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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/argv_minus_one/statuses/115254336540015449">ARGVMI~1.PIF (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 04:15:27 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one" title="argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/280229-original-tmp20240905230214.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="ARGVMI~1.PIF" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">ARGVMI~1.PIF</a><div><a href="https://toot.hoyle.me.uk/@tony/115214860694254266" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/174285" title="ryanc@infosec.exchange">Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://toot.hoyle.me.uk/@tony">@tony</a> </p><p>Character-cell pseudo-graphics! This was done back in the 1980s to get <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CGA" rel="tag">#CGA</a> to do 16-color <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/graphics" rel="tag">#graphics</a>. (Normally you'd need <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EGA" rel="tag">#EGA</a> to do that.)</p><p>But of course this is the 21st century, so we can do it in 24-bit color now.</p><p>Fun fact: <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kitty" rel="tag">#kitty</a> has a straight-up 24/32-bit pixel graphics protocol too <a href="https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/</a> although it does not support lossy compression (MPEG, AV1, etc) and therefore requires tons of bandwidth to play video.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc">@ryanc</a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5642180#notice-11139917">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-09-24T04:15:27+09:00" title="Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 04:15:27 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one/115254336540015449" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.sdf.org via ActivityPub">mastodon.sdf.org</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one/115254336540015449">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: sw.kovidgoyal.net</div><h5><a href="https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/">Terminal graphics protocol</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The goal of this specification is to create a flexible and performant protocol that allows the program running in the terminal, hereafter called the client, to render arbitrary pixel (raster) graph...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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ARGVMI~1.PIF (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-2025 04:15:27 JSTARGVMI~1.PIF
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- Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:
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Character-cell pseudo-graphics! This was done back in the 1980s to get #CGA to do 16-color #graphics. (Normally you'd need #EGA to do that.)
But of course this is the 21st century, so we can do it in 24-bit color now.
Fun fact: #kitty has a straight-up 24/32-bit pixel graphics protocol too https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ although it does not support lossy compression (MPEG, AV1, etc) and therefore requires tons of bandwidth to play video.
@ryanc
#retrocomputing
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  The goal of this specification is to create a flexible and performant protocol that allows the program running in the terminal, hereafter called the client, to render arbitrary pixel (raster) graph...

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