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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 12 Aug 1998.
Re: asc-tool.exe (asciitool.c for dos) [1/2]

Re: asc-tool.exe (asciitool.c for dos) [1/2]

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, CJRandall wrote:

> >In article <902...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite
> ><cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes
> >>
> >>Missing part ==>    "go32stub, v 2.00T"

for simple programs you might want to look at micro-c --it produces code 
that will run on any pc w/o the 32 bit extender. it's not a full featured 
c (it doesn't have floats and a few other things) but it is free. freedos 
is writen with it and it is available on their site

http://www.freedos.org. 

it's fairly small too. (zipped it's 790k). i've got it on an old 8088 
laptop & play the included version of space invaders on it.


in other news there's a mess of 'line printer art' on wuarchive (not 
quite ascii art since some of it uses line printer overstrikes and a lot 
are 132 col) here's a few examples of whats there that are plain ascii
(actually, lucy's eye was a strike over X and *) there don't seem to be 
initials on any of these...

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     XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 XV VXXXXXXXV  VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  X XXXXXX        VXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
         X        XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
          X        XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
          X          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
         X  -              XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
     XXXX ** -             XXXXXXXXXXXXX
    X        -          XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
     XX                XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
     X                XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
     X               XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      X              XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
       XX  XX XX     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
       X XX  X  X     XXXXXXXXXV VXXXXXXXX
       X X_X    XXXX     XXX
        X           X   X
         XXX     XXX    X
         X X    X XXXXXXXX
        X X    X          X
        X X    X  XX    X  X
        X X    XXX..  XX XX X
        X X      XX  XX.     X
         X X       XXX  .    X
          X XX     X---       X
           XXXXX    XXX '     X
             X  XXXX  XX    XX X
             X          XXXX   X     XXXXXX
             X                  X   X      X
            X                   X XX       X
            X                    XXXX     X
            X                    XXX XXXXX
     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX
   XX                                 XX
  XXXXX                                XX
      XXXXXXXXXX            XXXXXXXXXXX
                XXXXXXXXXXXX  X  XXXXX
        XXXX     X     X      X X XXX
        X   XX  XX    X X    X-XXXXX
         X    X   XX  X  XXXX X    X
          X     X...XXX      X    X
           XX   XXX   X     X    X
             X   XXX   X   X    X
              XX XXXXXX    X   X
                 XXXXX____  XXX




      AHH!! I'VE BEEN KISSED BY A DOG.
   GET THE IODINE!! GET THE ANTISEPTIC!!
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this one i think i've seen somewhere credited:

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my address: (rot13) cva...@qnegzbhgu.rqh

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