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		evanwolf on Jan 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Artpacks.org – Archive of the ANSI and AS... Where's the pre-1990 ASCII art? I first saw ASCII art in 1972. Snoopy surfing and shouting "Kowabunga!" printed on a line printer on the Santa Monica High School's UNIVAC in 1972. Let's capture the older works too.

jzzskijj on Jan 29, 2015 [–]

You mean this stuff? http://artscene.textfiles.com/asciiart/snoopy.untab

At least some of it is preserved in textfiles.com.

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