Re: The earliest ascci-art......
sgt pinback wrote in message ... >possibly vaugely related i've seen files w/ bells, characters and spaces >in them so that when you sent them to a (dot matrix) printer would go 'zit >zit bing, zit zit bing, zit zit bing bing bing' etc and play 'music'. or at >least a semi-recognizable rhythm. ascii music? kick out the jams brothers >and sisters! > >(oh no. have i just given the dread* pete casso another ascii extension >idea? have i just made the ascci gangstein list by saying this?) It wouldn't be an extension.. ASCII character 7 (bell) is usually represented by a sound (ding!) Of course, Not Many programs do that nowadays. And ASCII 7 is verboten by the FAQs. Just another of our local ascii convention/extension. >>BKNambo -- Sun...@msn.com Is there anything I can't do? <G> World Domination through Trivia! [ chatquiz | onGames | MarsMission ]
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