Re: What can ascii be used for?
From Jody Wong <gaz...@opus.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>
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· 18 Jan 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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: > Can ascii art be used for anything other than viewing pleasure or a hobby?
: signatures bbs
If you use a word processor, you can use some ascii-art to add that
little extra something to your letters to make it more interesting. It's
better than trying to use a dot-matrix printer to print a graphic file.
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