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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 15 Oct 1994.
Answer: How to view ASCII animations

Answer: How to view ASCII animations

In article <37pnhn$1f...@sashimi.wwa.com>,  <cco...@ivory.trentu.ca> wrote:
>
>What program is needed to view an animated ascii drawing or
>anything related.  I have just recently figured out how to uudecode
>and now I am confused as to what to do with a decoded animated ascii
>sequence.

   After you uudecode, and possibly uncompress, all you do is 'cat' it.  
On mast Unix based system, you just type "cat" and the file name of the 
animation you want to see.  That's it.

--
    ....... ...... ....... ....... ...... ...... ....... ....... ... ... ...
   ---     ---    --- --- --- --- ---    ---    --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
  /////// ///    /////// /////// ////// ///    /////// /// /// /// /// ///
     === ===    === === ======  ===    ===    ======  === === === === ===
####### ###### ### ### ### ### ###### ###### ### ### ####### ###########

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Subject: Answer: How to view ASCII animations
Date: 15 Oct 1994 18:18:34 -0500
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