ASCII (squat)
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ASCII is a squatted communication laboratory in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. The first incarnation was formed in 1997 and based at the Herengracht. Since then the lab has moved to the following locations: Jodenbreestraat, Kinkerstraat, Kostverlorenkade and Wibautstraat. It is now located at Javastraat.
The original aim was to provide a free internet work space for activists and squatters and to promote Open Source operating systems such as Linux and software programs such as Open Office and Mozilla. In 2006 the group declared a shift towards being a hacklab.
ASCII stands for 'Amsterdam Subversive Center for Information Interchange'.
