8 Apr
2013
8 Apr
'13
7:47 a.m.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Dave Land" <xmechanic at landcomp.net>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Sent: 08/04/2013 06:43:50
Subject: Re: Computer ASCII Text Art from the 1970's
On 4/7/13 12:24 PM, craig at solomonson.net wrote:
The line printer was the weapon of
choice. I seem to think 600
Lines/Minute is typical. So that is about 10 seconds per page. So
something like Santa's sleigh and Reindeer could be printed in a couple
of minutes. Watching something like that come off was almost hynotic...
I ran across some old computer art from the
1970's while sorting
through
some old boxes in storage. It seems like nearly every computer lab and
room
had a few posters hanging on the wall. As I recall, Snoopy was
probably the
most popular subject along with "space stuff." I just had to piece
these old
posters together and see what I had printed back in 1981. It turns out
that
at least 2 of them were from the Princeton University Computer Center
Clinic
and done by Samuel P. Harbison in 1973. The third one of the Golden
Gate
Bridge is huge (8 ft. wide and 6.5 ft. tall) and no credits were
given. Here
are some photos of them for those that are interested:
Golden Gate Bridge (with a PAA airplane) - 96" x 78":
http://www.solomonson.net/computers/GoldenGate.jpg
One Giant Leap (man on the moon) - 40" x 33":
http://www.solomonson.net/computers/GiantLeap.jpg
The Moon - 59" x 55":
http://www.solomonson.net/computers/Moon.jpg
Very cool stuff! Must have taken days, just to print those at the
speeds of the average daisy wheel printer in that time period. :)
(or teletype if that was the weapon of choice) 
-- Dave Land
Land Computer Service
Check out my site at http://www.landcomp.net
Dave
G4UGM