[GreenKeys] Early early computer-created teletype art

[Ralph Mowery]

I don’t have anything specific on the teletypes, but the art form has been around for a long time.  Just look for typewriter art.

Such as here:

 

https://hyperallergic.com/242249/looking-back-on-100-years-of-typewriter-art/

 

https://www.oocities.org/spunk1111/history.htm

 

 

Around 1980 I ‘wasted’ much time with the rtty art.  Did not produce any,but there was several that used a 220 mhz repeater in Winston-Salem that copied lots of art off 20 meters and passed it around via the repeater.

 

I probably have 300-400 tapes with art on them for the teletype machine.  They are probably so old now they will not run.

 

Ralph ku4pt

 

 

 

 

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick England
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2019 4:50 PM
To: Greenkeys
Subject: [GreenKeys] Early early computer-created teletype art

 

A buddy is writing a history of computer graphics and that got me wondering - I believe that creating artwork (graphs, images, cartoons, weather maps) on teletypes was well known before WW2. Does anyone have any good references?

 

Does anyone know of examples of the Colossus or Eniac printers turning out anything other than straightforward numerical text? Either officially or as the sort of thing a bunch of bright young folks might get up to after hours?

I think even a histogram would count as the first computer generated image.

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Instances of teletype printer artwork from other prehistoric computers are welcome too. Feel free to distribute this plea on any early computer history lists..

Cheers,

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

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