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In my recent series ANSI art and webcomics, I debunked a false assertion that began in a history book and propagated across the web. Now it's time to solve the mystery of an old ANSI art screen that I myself helped propagate across the web 20 years ago. A

Don Lokke Jr. drew hundreds of political "telecomics" in the early 1990s in the ANSI art format as part of a business selling syndicated content to sysops.

In 1994, a teenager wanted to be noticed in the ANSI art scene. So he created "Inspector Dangerfuck": a profane, stoned, gray-skinned cartoon detective.

When I published the original four-part "Bringing dry bones back to life" series where I shared 10 pieces of previously-lost computer programs developed by Yaakov Kirschen, I couldn't include "Magic Harp," his original Amiga-based "artificial creativity"

Ever wonder what the Jewish version of Pac-Man might look like? In the early 1980s, video games were exploding in popularity with kids and microcomputers were becoming available Israel. The Gesher organization saw potential in developing educational softw

An introduction to 10 once-lost computer programs developed by Yaakov Kirschen in Israel in the 1980s.

As I continue imaging and curating a collection of Apple II software I received last year, I have an increased appreciation for the importance of preserving physical floppy disks. I have a floppy which contains a copy of a game called "Nosh Kosh." To pres

Paul Witte and Herb Flower reminisce about creating their BBS door game for the Atari ST -- and its amazing graphical front-end client.

This BBS game for the Atari ST featured a graphical front-end client with eye-catching pixel art and attention to the little details. It was worth playing to the end.

This is the first installment in my series "A different way to play" about front-end clients for BBS door games. Silent. Simple. Social. I suspect that's how many people remember BBS door games. In our memories, we recall quaint multiplayer, turn-based, t