[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":387},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-8962810":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":39,"post_text":43,"what":44,"said":95,"maker_in_thread":203,"shape":213,"grid":217,"attempts":348,"same_week":349,"maker_shows":30,"maker_hidden":380,"reader_version":381,"card":382},"8962810","Artpacks.org","Archive of the ANSI and ASCII art scene (1990 to present)","title","Show HN: Artpacks.org – Archive of the ANSI and ASCII art scene (1990 to present)","http:\u002F\u002Fartpacks.org","artpacks.org","sjs382",1422482290,2015,111,56,219,2565,9,"notable","languages","art archive","web_app",[24,25,26,21],"ansi art","ascii art","bbs scene","curious",0.12,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},4,6,0,2,12,{"execution":36,"design":37,"idea":38},{"positive":32,"critical":33},{"positive":32,"critical":32},{"positive":32,"critical":32},[40,32,32,32,41,32,32,41,40,32,32,32,40,40,32,32,32,32,32,42,32,32,32,32,41,32,32,32,32,32,41,41,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32],5,3,1,null,{"problem":45,"audience":54,"pricing":43,"motivation":65,"time_to_build":43,"stack":69,"openness":93,"stage":94,"team_size":93},{"value":46,"source":47,"evidence":48},"Preserves ANSI and ASCII art packs from the BBS scene","inferred",[49,51],{"id":50},"post",{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},"8963062","FYI: There's some hidden navigation on this site. On desktop devices, use the arrow keys, esc and enter\u002Freturn. On mobile, swipe to navigate between ascii and ansi files within a…",{"value":55,"source":47,"evidence":56},"BBS scene members, retro computing fans and art historians",[57,61],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"8963178","ctide","My BBS: http:\u002F\u002Fartpacks.org\u002F1995\u002Fice9507a.zip\u002FMA-UNH1.ICE I was never especially good at making art, but this was my favorite of the things I did make:…",{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"8963397","driverdan","This brings back memories. I was never an artist myself but I used some of the scene art for my BBS in the mid to late 90's. I wish there was a way to search based on keywords.…",{"value":66,"source":47,"evidence":67},"Archive the ANSI art scene history",[68],{"id":50},[70,80,84,89],{"value":71,"source":72,"evidence":73},"JavaScript (ansilove.js canvas rendering)","maker",[74,77],{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"8963887","No PNGs are created. The rendering engine indeed renders to canvas and was created by Andy Herbert (https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fansilove\u002Fansilove.js). It was based on a popular PHP…",{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},"8963846","Thanks for noticing the tech. Its held up under the load pretty well considering that the files are all only stored in their original .zip format (rather than unzipped and stored…",{"value":81,"source":72,"evidence":82},"PHP AnsiLove library (origin of renderer)",[83],{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},{"value":85,"source":86,"evidence":87},"JSON API at api.artpacks.org","commenter",[88],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},{"value":90,"source":72,"evidence":91},"DigitalOcean hosting",[92],{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},"unknown","launched",{"praise":96,"objections":111,"requests":130,"questions":154,"alternatives":172},[97,106],{"value":98,"source":86,"evidence":99},"Nostalgia and praise for the archive's content",[100,101,102],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"8964498","laichzeit0","Sadly, I think this along with the 90's BBS and demoscene era is something people born post-Windows 95 will never really \"get\" because they didn't live through it. It was an…",{"value":107,"source":86,"evidence":108},"Impressive tech and performance on a small server",[109,110],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},[112,123],{"value":113,"source":86,"evidence":114},"Files with % or # in pack names fail to load",[115,119],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"8964622","pimlottc","Found a minor bug - files with \"%\" in the name don't work, e.g.: http:\u002F\u002Fartpacks.org\u002F1997\u002F303pack1.zip\u002FBYM%CMTS.ANS http:\u002F\u002Fartpacks.org\u002F1997\u002F303pack1.zip\u002FBYM%FRST.ANS By sheer…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"8966080","jzzskijj","Ah, the same with # if in the pack's name.",{"value":124,"source":72,"evidence":125},"Some RIPscrip files do not render",[126,127],{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},{"id":128,"by":11,"text":129},"8963183","There's at least one on there, but it isn't rendering. :( I'll work on it tonight or tomorrow!",[131,136,143,150],{"value":132,"source":86,"evidence":133},"Keyword search",[134,135],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},{"value":137,"source":86,"evidence":138},"Pre-1990 ASCII art",[139],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"8966425","evanwolf","Where's the pre-1990 ASCII art? I first saw ASCII art in 1972. Snoopy surfing and shouting \"Kowabunga!\" printed on a line printer on the Santa Monica High School's UNIVAC in…",{"value":144,"source":86,"evidence":145},"Display of executable loader files",[146],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"8964076","raldi","iCE reunion in this thread! Most of my work was loaders (i.e., code, like http:\u002F\u002Fartpacks.org\u002F1995\u002Fice-9506.zip\u002FBZ-COLRS.EXE) and sadly, artpacks.org can't display those (yet)…",{"value":151,"source":72,"evidence":152},"Contributors to help with RIPscrip rendering",[153],{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},[155,165],{"value":156,"source":86,"evidence":157},"How is ANSI art made and what tools are used",[158,162],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"8966365","fln","Can someone explain to me (or provide a link) how you make this type of ascii art? I've made this kind of ascii art before and it's boring:…",{"id":163,"by":121,"text":164},"8966809","Install Pablodraw: http:\u002F\u002Fpicoe.ca\u002Fproducts\u002Fpablodraw\u002F Read these tutorials: http:\u002F\u002Fblocktronics.org\u002Fview-project\u002Fzo-flyingeagletutorial\u002F…",{"value":166,"source":86,"evidence":167},"What library renders art to PNG",[168],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"8963703","bane","Fantastic! Anybody know what's being used to render the art as PNGs? Anybody know of a Python library that does the same thing? I've just realized how much I'd love it if these…",[173,184,191,197],{"value":174,"source":86,"evidence":175},"SixteenColors archive",[176,180],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"8963190","heegemcgee","Ah, very nice. For those interested, another site with similar goals that launched last year (i think) was http:\u002F\u002Fsixteencolors.net\u002F",{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"8963359","haliphax","That presentation was done by Lord Scarlet, host of the Sixteen Colors ANSI art archive :)",{"value":185,"source":86,"evidence":186},"Blocktronics",[187],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"8962983","andy_herbert","There are still a couple of ANSI and ASCII art groups with quite an active membership. Perhaps the most notable is Blocktronics: http:\u002F\u002Fblocktronics.org",{"value":192,"source":86,"evidence":193},"ASCII Arena",[194],{"id":195,"by":121,"text":196},"8965659","Don't forget http:\u002F\u002Fasciiarena.com\u002F It has the history of Amiga's Ascii scene. 3879 collys. 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