Re: Color Repost: 'Dont Panic
Burton Ford (Bur...@f620.n260.z1.fidonet.org) wrote:
: >>Last year sometime I saw a posting of a colour version of the 'dont
: panic'
: >>smiley from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Could someone please
: eithe
: >>send it to me ( CHB...@south-01.leeds.ac.uk ) or repost it please.
: BA> Here it is. It's also in my FTP-Gopher site, in /pub/Scarecrow/Color.
: BA>begin 644 Smiley
: >M(!M;,6T;6S5M&ULS,6T@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
: >M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("!?("`@("`@("`@
: >M("`@(%\@7R`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
: I have been quietly lurking here for a few weeks ( other than an
: unanswered request for a 3 line FORD car), and I have reached the point
: where I can't stand it any more - How do you get a picture with the
: above?
: I have solved ANSI and RIP in my SLMR, but I can't get a foot from shore
: with what you and others post as above.
: I know it's a lot to ask, but could you give a beginner's step by step?
: Thank you.
Seems as if its UUENCODED, which means that they take a
binary file (ie 8bit /w control codes etc, generally) and
convert it to flat ascii so it can be posted to a
text only forum (such as the usenet).
It can be docoded with any number of programs, most
notibly one called "uudecode" :)
Hope it helps.
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