From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 16779 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2021 22:22:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Feb 2021 22:22:08 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6B7129C2E5; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:22:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D5C9507B; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:21:47 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="VXvBsDlD"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6053A9507B; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:21:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f180.google.com (mail-qk1-f180.google.com [209.85.222.180]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D02B19503C for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:21:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f180.google.com with SMTP id b14so3240807qkk.0 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:21:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=EdeRpTZFTkCfaqnNx0ArscpticmjIAqzXDxVwyVxEgc=; b=VXvBsDlDqI8RtBN5HsAxmqlsIQZncGWWT9ons5U7SWpQApz+2+CyapUlwPuUYobqYS ED41o6BRh8sV/UzZGHikeEmZdW1cl9gHRSP9qNqYJEawR3IEhsDiIXSPyCNRqWQYTWXO NRx4xWkgJpkfYoxpZ7rrFLknwStxDsjwsIO87TsUS+AUyVqOlWts3pOx7NqJS5/fwfb9 pyH54PPwGef7ay1nI2uwZfXJPtDqc6GvsxxF1/mkKmgQbSP5aIiSQwH3s1DTRZaVXtg5 J+h6b0ui52mRZCbuwuMzG9u8BrGvvDX36rwlWXxjjDzI5qfoN4ZjdnuV+5371W6TZc2O 3L7w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EdeRpTZFTkCfaqnNx0ArscpticmjIAqzXDxVwyVxEgc=; b=rxsnKb58jaC4pFPGFEAPH1vV7Zz74QEyV3LobFCsh6/faQwdilrUzUiQoTfFl0hxyg RJK2E31CyWr6DzhDQYMBUD61ajIy1/qNaoKMsiEF1nirC+br+TqvS+d5KPBnlX/1kLy+ qM+691xNxt0pKax4tiHIk15KufE/GSBqOza8m3bKCJYyAF9WtUW+cujCS+c7NrBY6PZL 7DkftCzq7EdDcmIhOhvCWlsGBq3H5GUhvh4lWpoBQSyvNaMIGBWpKp12sUYG/9qtLdw6 XqqApruIugKu5fO8b5P4GR1XN0d7wgBLp5Jk+8w5EUckyI7y9ROpZRDKRHUwREz02ORg 8fAQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530y2ipTo4twyjALUkFQUkUFjpcU0BRRGj2VPRCXC/aisyCXLTz1 bC6NdxK40PUPJbm+PfD8wT9DeE+mZIKS X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxdSV+8yRO5SH6dQ/5EJzAQF+2rPRjGTlGIrf4E7sf6S9vECM7+6XS6Oxb4ovgn2VxnDhK85g== X-Received: by 2002:a37:4a89:: with SMTP id x131mr8573533qka.233.1613254903607; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:21:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (pool-100-19-107-21.phlapa.fios.verizon.net. [100.19.107.21]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w188sm9011113qkc.19.2021.02.13.14.21.42 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:21:43 -0800 (PST) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <202102130900.11D903MT021054@cuzuco.com> <22d1ac5d-caaa-5dd1-0a30-263b041b3a08@gmail.com> From: Mike Markowski Message-ID: <4b5f0feb-c473-4087-7b0b-9706bced886f@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:21:42 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] banner (was troff was not so widely usable) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 2/13/21 3:09 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Sat, 13 Feb 2021, Warner Losh wrote: > >> I wrote one in 83. And several of my fellow students at college did >> this as well. It seemed to be a common thing back in the day. > > I've used lots of different banner programs on various systems; I think > even OS/360 had one (well, ours did anyway). > > -- Dave As an undergrad in the early 1980s, posters made from line printer strips were popular. Character overstrikes were used as pixels and could be discerned as photos from a few feet away. These filled a wall in our student office / study area. Given the times & 100% male occupancy, let's just say the posters wouldn't fly today... Each poster was multiple strips wide. Does such a program ring a bell? Ascii art was popular, but I don't recall details on making them. Mike Markowski