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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 23 Sep 2001.
Re: Help with making graphics in AOL chat?

Re: Help with making graphics in AOL chat?

In article <788...@posting.google.com>, Jim wrote:
>
>Lately, I've seen everyone showing up in the AOL chat rooms with
>pictures that are of flags.  Basicly, it's a solid red bar, a white
>bar with "God Bless America" inside of it, then a solid blue bar
>underneath.

Hmm.. that would make it a Dutch flag, except for the text of course.


>I used to be able to do things like that a LONG time ago
>in BBS message boards using ANSI, but I'm having a tough time getting
>it done on AOL.  I tried making it in an E-Mail and pasting it, but it
>says it's over the 232 character limit that can be typed on one chat
>line.  Is there a special program I should be looking for to design
>these?

You could search for "AOL macro art".  I found some links with Google
that looked promising.

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From: Ilmari Karonen <ilt...@sci.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Help with making graphics in AOL chat?
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