TheDraw was used mostly in the BBS scene to create ASCII/ANSI art for the BBS's log in screen and menus. There was an entire sub-community of artists back then.
To be fair, the website is a diagram tool that outputs ASCII, while TheDraw more more like a ASCII/ANSI illustration tool.
Yes. http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=spokeless+wheel
Thedraw? or, excuse me, THEDRAW? I haven't heard of that one before, and the page says next to nothing.