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ASCII
Name	ASCII
Location	De PUNT
Date	2014/07/28
Time	19:00
PeopleOrganisations	Hackers & Designers
Type	Meetup
Web	Yes
Print	No

An evening of dot matrix printer nostalgia

ASCII Art refers to text based images popularized in the late 1980’s on the new personal computers, dialup billboard services, and the early internet. During the event Hackers & Designers offered the opportunity to resurrect 5.25” floppy disks full of ASCII cartoon characters or ASCII porn and taught participants how to create own (master)pieces via automatic translation of PNGs or JPEGs to ASCII (or even create works manually, character by character).

A line-feed dot matrix printer was provided, so everyone could print their works...very loudly...very slowly...like it was 1989 all over again.

Truly seasoned dot matrix printer users can also create sound or music: http://vimeo.com/m/58200103

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-{{Meetups
+{{Event
-|Date=Thursday, 28.07.
+|Name=ASCII
-|Year=2015
+|Location=De PUNT
-|Time=19:30
+|Date=2014/07/28
-|Location=De Punt, Frans de Wollantstraat 84, 1018 SC Amsterdam
+|Time=19:00
+|PeopleOrganisations=Hackers & Designers
+|Type=Meetup
+|Web=Yes
+|Print=No
 }}
+[[File:ASCII.jpg|ASCII Nostalgia]]
+=== An evening of dot matrix printer nostalgia ===
-ASCII Art refers to text based images popularized in the late 1980’s on the new personal computers, dialup billboard services, and the early internet. Perhaps you too want to resurrect your 5.25” floppy disks full of ASCII cartoon characters or ASCII porn. We’ll also show how you can create your own pieces via automatic translation of PNGs or JPEGs to ASCII, or you can even create manual pieces character by character.
+ASCII Art refers to text based images popularized in the late 1980’s on the new personal computers, dialup billboard services, and the early internet. During the event [[Hackers & Designers]] offered the opportunity to resurrect 5.25” floppy disks full of ASCII cartoon characters or ASCII porn and taught participants how to create own (master)pieces via automatic translation of PNGs or JPEGs to ASCII (or even create works manually, character by character).
-We’ll also have a line-feed dot matrix printer on site so you can print the works...very loudly...very slowly...like it was 1989 all over again.
+A line-feed dot matrix printer was provided, so everyone could print their works...very loudly...very slowly...like it was 1989 all over again.
-Truly seasoned dot matrix printer users can also create sound or music:
+''Truly seasoned dot matrix printer users can also create sound or music:''
 http://vimeo.com/m/58200103
-BRING PIECES OF ART OR MUSIC IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THEM FOR ALL TO ENJOY!
-–––
+[[File:Ascii print.png|450px|]]
-Soup for 4€ or 0,009 ฿*
-Beer for 2€ or 0.0045 ฿*
-*Bitcoin beer price based on the rate of june 18th 2014
-[[File:ASCII.jpg|ASCII Nostalgia]]