8 Apr
2013
8 Apr
'13
11:21 a.m.
On Sun, 7 Apr 2013, Dave Land wrote:
On 4/7/13 12:24 PM, craig at solomonson.net wrote:
The pictures done by Sam Harbison were specifically designed for the
IBM line printers of the time, such as the 1403:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1403
Even with overstrike, it wouldn't have taken long to produce an image.
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
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:
...
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)