 | Image of Dave Garroway by Larsson of Teletype Corporation
| genhtrk.pix | 4736 | Image of General Halftrack from Beetle Bailey by Tom (WB3FJY)
| george.pix | 5248 | Image of George Washington by WA6PIR
| getinout.pox | 14592 | Image of "Getting Out" Recreational Vehicle, by Al (WA7LQP) (November 23, 1974)
| girl.pix | 6784 | Image of Topless Girl with Bikini Shorts
| girlface.pix | 2304 | Image of Girl's Face
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| There are 32 files for a total of 199,196 bytes. |