new to group/hi all

hi all,

been reading (or should i say "viewing"?) this NG for
a while and i thought it was about time to contribute ...

i've been an occasional ASCII artist for some years now;
if you enjoy the picture below i'd love to post some more.


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this image was created on my trusty old macintosh SE/30
from 1989, using a software named "ASCII-paint", with some
text edits added here and there.

doing ASCII art i frequently use a blend of techniques;  from
conversion of my own icon designs (see my signature below) to typing
manually to the aforementioned ASCII-paint application.

hope ya like it,
frank

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