Re: Req: working link to gifscii or similar (dos)

Matthew Thomas wrote:
> 
> Secoh wrote:
> >
> > As said.
> > Yes, I read the faq, but no link seems to be active anymore.
> > Yes, tried some search engines, only found a MAC version.
> 
> That's my fault -- I'm the FAQ maintainer, but I've been a wee bit busy
> over the past few months, er, the past year, so I haven't had time to
> update it.
>(I hardly even have time to post to a.a-a any more ... sigh.)

Hah! So a newbie lured you in! Honestly, I'm quite impressed by any FAQ
maintainer.
It does take a lot of time.

> following links to various converters. (And I've just checked all these
> links, so they should work for you.)
> 
> Bitmap 2 Ascii (for Windows):
>         http://members.tripod.com/bitmap2ascii/

Link ok, but invalid ZIPfile.
 
> Email Effects (for Windows or MacOS):
>         http://www.sigsoftware.com/emaileffects/
Yep, up and running
 
> GIFA (looks like this one's for DOS, but I can't tell for sure):
>         http://users.skynet.be/pascalbe/ascii.html
For DOS, and working
 
> Charac (for Windows 3.1):
>         http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/fumio/#Windows
Working ok

> Various ASCII art programs, including Gifscii (for MacOS):
>         http://home.sol.no/~ekveland/download/Ascii/
> 
> Er ... and that's about it. But if you do a Web search for gifscii.exe
> you should find the DOS program *somewhere*.

Well, this is already a lot more than needed! Thanks a lot.
Now I feel obliged to work on my sig...
I feel it needs some revision if I'd continue posting in this group ;)
 
> >...
> >   \    THE MILLENNIUM STARTS IN 2001, DAMMIT!!      /
> 
> Damn straight. http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/mil2000.html.

Ahh.. that will save me a lot of time explaining.
Everyone with ten fingers should be able to figure it out but...

Thanks, Matthew

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