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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 31 Dec 1996.
Re: TUTORIAL: Make a Start in Ascii Art

Re: TUTORIAL: Make a Start in Ascii Art

gd2...@aol.com wrote:
>In article <5a13ch$ci...@orm.southern.co.nz>, cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin
>Douthwaite) writes:
>
>>
>>= ASCII art tips and example ==
>>
>>Try practicing to make your own artwork by just typing on the
>>keyboard, which is what I do (I work just using the DOS text editor
>>which comes along with any MSDOS machine.  Any text editor will do.)


>Hi.  Please excuse if this is question shows my ingnorance of this
>subject:  I use windows 95, but my computer has an option to open to DOS. 
>I've seen my daughter do this for several games she has.  This DOS text
>editor...where and how do I find it or even know if I have it?  Explicit
>instructions, please.  Thanks in advance, Sue


The Microsoft MS-DOS.5 User's Guide and Reference says:

To start MS-DOS Editor at the command prompt:

Type edit at the command prompt and press the Enter key

       C> edit 


---------------------------------------------------------

               STARTING THE DOS EDITOR
               -----------------------

  /mmm\        /mmm\        /mmm\
  (O o)        (O O)        (o o)
    U            U            u           /mmm\
  ||\  \\        / \\         .           (- -)
 oOOo__oOOo   _____oOOo  ___________      __u_oOOo
############  #########  ###########  ################
(BAD ANSWER)   (RETRY)   (ONCE MORE)  (Bored & Asleep)
                  -David Bourgin-  


---------------------------------------------------------


Bye,

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From: cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: Re: TUTORIAL:  Make a Start in Ascii Art
Date: 1996/12/31
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