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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 20 Oct 1999.
Re: ANIMATED ASCII ???? POSSIBLE ???

Re: ANIMATED ASCII ???? POSSIBLE ???

From Parallax <par...@apk.net> · alt.ascii-art · 20 Oct 1999 00:00 · View full thread · report
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 18:32:51 +0200, Roland Ortner
<rol...@fh-sbg.ac.at> wrote:

>it would be great if somebody creates animated ASCIIs !!!!
>
>...don't ask i don't know how !!!

It's not that hard to fudge it... Here's an example, if you can set
your newsreader height, set it so the following two lines just fit on
the screen, one at the top and one at the bottom:
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Then, put the line below this at the top of the screen, and then just
keep hitting page down.

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OK, so that's pretty cheesy, but you get the point.

(Note, if you can't change the height of your reader, copy this text
into Notepad.

--Parallax

Sweeping generalizations always have exceptions, even this one.

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From: par...@apk.net (Parallax)
Subject: Re: ANIMATED ASCII ???? POSSIBLE ???
Date: 1999/10/20
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