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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 30 May 1996.
Re: Why *is* it called ASCII Art ?

Re: Why *is* it called ASCII Art ?

Pleasant (ple...@snook.com) wrote:
: Re: Re: Why *is* it called ASCII Art ?
: 
:   ASCII for the art, get the ANSII....hopefully. :)
: 
:                                               Pleasant

ASCII stands for the char set used and art is that it is pictures made
from it.

Like my skulls in my sig made from ASCII chars and are a picture so
is ASCII Art.

Does that explan things.
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From: pdo...@metz.une.edu.au (CRYLUX)
Subject: Re: Why *is* it called ASCII Art ?
Date: 1996/05/30
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organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia
newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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