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Does anyone remember the name of the 1-bit, bitmapped art you could get in the Amiga terminal? I seemed to remember you would just cat a text file and graphics
by 01100011 3y ago
Does anyone remember the name of the 1-bit, bitmapped art you could get in the Amiga terminal? I seemed to remember you would just cat a text file and graphics would appear.
- xmm 3y agoYes. The Amiga text terminal allowed you to shift the top and left margin by single pixels using escape codes. After shifting, writing new text would not overwrite pixels outside the character cell, so by writing a line of text, and then shifting the margin down one pixel, writing another line of text, etc. you could get a complete bitmap image displayed.
- 01100011 3y agoThank you! I wish I knew what the technique was called. I'd love to see some old screenshots.