AVATAR
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| − | '''[[AVATAR]]''' (Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator) is a set of control codes for specifying such things as color changes, part-screen scrolling, and pattern compression in text to be displayed on a terminal, similar in concept to the [[ANSI Art|ANSI codes]], but somewhat more compact. They were introduced in [[Opus-CBCS]] | + | '''[[AVATAR]]''' (Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator) is a set of control codes for specifying such things as color changes, part-screen scrolling, and pattern compression in text to be displayed on a terminal, similar in concept to the [[ANSI Art|ANSI codes]], but somewhat more compact. They were introduced in the [[Opus-CBCS]] bulletin board system software, and later standardized in FidoNet protocol documents. This system got some use in BBSs, but didn't reach the degree of popularity of ANSI. |
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AVATAR (Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator) is a set of control codes for specifying such things as color changes, part-screen scrolling, and pattern compression in text to be displayed on a terminal, similar in concept to the ANSI codes, but somewhat more compact. They were introduced in the Opus-CBCS bulletin board system software, and later standardized in FidoNet protocol documents. This system got some use in BBSs, but didn't reach the degree of popularity of ANSI.
