Re: POINTER ==> Ascii-art Sites

Colin Douthwaite (cfb...@southern.co.nz) wrote:
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:                             Ascii Art Sites              Sep 1996

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:    NOTE:  Since Bob Allison ( Scarecrow ) gave up as Moderator of
:           "rec.arts.ascii" newsgroup his Scarecrow Ascii archives
:            have become difficult to access. Their future is uncertain.

:           The following Ascii Art archives may still be operating 
:           but there is NO GUARANTEE of their validity or continuance.  


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:       PLEASE NOTE:   The Archive locations below are not guaranteed.

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: 9  Where can I find ASCII art?
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: You can FTP and Gopher ASCII art (single pics and archives of dozens 
: or hundreds of images).  FTP'ing is easy.  Gophering is easier.  See 
: Question 10 of the FAQ for further info.  ASCII art is available 
: from many sites, including: 


: o FTP Sites:

: ->  Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu
:     Path: pub/ascii/art/pictures
:      URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/pictures

:           Jorn's FTP site
: ->  Host: ftp.mcs.com
:     Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art
:      URL: ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art
:           Has Scarecrow's files, plus other ASCII art files, and the 
:           technically oriented "asciitech.aa".  

:           Chris' FTP site
: ->  Host: ftp.ncsu.edu
:     Path: pub/ncsu/chking/Archive
:      URL: ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking/Archive
:           Contains all the Scarecrow's files, all of Steve 
:           Sullivan's files, and Gifscii for many systems.  

: ->  Host: ftp.netcom.com
:     Path: pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart
:      URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart

: ->  Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk
:     Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation
:      URL: ftp://tuda.newcastle.ac.uk/pub/local/n1ka0/animation
:           Animations

: ->  Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu
:     Path: pub/ascii/art/movies
:      URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/movies
:           Animations

: ->  Host: ftp.uwp.edu
:     Path: pub/msdos/demos/ansi
:      URL: ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/demos/ansi
:           Color graphics


: o Gopher Servers:

:           ASCII Art Bazaar
: ->  Host: twinbrook.cis.uab.edu
:    Items: 11, 1
:           Over 12 megabytes, thousands of pieces in many categories.

:           TTU Gopher
: ->  Host: gopher.cs.ttu.edu
:    Items: 7, 1
:    URL: gopher:
:        //gopher.cs.ttu.edu:70/11/Art%20and%20Images/ClipArt%20%28ASCII%29

:           Stanford Gopher
: ->  Host: medmail.Stanford.EDU
:    Items: 2, 1
:      URL: gopher://medmail.Stanford.EDU/11/other.stuff/pictures/


: o World Wide Web:

:          Chris' WWW Page
: ->  URL: http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/users/c/chking/HTML/HTMLs/ascii.html

: ->  URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/WWW/homepage.html


: o Mailing list:

:             ASCII Art listserv list
: -> Address: lis...@ukcc.uky.edu
:    Message: subscribe asciiart


: o FTP Mail Servers:

: -> Address: ftp...@decwrl.dec.com
:    Message: help

: -> Address: ftp...@sunsite.unc.edu
:    Message: help

: -> Address: bit...@pucc.bitnet
:    Message: help


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:        PLEASE NOTE:   The above Archive locations are not guaranteed.

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