DioCore is a Gallentean research firm that survived a hostile takeover by its own start-up investors, MindChill, in the early days of the company.
The return of ASCII art isn't a bad thing. You young whippersnappers don't know how good you have it! Back in the BBS days, downloading a 80k JPEG was a luxury -- EVERYTHING was ASCII graphics and maybe, MAYBE, ANSI color schemes.* Casiella grumbles and shakes his cane from the comfort of his rocking chair.