11 Apr
2013
11 Apr
'13
8:13 p.m.
At 12:39 PM 4/11/2013, Sam O'nella wrote:
http://www.vintage.org/exhibit99.html has a better
picture of it from the
now CHM.
"Better" as in that one is 320 x 240 pixels and mine was 122 x 184? :)
- John
11 Apr
11 Apr
8:49 p.m.
On 04/11/2013 12:13 PM, John Foust wrote:
At 12:39 PM 4/11/2013, Sam O'nella wrote:
My recollection of the ML was that it was a FORTRAN program with data
cards. It took quite a while to print even on a fast (512) line printer
because of the multiple overstrikes (those can really bog a printer
down).
My vote's still for the Playboy bunny.
--Chuck
http://www.vintage.org/exhibit99.html has a
better picture of it from the
now CHM.
"Better" as in that one is 320 x 240 pixels and mine was 122 x 184? :)
10:11 p.m.
At 02:49 PM 4/11/2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
My recollection of the ML was that it was a FORTRAN
program with data cards. It took quite a while to print even on a fast (512) line printer
because of the multiple overstrikes (those can really bog a printer down).
Was that Mona Lisa in the CHM / VCF exhibit done on a plotter or a printer?
I have no doubt there were overstrike or printed versions, but I thought
that one had something different about it.
- John
10:51 p.m.
On 04/11/2013 02:11 PM, John Foust wrote:
At 02:49 PM 4/11/2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
The only ons that I saw was line-printer art. But that CHM one could be
something else.
--Chuck
My recollection of the ML was that it was a
FORTRAN program with data cards. It took quite a while to print even on a fast (512) line
printer because of the multiple overstrikes (those can really bog a printer down).
Was that Mona Lisa in the CHM / VCF exhibit done on a plotter or a printer?
I have no doubt there were overstrike or printed versions, but I thought
that one had something different about it. 
12 Apr
12 Apr
12:06 a.m.
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013, John Foust wrote:
At 02:49 PM 4/11/2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Internet sources state that the "Mona by the Numbers" image was done on
a plotter. There is some info and a few links at the bottom of this page:
http://rostenbach.com/mona/mona.htm
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
My recollection of the ML was that it was a
FORTRAN program with data cards. It took quite a while to print even on a fast (512) line
printer because of the multiple overstrikes (those can really bog a printer down).
Was that Mona Lisa in the CHM / VCF exhibit done on a plotter or a printer?
I have no doubt there were overstrike or printed versions, but I thought
that one had something different about it.
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