Re: So, You Want To Make Text Art?

On 02 Jan 2000 17:50:46 EST, mik...@best.com (MJP) wrote:

> If you have a nonstandard keyboard, please refer to 

I could be really hard for a newbie to know if he has a nonstandard
keyboard. I have used computers for more than 10 years, and the last
time I saw a "standard" keyboad was when I last saw a Commodore 64. And
even some of those had ��� and other "non-standard" keys. My Amigas had
those keys, my PC has those keys, all my friends' PC's have those keys
and EVERY computer in EVERY school and office I have been has had those
keys. So If a Finn writes to this group he might not know he has a
"non-standard" keyboard, since he has never seen any other kind of
keyboard.

> the list of ASCII character + codes

> 32 SP  33  !  34  "  35  #  36  $  37  %  38  &  39  ' 
> 40  (  41  )  42  *  43  +  44  ,  45  -  46  .  47  / 
> 48  0  49  1  50  2  51  3  52  4  53  5  54  6  55  7 
> 56  8  57  9  58  :  59  ;  60  <  61  =  62  >  63  ? 
> 64  @  65  A  66  B  67  C  68  D  69  E  70  F  71  G 
> 72  H  73  I  74  J  75  K  76  L  77  M  78  N  79  O 
> 80  P  81  Q  82  R  83  S  84  T  85  U  86  V  87  W 
> 88  X  89  Y  90  Z  91  [  92  \  93  ]  94  ^  95  _ 
> 96  `  97  a  98  b  99  c 100  d 101  e 102  f 103  g 
>104  h 105  i 106  j 107  k 108  l 109  m 110  n 111  o 
>112  p 113  q 114  r 115  s 116  t 117  u 118  v 119  w 
>120  x 121  y 122  z 123  { 124  | 125  } 126  ~ 

How about this:
Please use only the letters A-Z, numbers 0-9 and the
following characters when creating ASCII-art:

 ! " # $ % & ' (
 ) * + , - . / :
 ; < = > ? @ [ \
 ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

Do not use any other characters.


Ob (non-)ascii: picture of my keyboard.

 ,---.    ,---.---,---.---, ,---.---.---,---. ,---.---,---.---. ,---.---,---. ,---------------.
 |Esc|    |F1 |F2 |F3 |F4 | |F5 |F6 |F7 |F8 | |F9 |F10|F11|F12| |Prt|Scr|Pws| |Num Caps Scroll|
 |   |    |   |   |   |   | |   |   |   |   | |   |   |   |   | |Sys|lck|Brk| |=    =     =   |
 `---'    `---^---^---^---' `---^---^---^---' `---^---^---^---' `---^---^---' `---------------'
 
 ,---.---,---.---,---.---,---.---,---.---,---.---,---.--------. ,---.---,---. ,---.---,---,---.
 |�  |!  |"  |#  |�  |%  |&  |/  |(  |)  |=  |?  |`  |<---    | |Ins|Hom|Pg | |Num|�  |�  |-  |
 |�  |1  |2 @|3 �|4 $|5  |6  |7 {|8 [|9 ]|0 }|+ \|�  |        | |   |   |Up | |Lck|   |   |   |
 >---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^--------< >---^---^---< >---^---^---^---<
 ||<-- |Q  |W  |E  |R  |T  |Y  |U  |I  |O  |P  |�  |^  |      | |Del|End|Pg | |1  |8^ |9Pg|   |
 |-->| |   |   | (E|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |� ~| <-'  | |   |   |Dwn| |Hom| | | Up|   |
 >-----^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^.     | `---^---^---' `---^---^---|+  |
 |Caps  |A  |S  |D  |F  |G  |H  |J  |K  |L  |�  |�  |*  |     |      Wny      |4  |5  |6  |   |
 |Lock  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |'  |     |               |<--|   |-->|   |
 >------^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^-----<     ,---.     `---^---^---^---'
 |/\  |>  |Z  |X  |C  |V  |B  |N  |M  |;  |:  |_  |/\         |     | ^ |     |1  |2| |3Pg|   |
 |||  |< ||   |   |   |   |   |   |   |,  |.  |-  |||         |     | | |     |End| V |Dwn|   |
 >----^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^---^-----------< ,---^---^---. `---^---^---|En-|
 |Ctrl|~#  |Alt|    <   Keytronic   >    |Alt |~#  ||-L |Ctrl | |   | | |   | |0      | , |ter|
 |    |~   |   |    /  Mpr II - KEY \    |Gr  |~   | '\ |     | |<--| V |-->| |Ins    |Del|   |
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Non-ascii chars explained:
    1/
� = / 2
    __
� =(__`
   (__)
   .__)

� = British pound, ,-
                  -+-
                  /__
 
� = I think this was meant to be ecu,  \ /
                                        O
                                       / \
 
�= pretty much ' 

�= A with a ring on the top ()
                            /\
                           /--\

�= umlaut, two dots 
                    . .
�= O with an umlaut, O 
                    . .
�= A with an umlaut, A 

�= quotinent  o   (Yes, I looked up the word quotinent from a dictionary)
            -----
              o   
�= product, On Lucida console looks EXACTLY like x                   
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