Info: So many posted questions are answered in the FAQ

A little bird said that Jarid B Lukin <luk...@blue.seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
>HI!  I am new to this internet thing, so please have patience.  I am 
>trying to figure out how I can go about viewing some these encoded 
>pictures.  I have looked at the utilities newgroup and I'm still quite 
>confused.  I am semi-computer literate, so if someone could either e-mail 
>or post ***step by step*** instructions as to how I go about getting a 
>conversion program and how I go about converting and viewing the files, I 
>would really appreciate it.  Thanks in advance.

   Yes ASCII art fans, artists, and detectives, this question, and many 
more are answered in the ASCII ART FAQs.

   Don't get me wrong, I don't want to stop people from posting 
questions, it gives all of us a chance to post individual answers, and 
gives a chance for new info to be added.

   It's just that it wouldn't hurt to read one of the versions of the 
FAQ.  There are there versions.  First there is the short text version 
that is posted.

   There is the long text version called ASCII Art Resources.  It has 
illustrations, examples of the different kinds of art, FIglet fonts, etc.
The Web version is like the long text version, but in addition it has 
links to all the ASCII art sites I know.  It's called ASCII Art Reference.

   Here are the questions covered in these FAQs:

   1  What is ASCII art?
   2  Why use ASCII art instead of a GIF?
   3  What is ASCII art used for?
   4  What are the different kinds of ASCII art?
   5  What is the best way to view ASCII art?
   6  How can I learn to make ASCII art?
   7  Are there any ASCII tools?
   8  Where can I get ASCII tools?
   9  Where can I find ASCII art?
  10  How do I use FTP, Gopher, World Wide Web, and FTP Mail Servers?
  11  Can I get The Scarecrow's files via email?
  12  Is it OK to copy ASCII art?
  13  How do I make those big letters?
  14  Where can I get Figlet?
  15  How can I make Gray Scale pictures?
  16  Where can I get Gray Scale converters?
  17  How can I make better Gray Scale conversions?
  18  What do those filename extensions mean?
  19  What is 'uuencoding'?
  20  How do I save, 'uudecode' and uncompress a file?
  21  How do I view animations and color images?
  22  How do I put an animation in my plan?
  23  How do I make a sig?
  24  How do I have my sig automatically added to my posts and email?
  25  What should I know about posting ASCII Art?
  26  Where is this FAQ available?
  27  Who made this FAQ?


   So, please read the FAQ, it couldn't hurt.  Where do you get it.  I'm 
glad you asked me that.    Tha FAQ is available from newsgroups, FTP, 
Gopher, WWW, email, finger:


o Newsgroups:

     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: 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: 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


o Gopher Servers:

->  Hast: gopher.wwa.com
   Items: 3, 3

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

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


o World Wide Web:

 ->  URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html
  Select: ASCII ART FAQ (this file)
  Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with samples of everything)
  Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything)


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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