Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 20 Apr 1994.
GIF to ASCII
alt.ascii-art
· 10 messages · 20 Apr 1994 - 29 Dec 2000
Hi all. Is ASCGIF the only program to convert GIF to ASCII? If there are others, where could I find them? I tried ASCGIF on my pc and it said I do not have enough memory. How much memory does it take? I could not even convert a small b/w GIF. Besides, is there any program to convert ASCII to GIF? Where could I find them? Sorry for having so many questions. I am new to this group. Anyway, thanks in advance. Tang
On 20 Apr 1994 15:06:40 GMT, Nirgalli from alt.ascii-art said that:
: Hi all. Is ASCGIF the only program to convert GIF to ASCII? If there
: are others, where could I find them? I tried ASCGIF on my pc and it said I do
: not have enough memory. How much memory does it take? I could not even convert
: a small b/w GIF. Besides, is there any program to convert ASCII to GIF? Where
: could I find them? Sorry for having so many questions. I am new to this group.
: Anyway, thanks in advance.
Why would you want to convert an ASCII to a GIF? Not only would it take much
more memory, but it would still look just as crappy (not saying that ASCII's
are crappy), but WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Matt
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Matthew Koglin: >Why would you want to convert an ASCII to a GIF? Not only would it take much >more memory, but it would still look just as crappy (not saying that ASCII's >are crappy), but WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Oh, maybe you have an ascii pic that looks particularly nifty with the font and colors you have, and you want to show everyone how great it looks. So you bring it up in a window, capture the pixmap, and convert it to a gif. (xwd | xbmtopnm | ppmtogif) You know, I think I just figured out what alt.binaries.pictures.ascii is *really* supposed to be used for. --
On Wednesday, April 20, 1994 at 15:33:34 GMT (9:33am EDT ? )
mko...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Matthew P. Koglin) writes:
MK> Why would you want to convert an ASCII to a GIF? Not only would it
MK> take much more memory, but it would still look just as crappy (not
Mk> saying that ASCII's are crappy), but WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Probably so that he could avail himself of one of the many GIF
"thumbnail sketch" programs that are out there and make a small screen icon
for each ASCII picture, so that he could paste up a "photo-album" of about
forty thumb-nail sketch icons at a time to his screen. Paging through
ASCII pictures forty at a time is probably faster than having to wade
through each one individually, provided that you have the disk space for
storing the icon pixel maps. It makes sense to me!
OK, here's how to convert ASCII to GIF... 1) copy the ASCII into your buffer 2) open a paint program 3) select the text tool 4) instead of typing, paste in the ASCII in your buffer 5) save as a GIF There, that's easy. Don't know why the hell anyone would do it, but there you go. Hmm... there's a bulge in my cheek. Must be my tongue. Gary Mitchell
I have heard of one, but don't know where I might get one. Can anybody help me here? If you could email me as well as reply to the newsgroup I'd be very grateful. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Holder <dlp...@coventry.ac.uk> In love, and doesn't care who knows it. Off for a dirty weekend in Hereford.
FAQ followed shortly thereafter with all the answers ;) Just don't believe them about the ANSI. ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii On Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:28:07 +0000, David Holder <dlp...@coventry.ac.uk> wrote: % %I have heard of one, but don't know where I might get one. Can anybody %help me here? % %If you could email me as well as reply to the newsgroup I'd be very grateful. %Thanks. % %------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %David Holder <dlp...@coventry.ac.uk> In love, and doesn't care who knows it. %Off for a dirty weekend in Hereford. % -- enq...@npvq.bet RaD Man % ACiD Productions Founder % Artpacks Archive Founder Words to live by: " It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons. "
Is there a program/util that will take a gif file and convert it to one of these ascii style art pics? I thought i remembered one back in the good old command line dayz... Thanks. Ralphie
>Subject: GIF to ASCII >From: myd...@yahoo.com (Ralphie) >Date: 12/29/00 2:07 AM Eastern Standard Time >Message-id: <Xns9018E7D3Bmydogralpieyahoocom@207.225.159.7> > >Is there a program/util that will take a gif file and convert it to one of >these ascii style art pics? I thought i remembered one back in the good >old command line dayz.. Yeah, there is GIFSCII (at my site in the sig below), but it won't look like it was handmade, it looks converted. ObASCII Conversion: ASCII Conversion by $$$$$$$$$$$$$ Ton...@aol.com $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$ $$$ $ $$$ $$$ $$ $ $$$ $$$ $$ $ $$$ $$$ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $$$ $$ $ $ $$ $$$ $ $ $$ $$$ $$ $ $$ $$ $$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$ $ $$ $$ $ $$$ $$ $$$ $$ $$ $ $$$ $$ $ $$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $$ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$ $$ $ $ $$$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $ $$ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$ $ $ $ $$$$$ $$$$$$$ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $$ $ $$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$ $$$$$$ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$ $ $$$$$ $$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $$$$$ $$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$ $$$$$$ $$ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $$ $$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$$ $ $ $ $ $$$ $$ $ $$ $$$$ $$$ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$$ $$ $ $$ $$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $$$$$$ $ $$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$ $$$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $$$ $$$ $ $ $ $ $$ $$$ $$$ $$ $ $$$$$ $$$ $ $ $ $ $$ $$$$$$$ $$ $ $$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $$ $$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $ $$$$$$$ $$ $ $$$$$$ $ $$$$ $ $$$$$ $$ $ $$$$$$$ $ $$$ $ $$$$ $$ $ $$$$$ $ $ $ $ $$$ $ $$$$$ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$$$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$$$ $ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $ $$$ $ $ $$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ $$ $ $ $ $$$ $$$$$ $$$ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$ $ $$ $ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $ $$$$$$ $$$$$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$$ $ $ $ $$ $$$$$$$ $ $ $$$ $ $ $ $ $$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$$ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$$$$ $$$$ $ $ $ $ $$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$$ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$ $$$ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $$ $$ $$ $$ $ $$$ $$ $ $ $$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$$$ $ $$ $ $$$ $ $ $$$$ $ $$$ $ $$$$ $ $ $$ $ $$$$ $ $$ $ $$$ $ $$$ $$ $$$ $ $$$$ $$ $$$ $ $$$ $$ $$ $ $ $$$ $$$ $$ $$ $$$$ $$ $$ $$ $$$$ $$ $$ $$$ $$$$ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$$$$ $$ $ $$$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $$$$ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $$ $$$$ $$ $$ $$$$$$$ $$ $$ $$ $$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$ $ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $ $$ $$ $$$$ $$$ $$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$ $$$$ $ $$ $$$$ $$ $$ $$$$ $$$$$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $ $ $$$ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $$$ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$$ $$ $$$ $$ $$ $$$ $$ $$ $$$ $$$$ $ $$ $$ $$$$$ $ $$ $$ $$$ $$ $ $$$$ $$ $$ $ $$$ $$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $$ $ $ $ $$$$ $$ $ $ $$ $$ $$ $$$ $$ $$$ $$ $$ $$ $ $$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$ $$ $ $$$ $$$$$ $$ $ $$ $$$ $$$$ $ $$ $$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$ $$$$$ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$$$$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$$ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$$$ $$ $ $ $ $$ $$$$ $ $$ $$$ $$ $$$ $ $ $$ $ $$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$ $$ $$ $ $ $ $ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $ $ $ $ $ $$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $$ $ $$$$$$$ -- "I am the one you warned me of." - BOC - Imaginos ANSI & ASCII tools - http://members.aol.com/tony5870
Ralphie writes >Is there a program/util that will take a gif file and convert it to one of >these ascii style art pics? I thought i remembered one back in the good >old command line dayz... > >Thanks. > >Ralphie try: gifa.exe 58kb : msdos executable http://alberty.pascal.citeweb.net/txt/gifa.exe gifscii.c.tar.gz 11kb : source code ftp://www.forwiss.uni-passau.de/pub/unix/Text/gifscii/gifscii-2.2.tar.gz obscii-> .-=-._,-=-. / \ | . , | \ \_/ F \ / / \ / / \ / / Y / cjr20aug0 \ / \_/ see yuz colin -- . /\_/\ ( () /_ / /\) _/ /2 .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_ :( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ' \___") --<<nOWiStHEbEST-=oOo=-tIMEoFyOURlIVES>>--
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