Re: Inquiry
From Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
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· 6 Oct 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Lester5374 <les...@aol.commander> wrote: >>From: Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> >>BBS's are the places to go if you cannot live without ANSI. >>I don't like ANSI because it looks so garish and ill-defined. > Is it still ill-defined when it's colored ASCII? :) That depends on the colour choices. The Ascii-fied version of Mepha's controversial "Wizard" still did not look very clear because of the choices of colours but it looked better in a single colour (below) My own Caterpillar ANSI -> ASCII was still not great although I selected each Ascii character manually to get the clearest effect I could. ;llo.'+ Sll;; ;llS8SSl;Sl ; lSlll;; ;;ll ;SllSS ; ,Sll;; ;; ;;l/',o 'Sl S. '+ . ,lll;;; ;;l ;ll#/' ,4Sll;;l; ;;;ll;;ll"',SS''+ S;;l8o,.,olll;; ;; lS' oSSlll;;l;;;;;;;lS"'"0',oSSSS.'So; ;llSSllSSSlll;; ; ;l+ SS;;Sl;;S8lSl;lllSS.'"4SSSSSSSSb,'"SllSS\"','.'"\lll;; ;;b 4S;llS"', 'Sll\', SSo, .'"""\88SSo,'"'_,oSS S"" Sll; ; ;llb,SS\',o~ ' '"',S ,/"'\ l\S''o _,oSSS7',o +. ; ;;l7"', "',+;0""+.S'',o9So..'""0.,o@S8SSS"',oSl; . ;;l ;;lS m"'S,o@8S"S8@o, ,'SSSSSSS88SSSSSS8/',oSSll;;'+" ;;lSS ;;lp,;' SSS'l.pSpSS S" S"SSSSSSSSSSS7 oSSlll;;; ", ;;llS ;kS,','S8loSoS8/',S"', lSSSSSSSSSS';SSll; ~ ;;lS, ;;lS,'o,S"+;o+' 'p,',So SSSSSSSSSl SSlll;; : ;llS ;;;llS,'S',oo,'o',SS8SlS SSSSSSSSS' Slll;;; + ;;l ;;;llSo,oSl;SbodS;;llS',.''"\\8/', Sll;; ' ;l ll;ll;l;;l;;;;llSl SSS8oo oSl Sll;; ; ;;l ;;; ;l ;;llS';SSSS',/o.'S Slll;; , ;S ; ; ;;SllS SSSSS "SSS S Slll; " ;SS ;;;llS SSSSSSoSS,pS 4SllS; ;; ;;;;llSl SSSSSSSSSSSS; SSll; ,p8SSSo. ; ;;llS';SSSSSSSSSSSSl Sll; 8S"S#0S8 ;;;llS lSSSSSSSSSSSSS 4ll;; 'SoSS,S' ;;;ll7 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSl SlSl;; ," ", ;;llP lSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 'Slll;; # ; ;;;l/',SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS,'\8Sll;; "oo" ;;l',oSS88888\\\"""""""\\\SSoo Sll; ;; ;;;lSoooooooooo@@@88888SS888oooo4Sll;; ;;ll;; ; ;;SSSSSSSSSSSSSS"'"S"SSSSSS'.'"SSSllll;;;;S8Sll;; ; ;;;;; ;;;lllSSSSSS"'"SSS,",'+,'SSSS+ Sp.'"SS"SlllS', Sll;; ;;llSl;;lllSS',',' +'','SSSSS+ S S8/',S','S.' , '"'',S SllS;;; ;;S','SSlS','',S S,'+ "S,'"7',sS' '+ "'" S, ' S, "'"Sl "'"llSl l#'.S,'\\' S@SSS SSS@S SS8, S7',o' UpP\4pSSS@S SSS@S S ,". '"' /',SSS/"'' SSSSS SSSSS SS','',SS',SSS 'SSSSS SSSSS ' ,S'"', + 8"09' cpP\4SSSSS SSSSS "S S8o,.'USSSS ; SSSSS SSSSSo ," /' . o7' ,SS' ; SSS'S SSSSS o' SSSSS SSSSS SSSSS SSSSS ,' ,o' S lSSS "' , '"SSS; ; SSSSS SSSSS ; SSSSU SSSSS ,~, "\Soo lSSSS ; ,oSSS o. '8 '; SSSSS SSSSS ;; S/' SSSSS.P' S8o,. S So"SSSS #SSSS SSSo. SSSSS ASSSS '' ' , SSS' 7 . SSSSS S 8S '\' . SSSSS SSSSS . '\SS ,'\SSP\4po@8SS 8' ,S .; SSSS# ; So ,S ;; SSSSS SSSSS ;; So. ' S8o,. ;.'#SSSS ,SSS ;; SSSSS lSSSS ;; SS8\S S\8SS ;; SSSSo '"SS ;; #S7' S\8SS ;; SSSSS . #SSS '' S' ' ' 'S.'; S#SS/ Sp, ' ' ,S' ' ' 'S '' SSSS/ -A-'\SSb\dS'eCSfIREA- Sb\dSS\'A S\8So, 'S'A---AA-- 'Sb\dSS\'A-A 00000 0000 n########n s 000000||000000 O ## ^ ^ ## s 00000000||000000 ## -- -- ## ====#=== ####0##0# 000000000|00000000 O ## ) () ( ## ,, #] ##0#0 #### # 00000000||0000000 O## O ##==" #] ##0# * * #00# # 00000000|0000000 [##-------##nnn###] #00 O ### ""mm#0000000||00000 * [##### ###"""" 000#0 #00 ## 00000||0000 *** [## |##-------####n ##000##00### ## 0000|000 ... [##w-### #mmm ""###""" # ##"#" 00000 nHHHn==[#### ###------------] "m ### # ## 00 mmmmmmmmm[##nn########## ]mm ## m" """## HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[-----]## ##"" ##""# n HHH%%%%%HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[ ]HHHHH ## "nn" HHH%%%%%HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[-----]HHHHH ## HHH%%%%HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[ ]HHHHHH ##nn"nn""nHHH%%%HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[___]HHHHHHHHH ## HHH%%%%HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ## HHHH%%%HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH "nn## %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ## n" IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||||||||000IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ## n" n" "n ||||||00000 "n ## nn" ##" "n" """n |||||000000 ###" n" ANSI/ASCII-cfbd- " The Caterpillar from Alice In Wonderland " Bye,
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,5b765bc9bac0f011 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> Subject: Re: Inquiry Date: 1998/10/06 Message-ID: <907...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> X-Deja-AN: 398191402 References: <907...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> <199...@ng98.aol.com> Organization: Southern InterNet Services User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980226 (UNIX) (SunOS/5.4 (sun4m)) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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