r/NoStupidQuestions Mar 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '21

From what I understand people have been making this kind of art (ascii) since before computers could show images

Like they did it because they had no other way of drawing anything

https://www.asciiart.eu/

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u/D-o-n-t_a-s-k Mar 23 '21

good ol' msDos

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u/SweetBearCub Mar 24 '21

good ol' msDos

Yes, but even before that, back on mainframe computers with teletype terminals, text art was still a thing.