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djsumdog on Jan 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered ...

That makes me think of the custom characters on the old Commodore64s that are often used for games that ran in text mode.

AnIdiotOnTheNet on Jan 5, 2018 [–]

This is still a technique used by DOS game programmers today to get access to the full CGA color set with graphics. See Paku Paku for an example:

http://www.deathshadow.com/pakuPaku

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