[GreenKeys] Early early computer-created teletype art

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Here’s a nice repository :) :…

http://www.rtty.com/gallery/gallery.htm


> On Aug 9, 2019, at 4:49 pm, Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146 at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> 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:
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> https://hyperallergic.com/242249/looking-back-on-100-years-of-typewriter-art/
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> https://www.oocities.org/spunk1111/history.htm
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> 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.
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> I probably have 300-400 tapes with art on them for the teletype machine.  They are probably so old now they will not run.
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> Ralph ku4pt
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> 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
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> 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?
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> 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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