Josh Renaud
@kirkman.bsky.social
Husband to a Boliviana. Daddy. Emperor of the Renaud Empire. Lover of Atari, BBSes, retro tech, and Tolkien. Journalist at stltoday.com. The guy behind breakintochat.com.
There's not a screen refresh ... just a continual re-painting of characters on the canvas. (The original Mil Falcon .ANS file had 1M chars and no line breaks.)
The animations can be played via telnet on my BBS; they're intended for high speeds, not classic 80s/90s rates like 2400, 14.4K.
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The animations can be played via telnet on my BBS; they're intended for high speeds, not classic 80s/90s rates like 2400, 14.4K.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
There's not a screen refresh ... just a continual re-painting of characters on the canvas. (The original Mil Falcon .ANS file had 1M chars and no line breaks.)
The animations can be played via telnet on my BBS; they're intended for high speeds, not classic 80s/90s rates like 2400, 14.4K.
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The animations can be played via telnet on my BBS; they're intended for high speeds, not classic 80s/90s rates like 2400, 14.4K.
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Yes, thank you. You might enjoy this post I wrote about Jadzia in a digital context: breakintochat.com/blog/2022/11...
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Thinking about Jadzia, C.G., and our ephemeral digital lives - Break Into Chat
Synchronet creator Rob Swindell recently shared some sad news: longtime BBSer C.G. Learn died earlier this month. I didn’t know C.G. very well, but we interacted occasionally over the years on Dovenet...
breakintochat.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Yes, thank you. You might enjoy this post I wrote about Jadzia in a digital context: breakintochat.com/blog/2022/11...
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Reposted by Josh Renaud
You may be thinking ... "ANSI? BBS? What?"
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
Parallax-scrolling effect ... in ANSI - Break Into Chat
Every so often I’ve been experimenting with Synchronet BBS’s Javascript capabilities, as I try to figure out how to make a BBS door game with my daughter. So far we’ve learned how to create a new char...
breakintochat.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
You may be thinking ... "ANSI? BBS? What?"
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
Reposted by Josh Renaud
Later in 2015, I would teamed up with Whazzit to make another ANSI animation using similar parallax techniques.
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Later in 2015, I would teamed up with Whazzit to make another ANSI animation using similar parallax techniques.
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
Reposted by Josh Renaud
In 2017, I got more ambitious: I adapted the asteroid scene from "The Empire Strikes Back."
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In 2017, I got more ambitious: I adapted the asteroid scene from "The Empire Strikes Back."
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
In 2017, I got more ambitious: I adapted the asteroid scene from "The Empire Strikes Back."
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In 2017, I got more ambitious: I adapted the asteroid scene from "The Empire Strikes Back."
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
This time the sprite wasn't fixed in place — the Millennium Falcon needed to zip around.
This piece was released in Blocktronics' "Detention Block AA-23" artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2017/05...
Later in 2015, I would teamed up with Whazzit to make another ANSI animation using similar parallax techniques.
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Later in 2015, I would teamed up with Whazzit to make another ANSI animation using similar parallax techniques.
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
We called it "Under the Sea," with a mermaid swimming through the ocean. It was released in Mistigris' 21st anniversary artpack.
More: breakintochat.com/blog/2015/10...
You may be thinking ... "ANSI? BBS? What?"
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
Parallax-scrolling effect ... in ANSI - Break Into Chat
Every so often I’ve been experimenting with Synchronet BBS’s Javascript capabilities, as I try to figure out how to make a BBS door game with my daughter. So far we’ve learned how to create a new char...
breakintochat.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
You may be thinking ... "ANSI? BBS? What?"
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
ANSI art was a text-based art form prevalent on old IBM PC bulletin board services of the 1990s.
This demo was one of several "Jewel Mountain" experiments I made for my late daughter Jadzia back then.
Learn more here:
breakintochat.com/blog/2015/01...
Tens of thousands of single-family homes in the St. Louis area are likely owned by investors, a Post-Dispatch analysis of real estate records found in 2022.
The change has transformed neighborhoods and reduced the supply of affordable homes here.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
The change has transformed neighborhoods and reduced the supply of affordable homes here.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
How out-of-state companies are buying up homes and changing the St. Louis area market
Investors have purchased thousands of homes in St. Louis city and county, and St. Charles County. And renters face rising rates. What does it mean for the American Dream?
www.stltoday.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Tens of thousands of single-family homes in the St. Louis area are likely owned by investors, a Post-Dispatch analysis of real estate records found in 2022.
The change has transformed neighborhoods and reduced the supply of affordable homes here.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
The change has transformed neighborhoods and reduced the supply of affordable homes here.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
A new real estate investment firm has bought 700 homes here, touting an “easy two-step transaction” that lets residents stay in their homes as renters after they sell them.
The company, Truehold, is now the 3rd-largest owner of single-family homes in the region.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
The company, Truehold, is now the 3rd-largest owner of single-family homes in the region.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
Firm buys 700 homes in St. Louis area with unusual offer of ‘easy’ cash
“Join the thousands of people who have unlocked their home equity with Truehold,” said one letter sent to homeowners.
www.stltoday.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A new real estate investment firm has bought 700 homes here, touting an “easy two-step transaction” that lets residents stay in their homes as renters after they sell them.
The company, Truehold, is now the 3rd-largest owner of single-family homes in the region.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
The company, Truehold, is now the 3rd-largest owner of single-family homes in the region.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
This is the latest story from @stephkukuljan.bsky.social and me looking at the impact of investors buying single-family homes here in bulk and converting them to rentals. Here's a thread with some of our earlier coverage, ICYMI.
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is the latest story from @stephkukuljan.bsky.social and me looking at the impact of investors buying single-family homes here in bulk and converting them to rentals. Here's a thread with some of our earlier coverage, ICYMI.