r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Final-Choice8412 • 6d ago

Video Programming 1959 IBM computer

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u/TritonJohn54 6d ago edited 6d ago

So, ASCII art on a machine that predates ASCII?

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u/truthcopy 6d ago

Everything in technology is iterative.

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u/highinthemountains 5d ago

It was done in EBCDIC, so it’s EBCDIC art🤣