Re: Dead or alive...
On 2001-09-22 new...@ceejay.cjb.nOt said: > > A graphics-mode pointee-clickee operating system isolates the > > user from the machine's default 80 x 25 text-mode characters. > >You still have the command prompt This is true. And when you've exited to the Win-Doze pseudo-'DOS' prompt, you're no longer in Win-Doze, per se. Even though the Win-Doze kernel is still in control, you're now in Virtual 86 mode. And for purposes of ASCII art, V-86 mode is better than being in the Win-Doze pointee-clickee gooey. At least you have access to the =real= 80 x 25 text- mode characters. So if you don't have a genuine real-mode O.S. in- stalled on your computer, Virtual 86 mode is the next-best option. From there, you can run a simple DOS-based text editor (such as the freeware TED.COM program) to create your ASCII art.
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