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X BitMaps: extract image data and display in ascii terminal
While being distracted from my previous distractions from an earlier distraction (fonts), I was intrigued by: [Great 202 Jailbreak - Computerphile]
The report [a Summer Vacation: Digital Restoration and Typesetter Forensics] included a link to an [made available Martin W. Guy's 80's user backup to tape], where the authors found some data they used either directly or to confirm their earlier guesses about construction of the document. This appears to have taken about 6-8 weeks of work to rebuild one printed report from various information they were able to find. But I digress.