WARNING: Control Codes **2nd REVISION**

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                             WARNING       2nd Revision 5 Nov 98

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*** HTML warning added and the Ascii Art Ten Commandments ***
    Ascii replaced with ASCII.
    Acceptable ASCII characters reduced to  32 to 126.


Control Codes:
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PLEASE do *NOT* post Colour, Color, Control Codes, HTML or Animation
Codes to ASCII-ART newsgroups - or indeed ANY Internet newsgroup.

It can cause an awful lot of trouble on Net systems worldwide.

If you do wish to post Raw Code then UUENCODE it first !

Colour & Color Control Codes in subject titles and headers should be
avoided entirely.



Extended Character Set:
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The only ASCII characters which should be posted and used in ASCII
ART are:
               Decimal characters   32 to 126.

The Extended Character Set of Decimal 127 to 255 made by using the
Alt key, and used for ANSI pictures, must be UUENCODED before
posting to the Net and should not be used in ASCII artwork pictures.

The Decimal Characters 0 to 31 are control codes and should not
be used in ASCII artwork.




                Here is a chart of ASCII characters:
                 [ provided by llizard 21/7/97 ]

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 }|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|{
 }|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
 }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
 }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
 }|       |                                                       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |{
 }|                                                               |{
 }| 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  ~ |       |{
 }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
 }| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |{
 }|                                                       |127 DEL|{
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           The ones you mustn't use are control codes.



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Please do NOT post Colour & Color Control Codes in message headers
and titles.


     The problems are due to some Net software recognising the
     Raw Code as commands which make the software do unwanted
     things and can even cause a system to crash.


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This message is being reposted frequently because many newcomers
to the Net do not seem to know the problems caused by Control Codes
used for Color, HTML, Animations etc.
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       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
       *                                                   *
       *        HTML, Mime, Java etc are not ASCII.        *
       *                                 ^^^               *
       * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


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   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


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                                                      E. & O.E.

Bye,