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I always liked the way Code Page 437 looked (OG IBM DOS font). As a kid I really enjoyed the aesthetic of that, and scrolled through binaries just for the way i
by keepamovin 2y ago
I always liked the way Code Page 437 looked (OG IBM DOS font). As a kid I really enjoyed the aesthetic of that, and scrolled through binaries just for the way it looked. Graduated to making a tool in BASIC (and then C because BASIC didn't handle binary output "right" IIRC) to print random characters endlessly, because it looked cool. That was one of the things that got me into programming.
This little idea brings that aesthetic to the 'modern world', bringing back the classic "High ASCII" code table, by creating a mapping to equivalent Unicodes. It will probably just work, no need for any special font. So, enjoy!! :)
Included and demoed are a small tool/lib to convert binary to Base437 and back. Source is: https://github.com/BrowserBox/Base437 https://github.com/BrowserBox/Base437