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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 22 Dec 1994.
Info: Attention Internet World readers

Info: Attention Internet World readers


   The January 1995 Internet World named the ASCII ART FAQ as one of 6
"Most Fabulous FAQs".\

   I thank them for that.

   I imagine that it's possible that in the next couple of months these
groups could get blasted with questions about where the FAQ is.  Maybe
we'll get lucky and it won't happen, but it's better to be prepared.

   During the next couple of months I will post info about where the FAQ
can be obtained.  Maybe that will help.  Anyway, I haven't this info in a
whlie, so, here goes:


   Tha FAQ is available from news groups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, email, finger:

   o  News Groups:

      -  rec.arts.ascii

      -  alt.ascii-art

      -  alt.binaries.pictures.ascii

      -  alt.ascii-art.animation

      -  comp.graphics

      -  news.answers

      -  alt.answers

      -  rec.answers

      -  comp.answers


   o  FTP Sites:

   ->  Host: ftp.wwa.com
       Path: pub/Scarecrow
       File: FAQ
        URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ

   ->  Host: ftp.uu.net
       Path: usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq.Z
        URL: ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq.Z

   ->  Host: rtfm.mit.edu
       Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.mty.itesm.mx
       Path: pub/usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://ftp.mty.itesm.mx/pub/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
       Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.sunet.se
       Path: pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.cs.ruu.nl
       Path: pub/NEWS.ANSWERS
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: ftp.Germany.EU.net
       Path: pub/newsarchive/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq.Z
        URL: ftp://ftp.Germany.EU.net/pub/newsarchive/news.answers/ascii-art-faq.Z

   ->  Host: ftp.funet.fi
       Path: pub/doc/rtfm/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K).gz
        URL: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/rtfm/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.edu.tw
       Path: USENET/FAQ/rec/arts/ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K).gz
        URL: ftp://ftp.edu.tw/USENET/FAQ/rec/arts/ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de
       Path: pub/comp/usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: ftp://hwarang.postech.ac.kr
       Path: pub/usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://hwarang.postech.ac.kr/pub/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: ftp.uni-paderborn.de
       Path: doc/FAQ
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/doc/FAQ


   o  Gopher Servers:

   ->  Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
 Menu Items: 10, 12, 1

   ->  Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
 Menu Items: 37, 30, 647, 3

   ->  Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de
 Menu Items: 12, 8, 4, 647, 3

   ->  Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
 Menu Items: 3, 3, 858

   ->  Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net
 Menu Items: 7, 1, 19, 14, 54

   ->  Host: gopher.win.tue.nl
 Menu Items: 8, 6, 3, 4, 20, 53

   ->  Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net
 Menu Items: 7, 1, 20, 14, 62

   ->  Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de
 Menu Items: 12, 4, 10, 5, 703, 3


   o  World Wide Web:

             Scarecrow's WWW Link
    ->  URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/ascii.html
     Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything)
     Select: ASCII ART FAQ (posted text version)
     Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with illustrations)

    ->  URL: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/ascii-art-faq/faq.html

    ->  URL: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-faqs/rec.arts.ascii


   o  FTP Mail Servers:

->  Address: ftp...@uni-paderborn.de
    Message: help

->  Address: mai...@cs.ruu.nl
    Message: help

->  Address: arc...@Germany.EU.net
    Message: help

->  Address: ftp...@ftp.edu.tw
    Message: help

->  Address: ftp...@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
    Message: help


   o  Email:

->  Address: bob...@wwa.com
    Subject: REQUEST FAQ
    Subject: REQUEST RESOURCES


   o  Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony sites:

       finger asc...@wwa.com (turn on text capture first)
                                      OR
       finger asc...@wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time)
                                      OR
       finger asc...@wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq')



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From: bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii,alt.ascii-art.animation
Subject: Info: Attention Internet World readers
Date: 22 Dec 1994 17:45:12 -0600
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