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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 20 Nov 1996.
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How to create those nice ASCII graphics?

How to create those nice ASCII graphics?

alt.ascii-art · 3 messages · 20 Nov 1996 - 21 Nov 1996
Excuse me, could anyone kindly tell me how can I create those beautiful
ASCII graphics?  What programs do I need and where can I get one?

Thank you for your attention.

Felix Lee.

J. Melusky <wha...@u.washington.edu> ASCII art 21 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
On 20 Nov 1996, Felix Lee wrote:
> Excuse me, could anyone kindly tell me how can I create those beautiful
> ASCII graphics?  What programs do I need and where can I get one?
> Thank you for your attention.
> Felix Lee.

Hi Felix, Here is the list that I hope you find useful. I have never used
any of these converters but I went to the sites and they are there for
people to try out. Good luck.
Conversion programs List:

(Available as of Oct 31 1996)
Host: ftp.wwa.com
Address: 198.49.174.1
Path: pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii
URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii
AlphaGifscii.exe  45Kb

or
(Available Oct 31 1996)
Search http://www.shareware.com's Macintosh directory for 'markxy01.zip'
or 'markxy00.zip'
for a graphics to ascii program.
or 'sig95_2g.zip' 'sigpro2d.zip' (Win3.1) for signature alphabet programs.
or
'pixch020.zip' or 'emailasc.zip'for Bitmap to Ascii conversion programs.

or
(Available Oct 31 1996)
The BMP2TXT program can be found at:
http://www.bsoftware.com/a17c68p0.htm

or

http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl

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spu...@aol.com 21 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <01bbd786$100e9040$9e6...@felixlee.ust.hk>, "Felix Lee"
<cs_...@stu.ust.hk> writes:

>Excuse me, could anyone kindly tell me how can I create those beautiful
>ASCII graphics?  What programs do I need and where can I get one?
>
>Thank you for your attention.
>
>Felix Lee.

I think someone is playing a funny with us here... don't you think?  :)
Check out who this is from....
-joan
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