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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 8 May 1996.
Question: How to scan image into ASCII art?

Question: How to scan image into ASCII art?

Lukasz KUSIOR wrote:

> I found a good place with ascii tools. Programs are compiled and compressed
> for different systems, so for PC (DOS) too.
> 
> gopher://gopher.wwa.com:70/11/ascii
>  go to the directory: "Gifscii for various systems"
> 


     I have just downloaded Macgifscii, but when I tried to use it, send me an 
error: "Not a 87a Gif file". The file was a gif file and I don't know what to do 
now. Does anyone knows what kind of files I have to use. Or what I have to do with 
my GIF files????????

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       ___ Aaron ___   I.  ___ Reyes ___ C.         ________   ^---^
      /\F \     /\__\     /\__\     /\  \         /_________/\ <o-o>
     /::\A \   /:/  /    /:/  /    /::\C \       / _______  \ |[`-']
    /:/\:\C \ /:/  /    /:/__/    /:/\:\I \     | ||  ____|__|/_m_m_
   /::\~\:\U_\:/  /  __/::\  \ __/:/  \:\E \    | || /____/|  /____/|
  /:/\:\ \:|L_|__/  /\__\\:\  /\__\__/ \:\N_\   | |||_   _|/_|_   _|/
  \:\~\:\/:/T /  \ /:/  /_\:\/:/  /  \ /:/C /   | ||__| |_ /_ /| ||
   \:\ \::/A /:\  /:/  /   \::/  /:\  /:/I /    | |/__| |_|  |/| ||
    \:\/:/D / \:\/:/  /    /:/  / \:\/:/A /      \____   ___/  | ||
     \::/__/   \::/  /    /:/  /   \::/S / __   _     | ||_____| ||
      ~~        \/__/     \/__/     \/__/    | | |    | |/_____| |/
             buh...@servidor.unam.mx           | |_|     \________/
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From: "Aaron I. Reyes C." <buh...@servidor.dgsca.unam.mx>
Subject: Question: How to scan image into ASCII art?
Date: 1996/05/08
Message-ID: <4mpvdh$6k...@miso.wwa.com>#1/1
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sender: bob...@sashimi.wwa.com
references: <4lf7bu$g4...@miso.wwa.com> <4lm73f$o8...@miso.wwa.com>
organization: Fac. Ciencias
newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii
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