Talk: How to save, uudecode and view animations and color

   Here is the answer to Question 8 in the ASCII Art Rources file:


   You need to do the following if you want to save an animation or color
image from a newsreader or mail program, uudecode and view.  Type the name of
the file where I have "FILENAME".  On a Unix system, the process is usually as
easy as:

   o  In your newsreader, you can type "s FILENAME" and choose a filename.
      In Elm you'll get a "save file to" prompt.  In Pine, you'll be asked for
      a folder name.  Pine's 'folder' is actually a text file, so go ahead and
      give it a name.  Give your new file a unique name so the it isn't
      appended to, or doesn't overwrite, any existing file.

   o  Quit your newsreader or mailer and go to where the file was saved.

   o  Type "uudecode FILENAME".  This may change the file's name.

   o  You may need to decompress the file if it has a suffix such as .Z or .gz
      (among others).  For .Z, type "uncompress FILENAME" and for .gz, type
      "gunzip FILENAME".

   o  Sometimes a number of animations or color pics will come packed together
      in a .zip or .tar file.  You need to unzip or untar it by typing "unzip
      FILENAME" or "tar -xvf FILENAME".  You will now have a number of files.
      To just read the contents of a .tar file, type "tar -tvf FILENAME".

   o  Now, to view, type "cat FILENAME" and press the return.

   o  Alternatively, if you want to view an animation compressed as a .Z file,
      you can view it without decompressing it by typing "zcat FILENAME", and
      for .gz compressed files, by typing "gzcat FILENAME".


   To slow down an animation while viewing on your Unix host, you need to type
"cat -u FILENAME".

   Note: if you are modeming into your host, the speed of your connection will
effect the speed of the animation.  At 14.4 K, the animation may go to
quickly, while at 2400, it may go to slowly.  Host system and terminal speed
also affect animation speed.


   There are also programs to slow animations.  They are:

      vtcat - An alternative to type(msdos) cat(UNIX). this program
              will display your animations at the speed you like.

    delayvt - Inserts delays into an animation file so that
              the animation itself becomes slower.

   revdelay - This UNDO's the delays added by 'delayvt' so that
              you get the original animation as written by the author.

   The C source code, plus PC executables are available from:

      ->  Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk
       Address: 128.240.2.1
          Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation/progs/utils


   If you have uudecoded and decompressed a file and downloaded it, you need
to do the following:

   o  On your PC: You have to type "type FILENAME" and press the return to
      view.  You have to be sure there is a line reading:
      "DEVICE=ANSI.SYS" or "DEVICEHIGH=ANSI.SYS" in your CONFIG.SYS file.

      You should probably also convert these files to DOS-ASCII.  Do this with
      a CR/LF converter (FLIP.EXE from FLIP1EXE.ZIP).  Be sure to use the
      binary option because of the escape codes.

   o  On your Amiga: Open a large Cli/Shell and type "type FILENAME" and press
      return to view.



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