Aces of ANSi Art Remembrance Pack
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°Û° Aces of ANSi Art was an alliance of artists who specialized °Û°
°±Û° in one thing: ANSI. Although their specific date of birth is Û°
±Û not known, it is approximated to have been some time late in the ²
°Û year of 1989... Û
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Û Aces existed in one form or another from 1989 - 1991. Formed Û
Û by two people, Zyphril and Chips Ahoy of San Jose, California, Û
Û Aces of ANSi Art ("<A.A.A>") was indisputably the first underground Û
Û or "elite" ANSI group, and possibly the first organization of ANSI Û
² artists ever assembled. Their motives for the creation of this Û
Û group were simple: "put out some cool artwork", "help out sysops" Û
Û and get name-brand recognition. Strength in numbers was realized. Û
Û Û
Û In September of 1990, several key players from the group left ²
Û to form one of their own. This dealt a devastating blow to Aces ²
Û and for several months after it was unclear whether or not the Û
Û group had seen it's last days. Something happened; a local artist ²
Û by the name of Mondoman came aboard, releasing a fury of ANSIs Û
Û and arguably some of the best ANSI animations seen in <A.A.A>. New Û
Û life was breathed into the group, attracting others once more. Û
Û Ý
Û The selection of ANSI artwork included in this archive, while Ý
Û authorized, is partial. This is a modest representation of what Ý
Û was drawn by artists of this era but is by no means definitive. Û
Û While there are 84 ANSIs and 2 executable ANSI loaders included, Û
Û much artwork is missing from the likes of Chips Ahoy, Icepirate, Û
Û The Beholder, even myself. Û
Û Û
Û You will find that each of the artists represented have a Û
Û distinctive style. Many of these ANSIs are animated or make Û
Û creative use of the blinking attributes. Most Windows based ²
Û viewers show only the final page of an animated ANSI, effectively ²
Û stripping out all the animated action preceding the last screen, ²
² and also tend to disable the blinking attribute all together. Û°
² It is recommended that a capable viewer such as ACiD View 4.36f °Û
² (included) be used in full-screen text-mode for proper display. °Û
°² Û
°Û By the time <A.A.A> had faded away, so many events which would Û
Û change the face of the art scene had yet to happen. There were no Û
Û "VGANS" collages of ANSI, or decent ANSI viewers, let alone one Û
Û which supported real-time VGA-mode down-scaled browsing of an ANSI. ²
Û To display an ANSI, one would "type" it from DOS, or view it the ²
Û way it was meant to, while connected to another BBS. To imagine Û
Û what something might look like in VGA mode, the only thing one Û
Û could do was to distance themselves as far away as possible from Û
Û their monitor and use some imagination, one screen-full at a time. Û
Û No SAUCE descriptions to declare the title, author, and organization Û
Û to identify your artwork, just eight mighty characters prepending Û
Û the de facto file extension of dot A-N-S. Most importantly in Û
Û the context of this writing, the concept of an artpack, let alone Û
Û an artpack comprised of new artwork released on a monthly basis Û
Û had yet to be seen. Relatively speaking, this is the most Û
Û comprehensive collection of artwork by Aces in circulation, and Û
Û the one and only pack to stand out proudly in our 1991 directory °Û
² on the ACiD Artpacks Archive: Û
² ftp://ftp.artpacks.acid.org/pub/artpacks/artpacks/1991/. Û
² Û
Û These ANSIs represent a sign of the times, but mean a lot to Û
Û me in other ways. ACiD's lineage traces directly back to Aces of Û
Û ANSi Art. If it weren't for that precursory inspiration in 1990, Û
Û I can only imagine how different things would be today. Û
Û Û
Û I owe a great many thanks to many people who assisted in Û
² one way or another with the assemblage of this set. Especially Û
± when you take in to consideration that these files are now Û
° teenagers themselves... °Û
² °Û
Û Sources included: ° °° °°°° °°°°°° °°°°°°°°°°°°±±°°°°°°°±²²²Û
² °Û
Û - Private collection by Mondoman (former <A.A.A> Û
Û and ACiD Artist) Û
Û - AAA.ZIP, a very small and unauthorized sampler Û
Û released by Cavalier (former CCi Net administrator °Û
Û and RNDserv bot operator on the #ANSI of yore) Û
Û - ACID.ZIP (also known as ACID1.ZIP, ACID-1.ZIP), Û
Û an unofficial release of early ACiD and AAA artwork Û
Û by an anonymous individual. The accompanying °Û
Û FILE_ID.DIZ still makes me cringe to this day. Û
Û - Hacker Chronicles CD-ROM / P-80 International °Û
Û Information Systems °²
Û - Jason Scott (Sketch the Cow) & textfiles.com °²
Û - My own personal collection of 5.25 & 3.5" diskettes, ²
Û miraculously still intact and readable! ²
Û ±
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² Thank you for reading, Û
² Û
² Christian Wirth aka RaD Man (mailto: radman@acid.org) Û
Û Senior Advisor and Founder, Û
Û Û
Û ACiD Productions Û
Û Post Office Box 24523 fax: 775.854.6161 ²
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