[TUHS] banner (was troff was not so widely usable)

[Mike Markowski]

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