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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 30 Sep 1994.
Talk: Ascii to Binary or Gif

Talk: Ascii to Binary or Gif

Ryan Tucker <rtu...@worf.infonet.net> wrote:
>
>Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:
>> In article <367pbd$89...@gagme.wwa.com>, Hulio <ase...@lynx.cs.usfca.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> >hi can any one suggest how do i decode ascii file to gif or binary format
>> >so i acn view them on my Gif converter or viewer
>> >any help will really be appreciated
>
>>    I'm not sure why you would want to turn a smal 1 or 2 K ASCII pic into 
>> a GIF of numerous K, but you could always take a screen shot of it.
>
>As they say, a ASCII art in the hand is worth two GIFs in the sky, or 
>something like that :-)
>
>>    I'm puzzled by your use of the word 'decade'.  What type of ASCII pic 
>> are you talking about?
>
>I think he said "decode"... I think we ALL need vacations.  :-)
>
>Take a week off, and let your designated backup moderator handle things.  
>It's been a long month :-)

   No, it's not that.  I type with a dvorak keyboard layout.  And it's a 
common dvorak mistake to transpose the o and a.  My sysadmin just emailed 
me pointing out that on my home page I spelled 'cool' as 'caal'.  And when 
you're trying to cruise at 60 words per minute, well ...

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From: bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
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Subject: Talk: Ascii to Binary or Gif
Date: 30 Sep 1994 17:32:12 -0500
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