Comments on: Old School with ASCIIwp http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chris champion http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68875 chris champion Thu, 17 May 2007 22:10:43 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68875 You are in a blog. In front of you is ASCII art. You see several people making comments. >_ You are in a blog. In front of you is ASCII art. You see several people making comments.

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]]> By: Tom Turner http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68827 Tom Turner Thu, 17 May 2007 16:11:50 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68827 Talk about throwback. Definitely reminds me of some of the MUDS that I used to troll around in. It's funny though, with all of the new web 2.0 chat applications out there, my online gaming guild still used IRC as their primary source for chat communications. Nothing better than /me smacks %%t around with a trout! Talk about throwback. Definitely reminds me of some of the MUDS that I used to troll around in. It’s funny though, with all of the new web 2.0 chat applications out there, my online gaming guild still used IRC as their primary source for chat communications. Nothing better than /me smacks %%t around with a trout!

]]> By: Aaron Smith http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68790 Aaron Smith Thu, 17 May 2007 10:07:37 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68790 Carrier Pigeon? We just had one guy in a bird costume that would run our messages back and forth! ... we always wondered about him. Not right in the head, I say ... Carrier Pigeon? We just had one guy in a bird costume that would run our messages back and forth!

… we always wondered about him. Not right in the head, I say …

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68762 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 17 May 2007 04:21:17 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68762 800 baud? I wish! I had a smokin' hot 300 baud modem. I could type faster :-) You kids and your gigabit ethernet LANs... Back in my day, we sent IP packets by carrier pigeon, and we liked it. 800 baud? I wish! I had a smokin’ hot 300 baud modem. I could type faster :-)

You kids and your gigabit ethernet LANs… Back in my day, we sent IP packets by carrier pigeon, and we liked it.

]]> By: Ben http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68753 Ben Thu, 17 May 2007 02:18:41 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68753 I'm far too young to roll with you people when it comes to remembering ASCI art in it's prime and 800 baud modems. I do however, have fond memories of playing Trade Wars via a local BBS system on my Packard Bell and my 14400 modem. I’m far too young to roll with you people when it comes to remembering ASCI art in it’s prime and 800 baud modems. I do however, have fond memories of playing Trade Wars via a local BBS system on my Packard Bell and my 14400 modem.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68743 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 17 May 2007 01:27:03 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68743 Just needs to be phosphor green on black. perfection. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Just needs to be phosphor green on black. perfection.

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

]]> By: Sylvia Martinez http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68742 Sylvia Martinez Thu, 17 May 2007 01:22:57 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68742 You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike... You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike…

]]> By: Chris Craft http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/comment-page-1/#comment-68728 Chris Craft Wed, 16 May 2007 23:26:32 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2007/05/16/old-school-with-asciiwp/#comment-68728 Mine is loading up ProComm Plus on my old 8088 with a CGA card (had to be an early color adopter, right?!) and dialing into Moonshae, which later became Galacticomm BBS. They had like 4 lines, WHOA! Man, old school. I remember my first 8088, totally monochrome. Thanks for the good reminiscience. Chris Mine is loading up ProComm Plus on my old 8088 with a CGA card (had to be an early color adopter, right?!) and dialing into Moonshae, which later became Galacticomm BBS. They had like 4 lines, WHOA!

Man, old school. I remember my first 8088, totally monochrome. Thanks for the good reminiscience.

Chris

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