Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 8 Aug 1994.
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Talk: ascii library on a cd-rom disk??? is there any???
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 8 Aug 1994 - 13 Aug 1994
Broddi Reyr Hansen <br...@rhi.hi.is> wrote: >I was wondering about it....hmmm... I like this art, just downloaded some >stuff and I liked it :) Its fun making this little pics and viewing them, >but as we all have limited hard disk space I thought if somebody put out >a hole cd-rom disk only with ascii pics. We have disks with gif pictures, >pcx, tiff...et cetera... why not ascii??? It's an interesting idea ... a CD-ROM full of ASCII art. It could have all known ASCII art, all the sigs people are using, tons of sig blanks, pre-made birthday greetings, all the chatter about ASCII art on all the groups, and anything else you could think of to fill 600 megs uncompressed. The problem is that there's no money in it. It would have to be done by somebody who's into the art, not the money. It's now possible to have single copies of CD-ROMs made. And even short runs are cheaper than they once were. Until then, if somebody actually wanted some ASCII art on disc, I imagine a few megs could be compressed onto an HD floppy. ASCII art compresses fairly well (about 3:1). -- . . .. ... .:.. ...:..::.:::.::::::::.:::.::.:..:...:.. ..:. ... .. .. . . ------ ---=- .=-==-= .=#==##= :=##### .##=#= =##==#= . ==-=-- -=- --- --- ------- ---=-= -=-====# =#==#=#= #=###= =#=#== #=#==##= -=-==--- =-- .=-- --- --- --- . =-= :=-= -== :=## ### :::##= :..=#= .=== ==- .=-- -=- --- --- ------ -=- . -=-==-== =#==##= :#=### :##= .:.#===#== .-=- .-=- =-= -=- --- ------ --- .. --==--== ==##== .:####= :=#= ::.=#=#== ..==- --= -=- .--- --- --- =-- . -== .=-= #=# =## :### :::##= :..#=# === .=-- .-=- =-- =-- --- ------- ----=- =-= .-== =#= :##= =##### =##==# =#= .#== ==--=--- -=----------- ------ -=-== -=- :=-= =## .=## #=###= .##=#= ##= .=#= -==--= .=-=--=----- . . .. ... .:.. ...:..::.:::.::::::::.:::.::.:..:...:.. ..:. ... .. .. . .
In article <324afv$n2...@gagme.wwa.com>, bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) wrote: > Broddi Reyr Hansen <br...@rhi.hi.is> wrote: > > >I was wondering about it....hmmm... I like this art, just downloaded some > >stuff and I liked it :) Its fun making this little pics and viewing them, > >but as we all have limited hard disk space I thought if somebody put out > >a hole cd-rom disk only with ascii pics. We have disks with gif pictures, > >pcx, tiff...et cetera... why not ascii??? > > It's an interesting idea ... a CD-ROM full of ASCII art. It could > have all known ASCII art, all the sigs people are using, tons of sig > blanks, pre-made birthday greetings, all the chatter about ASCII art on all > the groups, and anything else you could think of to fill 600 megs > uncompressed. > > The problem is that there's no money in it. It would have to be done > by somebody who's into the art, not the money. It's now possible to have > single copies of CD-ROMs made. And even short runs are cheaper than they > once were. > > Until then, if somebody actually wanted some ASCII art on disc, I > imagine a few megs could be compressed onto an HD floppy. ASCII art > compresses fairly well (about 3:1). > > -- ```````````````````````````````````` What I did with my ascii.art collection is put it on DAT Tape [Digital Audio Tape]. DAT tapes can be purchased for approximately $8.00 at any Tower Records in California [major record store here; check the section next to blank casette tapes]. A DAT tape holds approximately 2 Gigabytes of info. and is smaller than a casette tape. Unfortunately, DAT is for archivival storage purposes only. But, I do feel secure that all my disks of valuable ascii art and scanned images are backed up on such a small & convenient format. Trying running out of your apartment at 4:30 a.m. during a 7.1 Earthquake with 2000 Double Density Disks :-). Des c/o DesLaw Report 1157 1/2 West 30th St. Los Angeles, CA 90007 crw...@mizar.usc.edu P.S. - Sorry, forgot to be bring the file with my sig to school today.
<YOU...@usc.edu> wrote: > >bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) wrote: > >> It's an interesting idea ... a CD-ROM full of ASCII art. It could >> have all known ASCII art, all the sigs people are using, tons of sig >> blanks, pre-made birthday greetings, all the chatter about ASCII art on all >> the groups, and anything else you could think of to fill 600 megs >> uncompressed. >> >> The problem is that there's no money in it. It would have to be done >> by somebody who's into the art, not the money. It's now possible to have >> single copies of CD-ROMs made. And even short runs are cheaper than they >> once were. >> >> Until then, if somebody actually wanted some ASCII art on disc, I >> imagine a few megs could be compressed onto an HD floppy. ASCII art >> compresses fairly well (about 3:1). > >What I did with my ascii.art collection is put it on DAT Tape [Digital >Audio Tape]. DAT tapes can be purchased for approximately $8.00 at any >Tower Records in California [major record store here; check the section >next to blank casette tapes]. A DAT tape holds approximately 2 Gigabytes >of info. and is smaller than a casette tape. Unfortunately, DAT is for >archivival storage purposes only. But, I do feel secure that all my >disks of valuable ascii art and scanned images are backed up on such >a small & convenient format. Trying running out of your apartment at >4:30 a.m. during a 7.1 Earthquake with 2000 Double Density Disks :-). One thing about tape, it isn't the most reliable medium. The dimensional integrity of tope leaves something to be desired. A CD-ROM is preferable. Who knows, maybe a few years from now I'll get a CD-ROM cut of everything I've collected. Or maybe we can all get together and make a complete collection, and put it on a short run of CD-ROMs. Cost? It's hard to guess, but maybe a thousand dollars, maybe less. -- ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // ////// // ////// ////// ///// // ////// // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // ////// ////// // // // // ////// ////// // // ////// ////////// \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \ \\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \ \\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\ \ \\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \ \\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Since we were talking about CD-ROMs, I thought I'd repost my GIF
conversion of a CD-ROM.
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I still like that one. It would be cool if somebody would make a
smaller version of it.
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In article <32hdl8$j5...@gagme.wwa.com> bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes: > > Since we were talking about CD-ROMs, I thought I'd repost my GIF >conversion of a CD-ROM. > > :+"" ~<<::""+: > +Xi<<<<!< `<<!?!<<<HMti%L > :?HMMMM:<<<!<~ <<<!X<<<!MM88MMh?x > !HMRMMRMMM:<<<!< <<<!!<<<MR88MRMMRMH?. > ?NMMMMMMMMMMM<<<?< <<!!<<XM88RMMMMMMMMM? > !88888MMMMMMRMMk<<!! <<H!<<M88MRMMRMMMRMMRM! > <M8888888MMMMMMMM:<<! <<H<<488RMMMMMMMMMMMMMM>: > xHMRMMR888888RMMMMMM<<!< <!!<<988RMMMRMMRMMMMM?!<<% > :XMMMMMMMM88888MMMMMMH<<~ ~~~<X8RMMMMMMMMMMM!!<~ k > <<<!MMRMMRMMR8888MMP.n~ #R.#MMRMMRM?<~~ .nMMh. > !MMH:<<<!*MMMMMMM8Pu! n" "+ "h!MM!!~ :@MMMMMMM/ >.HMRMMRMMMH:<<"*RM M @ * " .nMMMMMMMRMMRMMk >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMx < " .u. 4'MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM9 >!RMMRMMMRMMRMMMMMX M @P #8 4 MMRMMMRMMRMMMMMMR< >!MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ! '8 8! ' MtMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! >kMMRMMRMMRMMMRMMR4 H #8. @8 H MMMMRMMMMMMRMMRMM! >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM>M "` .~i <!?MMMMMMMMMMMMM9 >'9MMRMMMRMMRMMP! : % H @ 8NRMHx<<<!!MMMMMR! > >MMMMMMMMM" <<HMk!i *u .* x*xR88888MMMMHi<<<<~< > !RMM#~ :<:MMRMMMMH.*n: :*.HRMMMRM8888888MRMMM! > ! <<:tMMMMMMMMMM8RM<::: :<<XMMMMMMMMMR88888888MM! > ~ <<<XHMRMMMMMMRMM8RM<<<<< `!<<MRMMRMMRMMMRR888888# > :HMMMMMMMMMMMM988MM<<X!<~'~<<<MMMMMMMMMMMMMR88#! > ~MMRMMMRMMRMM88MM<<<?<< <<<<!RMMMRMMRMMMMMM! > xMMMMMMMM988MM%<<<?<<: <!<<<?MMMMMMMMMMMX > !?MMMM@88MMR<<<<!<<< <:<<<MRMMRMMMP! > "X*988RMM!<<<?!<<~ <!<<<<MMMMM?" > !X*MM<<<<H!<<` <?<<<<<)! > "+:uX!<<< .::+"" > > > I still like that one. It would be cool if somebody would make a >smaller version of it. > >-- > > | | | | | | | | | | | > ___| __| _ | _ | __| __| _ | _ | | | | > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | | | | | | >____ | | _ | _| __| | _| | | | | | > | | | | | | | | | | | | | > | | | | | | | | | | | | >_______| _____|___| ___|___| ___|______| _____|___| ___| _______| ___________| > > Has anyone tried to or thought of making this into an animated.vt file? I have no experience in doing that... so I ask or declare, that i think it would be cool if someone put it to motion and posted it here:) just my 2 cents.
In article <32hm3t$nk...@gagme.wwa.com>, <who...@iastate.edu> wrote: > >In article <32hdl8$j5...@gagme.wwa.com> bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes: >> >> Since we were talking about CD-ROMs, I thought I'd repost my GIF >>conversion of a CD-ROM. >> >> :+"" ~<<::""+: >> +Xi<<<<!< `<<!?!<<<HMti%L >> :?HMMMM:<<<!<~ <<<!X<<<!MM88MMh?x >> !HMRMMRMMM:<<<!< <<<!!<<<MR88MRMMRMH?. >> ?NMMMMMMMMMMM<<<?< <<!!<<XM88RMMMMMMMMM? >> !88888MMMMMMRMMk<<!! <<H!<<M88MRMMRMMMRMMRM! >> <M8888888MMMMMMMM:<<! <<H<<488RMMMMMMMMMMMMMM>: >> xHMRMMR888888RMMMMMM<<!< <!!<<988RMMMRMMRMMMMM?!<<% >> :XMMMMMMMM88888MMMMMMH<<~ ~~~<X8RMMMMMMMMMMM!!<~ k >> <<<!MMRMMRMMR8888MMP.n~ #R.#MMRMMRM?<~~ .nMMh. >> !MMH:<<<!*MMMMMMM8Pu! n" "+ "h!MM!!~ :@MMMMMMM/ >>.HMRMMRMMMH:<<"*RM M @ * " .nMMMMMMMRMMRMMk >>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMx < " .u. 4'MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM9 >>!RMMRMMMRMMRMMMMMX M @P #8 4 MMRMMMRMMRMMMMMMR< >>!MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ! '8 8! ' MtMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! >>kMMRMMRMMRMMMRMMR4 H #8. @8 H MMMMRMMMMMMRMMRMM! >>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM>M "` .~i <!?MMMMMMMMMMMMM9 >>'9MMRMMMRMMRMMP! : % H @ 8NRMHx<<<!!MMMMMR! >> >MMMMMMMMM" <<HMk!i *u .* x*xR88888MMMMHi<<<<~< >> !RMM#~ :<:MMRMMMMH.*n: :*.HRMMMRM8888888MRMMM! >> ! <<:tMMMMMMMMMM8RM<::: :<<XMMMMMMMMMR88888888MM! >> ~ <<<XHMRMMMMMMRMM8RM<<<<< `!<<MRMMRMMRMMMRR888888# >> :HMMMMMMMMMMMM988MM<<X!<~'~<<<MMMMMMMMMMMMMR88#! >> ~MMRMMMRMMRMM88MM<<<?<< <<<<!RMMMRMMRMMMMMM! >> xMMMMMMMM988MM%<<<?<<: <!<<<?MMMMMMMMMMMX >> !?MMMM@88MMR<<<<!<<< <:<<<MRMMRMMMP! >> "X*988RMM!<<<?!<<~ <!<<<<MMMMM?" >> !X*MM<<<<H!<<` <?<<<<<)! >> "+:uX!<<< .::+"" >> >> >> I still like that one. It would be cool if somebody would make a >>smaller version of it. > [Delete my sig] > >Has anyone tried to or thought of making this into an animated.vt file? > I have no experience in doing that... so I ask or declare, that >i think it would be cool if someone put it to motion and posted it >here:) > >just my 2 cents. I asked this when I first posted it. But nobody has made an animation of the CD. There's another animation I want to make first. It has a story line. I would like it to be color as well. Anyway, will somebody make the CD spin around as if it were being played? -- .eeeeee..eeeee..eeeeee..eeeeeee..eeeeee..eeeee.eeeeeee...eeeeee..eee..eee..eee @@@@@@@:@@@@@@:@@@@@@@@:@@@@@@@@:@@@@@@:@@@@@@:@@@@@@@@:@@@@@@@@:@@@::@@@::@@@ %%%-----%%%----%%%--%%%-%%%--%%%-%%%----%%%----%%%--%%%-%%%--%%%-%%%--%%%--%%% &&&&&&++&&&++++&&&&&&&&+&&&&&&&++&&&&&++&&&++++&&&&&&&++&&&++&&&+&&&++&&&++&&& *||||||*|||****||||||||*||||||***|||||**|||****||||||***|||**|||*|||**|||**||| ====!!!=!!!====!!!==!!!=!!!=!!!==!!!====!!!====!!!=!!!==!!!==!!!=!!!==!!!==!!! :::::::#::::::#:::##:::#:::##:::#::::::#::::::#:::##:::#::::::::#::::::::::::: ......@@@.....@...@@...@...@@...@......@@.....@...@@...@@......@@@...........@
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