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Re:Ask HN: What is the oldest image online in which the link... by masswerk on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @10:37PM (#26022304)
Netscape Navigator supported PBM (at least in some versions you could even write directly into a frame/window via JS in order to compose an image on the fly).
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Re:Ask HN: What is the oldest image online in which the link... by curlypaul924 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @12:12PM (#26027382)
I completely forgot about that! I very vaguely remember experimenting with it, and I think I never got it to work. I can't find anything on it now, though.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the oldest image online in which the link... by schoen on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @11:22PM (#26022548)
Huh! So in that case, it could be that there's an old PBM file somewhere that could be a contender for this record.
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