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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 4 Nov 1994.
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Ascii Chess piece?

Ascii Chess piece?

alt.ascii-art · 5 messages · 4 Nov 1994 - 13 Nov 1994
Meindert de Jong <vli...@rcl.wau.nl> ASCII art 4 Nov 1994 19:08 · permalink
In article <39c50h$1q...@widomaker.widomaker.com>, che...@widomaker.com (Alison Rosenstengel) writes:
>
>I'm looking for some recognizable ascii chess pieces (preferably 5 lines 
>tall, but I'd be interested in seeing anything that you can come up with) 
>for a .sig.  Thanks :)
>
>Alison
>che...@widomaker.com
>che...@ren.psy.jhu.edu

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  |_ + _|   M\/M
  __| |__   M  Meindert de Jong
 ( . . . )
  \_____/   Voice: (+31) 8370 21937
  [_____]   Vli...@RCL.WAU.NL
    l l    
   / - \  "In order to win you must cheat.
  / --- \ If you lose; Hell start a fight!"
-{-------}+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

============================================
  ||\_      CHEERS!
  // o\_    
 ||  ___)   M\/M
 ||   \     M  Meindert de Jong
 ||____|
(_______)   E-mail: Vli...@rcl.wau.NL
                    vlinders@hwalhw50
            Phone: (+31) 8370 21937

Ric Hotchkiss <geh...@sdrc.com> ASCII art 8 Nov 1994 18:55 · permalink
In article <39c50h$1q...@widomaker.widomaker.com>, che...@widomaker.com (Alison Rosenstengel) writes:
|> 
|> I'm looking for some recognizable ascii chess pieces (preferably 5 lines 
|> tall, but I'd be interested in seeing anything that you can come up with) 
|> for a .sig.  Thanks :)
|> 
|> Alison
|> che...@widomaker.com
|> che...@ren.psy.jhu.edu
|> 

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chess
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-=H=- BISHOP
 ] [        
/___\       

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  /  .\_
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 |    \
 |  =  |
 /_____\
[_______] Brent James Benton

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| |          | |          ||           ||     	    ||    	  P    
---          ---          --           --     	    --    	 --    
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   

(+)          (^)      	  /\*          <_)   	    [_]   	  o*      
/=\          /=\      	  )(*          {_\   	    /_\   	 /_\     
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   

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[___]  	     (___)     	  (_)          [_]   	    [_]   	 (_) 
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   
MYCHESS  Written by David Kittinger Copyright (C) 1979    

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{ }  	     ( )  	  < >  		/|  	    ] [           o
###  	     ###  	  ###  	       ###  	    ###          ###

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{ }  	     ( )  	  < >  		/|  	    ] [           o
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King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   
Matthew W. Mengerink

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(_)          (_)       	  (_)          (_)          (_)      	 (_)
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   
Richard Kirk

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 =====        =====  	  =====        =====  	    =====  	 =====
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   

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{_______}    |______| 		       (_______)    (_________)  
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   


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 /      \     /      \ 	   /    \ 	/      \     /       \	  /    \ 
|________|   |________|	  |______|     |________|   |_________|	 |______|
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   

                                                                               
O O O O O
|\  ^  /|      _( )_   	     _/|    	  ___   
|_|_|_|_|    | |/ \| | 	   (  \  )      _/   \      |_| |_| |	   _( )_   
\       /    | |   | | 	    \__\/      (___ ) |      ]_____[ 	  (     )  
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 (_\ /_)      \_|_|_/  	   _/___\_      /_____\      [_____] 	  _/___\_  
[_______]    [_______] 	  [_______]    [_______]    [_______]	 [_______] 
King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   
Matthew W. Mengerink				 


-- 
   |\                               ___ _    _   _     _      _    _   _       
(|_|_\________________             | _ (_)__| |_| |___| |_ __| |_ | |_(_)______
)|____________________|            |   / / _|  _  / _ \  _/ _| ' \| ' / (_-<_-<
(| |___\ The Draftsman             |_|_\_\__|_| |_\___/\__\__|_||_|_`_\_/__/__/
Of Course, my opinions do not reflect those of my employer, that's not my job!

A OGRE <ogr...@netcom.com> ASCII art 8 Nov 1994 23:44 · permalink
Ric Hotchkiss (geh...@sdrc.com) wrote:
   |\                               ___ _    _   _     _      _    _   _       
(|_|_\________________             | _ (_)__| |_| |___| |_ __| |_ | |_(_)______
)|____________________|            |   / / _|  _  / _ \  _/ _| ' \| ' / (_-<_-<
(| |___\ The Draftsman             |_|_\_\__|_| |_\___/\__\__|_||_|_`_\_/__/__/

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I thought that was a viper from Battlestar Galactica when I saw it.
   _
  | \____                 
|\|  \___\____________ 
|/|    _______________\
  |____\    Starbuck!

That's better :-)


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Joe Rumsey  <ogr...@netcom.com> ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ogre/home.html

Bob Allison <bob...@wwa.com> ASCII art 9 Nov 1994 08:22 · permalink
The Washington Post says that A OGRE <ogr...@netcom.com> wrote:
>Ric Hotchkiss (geh...@sdrc.com) wrote:
>   |\                              ___ _    _   _     _      _    _   _
>(|_|_\________________            | _ (_)__| |_| |___| |_ __| |_ | |_(_)______
>)|____________________|           |   / / _|  _  / _ \  _/ _| ' \| ' / (_-<_-<
>(| |___\ The Draftsman            |_|_\_\__|_| |_\___/\__\__|_||_|_`_\_/__/__/
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>I thought that was a viper from Battlestar Galactica when I saw it.

   Of course not, it obviously a hammer and anvil. :-)

>   _
>  | \____
>|\|  \___\____________
>|/|    _______________\
>  |____\    Starbuck!
>
>That's better :-)

   Hey that's a nice leaf blower. :-)

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David S. Issel <dis...@nunic.nu.edu> ASCII art 13 Nov 1994 17:52 · permalink
+------ Ric Hotchkiss (geh...@sdrc.com) wrote: -----------
[snip]
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|  \* */        \\ //  	   /^\   	      	      _
|   | |          | |   	   \ /         |-|-|  	     / .\
|   | |          | |   	   | |   	| |   	     \  \/  	  /^\
|  /   \        /   \  	  /   \        |   |  	     /  \  	  | |
|  =====        =====  	  =====        =====  	    =====  	 =====
| King         Queen        Bishop       Knight       Rook         Pawn   
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think you got these two mixed up.-------------^

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