Info: Where the FAQ is

Graham Daley <hkm...@hk.net> wrote:
>Hello, guys!
>
>I'm new (as you probably guessed by my sig!) to this field.
>
>Can you please tell me:

Rule #1: We don't answer questions in the group, see the FAQ.

>a)  Where your FAQ is located,

   See Rule #1.


   Tha FAQ is available from news groups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, email, finger:

   o  News Groups:

      -  rec.arts.ascii

      -  alt.ascii-art

      -  alt.binaries.pictures.ascii

      -  alt.ascii-art.animation

      -  comp.graphics

      -  news.answers

      -  alt.answers

      -  rec.answers

      -  comp.answers


   o  FTP Sites:

   ->  Host: ftp.wwa.com
       Path: pub/Scarecrow
       File: FAQ
        URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ

   ->  Host: ftp.uu.net
       Path: usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq.Z
        URL: ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq.Z

   ->  Host: rtfm.mit.edu
       Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.mty.itesm.mx
       Path: pub/usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://ftp.mty.itesm.mx/pub/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
       Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.sunet.se
       Path: pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.cs.ruu.nl
       Path: pub/NEWS.ANSWERS
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: ftp.Germany.EU.net
       Path: pub/newsarchive/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq.Z
        URL: ftp://ftp.Germany.EU.net/pub/newsarchive/news.answers/ascii-art-faq.Z

   ->  Host: ftp.funet.fi
       Path: pub/doc/rtfm/rec.arts.ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K).gz
        URL: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/rtfm/rec.arts.ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.edu.tw
       Path: USENET/FAQ/rec/arts/ascii
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K).gz
        URL: ftp://ftp.edu.tw/USENET/FAQ/rec/arts/ascii

   ->  Host: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de
       Path: pub/comp/usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: ftp://hwarang.postech.ac.kr
       Path: pub/usenet/news.answers
       File: ascii-art-faq
        URL: ftp://hwarang.postech.ac.kr/pub/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq

   ->  Host: ftp.uni-paderborn.de
       Path: doc/FAQ
       File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
        URL: ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/doc/FAQ


   o  Gopher Servers:

   ->  Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
 Menu Items: 10, 12, 1

   ->  Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
 Menu Items: 37, 30, 647, 3

   ->  Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de
 Menu Items: 12, 8, 4, 647, 3

   ->  Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
 Menu Items: 3, 3, 858

   ->  Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net
 Menu Items: 7, 1, 19, 14, 54

   ->  Host: gopher.win.tue.nl
 Menu Items: 8, 6, 3, 4, 20, 53

   ->  Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net
 Menu Items: 7, 1, 20, 14, 62

   ->  Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de
 Menu Items: 12, 4, 10, 5, 703, 3


   o  World Wide Web:

             Scarecrow's WWW Link Info page
    ->  URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/info.html
     Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything)
     Select: ASCII Art Resources (text verion with examples)
     Select: ASCII ART FAQ (posted text version)

    ->  URL: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/ascii-art-faq/faq.html

    ->  URL: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-faqs/rec.arts.ascii

    ->  URL:http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/ascii-art-faq.html


   o  FTP Mail Servers:

->  Address: ftp...@uni-paderborn.de
    Message: help

->  Address: mai...@cs.ruu.nl
    Message: help

->  Address: arc...@Germany.EU.net
    Message: help

->  Address: ftp...@ftp.edu.tw
    Message: help

->  Address: ftp...@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
    Message: help


   o  Email:

->  Address: bob...@wwa.com
    Subject: REQUEST FAQ
    Subject: REQUEST RESOURCES


   o  Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony sites:

       finger asc...@wwa.com (turn on text capture first)
                                      OR
       finger asc...@wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time)
                                      OR
       finger asc...@wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq')



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