Editing ASCII art (section)

===ANSI===
ASCII and more importantly, [[ANSI escape code|ANSI]] were staples of the early technological era; terminal systems relied on coherent presentation using color and control signals standard in the terminal protocols.

Over the years, [[warez]] groups began to enter the ASCII art scene.<ref>{{cite web| last= Necromancer| title= History of the PC Ascii Scene| website= [[textfiles.com]]| date= 6 March 1998| url= http://artscene.textfiles.com/history/essays/pcascii.txt| access-date = 5 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215200828/http://artscene.textfiles.com/history/essays/pcascii.txt| archive-date = 15 February 2008| url-status     = live}}</ref> Warez groups usually release [[.nfo]] files with their software, [[Software cracking|cracks]] or other general software reverse-engineering releases.<ref>{{cite web| author= Defacto2| url= http://www.defacto2.net/documents.cfm| date= 2008 | title= Defacto2 – Scene Documents, text and NFO files| publisher= defacto2.net | access-date= 5 March 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080312071317/http://www.defacto2.net/documents.cfm|archive-date= 12 March 2008| url-status= live}}</ref> The ASCII art will usually include the warez group's name and maybe some ASCII borders on the outsides of the release notes, etc.<ref>[http://www.defacto2.net/documents.cfm NFO Files collection at Defacto2.net, with NFO files that date back to 1989]. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref>

[[Bulletin board system|BBS]] systems were based on ASCII and ANSI art, as were most [[DOS]] and similar [[System console|console]] applications, and the precursor to [[AOL]].