I just discovered this group last night - I missed 5 very good years!

Tweeter <Twe...@the.speaker> wrote:

> Colin Douthwaite - Thank you for the 5th anniversary 
> retrospectives!  I was able to retrieve # 8 on up.  If you care to 
> repost 1 through 7 for a latecomer, that would be nice... at any 
> rate, what a wonderful, albeit vicarious, walk down memory lane!  

Just for you...to save space I will zipfile the first 7 postings, 
uuencode the zipfile and then post it to the newsgroup: 

        alt.ascii-art.animation

UUencoded files are acceptable in that newsgroup which was created 
to allow posting of Ascii animations made using ANSI escape codes 
which required UUencoding before posting to the newsgroup.

The group does not have much traffic now. Those old ascii animations 
ran best on old slow PC/XT machines with a clock speed of 4.7Mhz and 
they now need slowmo programs like MOSLO to slow down COMMAND.COM on 
Pentiums, running at Gazillions of Mhz, if those old animations are 
to be viewed successfully...otherwise they are just a single flash 
of light on the screen.  

Look for the file: ANNIVERSARY.ZIP ( 1 to 7 ) in alt.ascii-art.animation

Bye,

>>>  Wow! And idiotic newcomer has joined us!

> Wow! And illiterate talentless trolling moron responded to me with and
> honest opinion!  What and honor!  This is and eventful moment!

Yes, I agree Pete, we have an idiot in our midst. <Tries to keep fist from
monitor.> AND TALENTLESS ISN'T A WORD! Who is the moron here, Tweeter?
    -Sarah

Wow! And idiotic newcomer has joined us!

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On Sun, 04 Oct 1998 15:39:18 GMT, Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) wrote:

>
>I'm almost speechless.  But not quite!
>

Thanks for sending what you have of ascii. After that first glut of
posts you should be able to read through the group and still get to
bed before you become a zombie.  :)  

Some of the ascii artists have home pages or galleries for their art.
I recommend Joan's page which you can find in her sig easily. Also,
Hayley's page which is not as easy to find as she doesn't post as
often. http://www.xs4all.nl/~klr

You can also look at the search engines and search for ascii art.
Yahoo has a category for it with the figlet pages too. 

Have fun, hope you will make some tries at your own ascii,

Laura

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>Also,
>Hayley's page which is not as easy to find as she doesn't post as
>often. http://www.xs4all.nl/~klr

And to visit the 'rest' of the ASCII art pages,
visit here:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/links.htm

This ought to be the most updated list of ASCII
art links on the internet.

Please let me know if any good sites have been
omitted.

-joan
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On Mon, 05 Oct 1998 04:34:34 GMT, Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) wrote:

[Snip flaming since this post is in high ignore-mode]
>  _____________________________________________________________
> (O)___________________________________________________________)
> |                                                            |
> | The 'stinks gallery # 1:                                   |
> |                                                            |
> |        .oo    Sphincterstink - aka Meadow Muffin           |
> |   ,''''  -)   Basically, a turd... but with eyes looking   |
> |  (__)_)__)_)  for attention, and a mouth to spout drivel.  |
> |____________________________________________________________|
> (O)___________________________________________________________)

I like this one very much!

This is what I call a good parody on Pete's work!
If only the insults would be a bit less...

--
GoofY
PS Damn good parody btw, you got the drawing style right 100%!

Tweeter wrote:
> [ 8< ] The
> second may be inappropriate, as I think it uses characters outside the
> set accepted by the ascii artists here.  I didn't take the time to
> analyze it closely against the FAQtual definitions I came across. 

It passed through my chat (which can be used as a "purity test" for
ascii art since it only "lets through" the characters 32-126, plus
newlines) just fine.  :)

> If
> someone can see it and enjoy it, great - In any case, if it is the
> "wrong" kind of ascii art to post here, it won't happen again, as
> these are the only two samples I have ever seen.
> 

Here's a collection of files on the subject (if you look at the dates
you'll see that they are not new...):

http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/junkyard/creative/3D/


(and I seem to recall that Randy Gardner got quite fascinated by them
too. You could have a look in http://www.dejanews.com/ and see if you
can find any of his work there... and Ilmari Karonen has made some
too...)

> I'm intrigued by the gif-to-ascii programs though I haven't gone and
> tried one yet. 

The idea sounds cool, but after a while one realises that they aren't
particularly good...   :(

> Colin Douthwaite - Thank you for the 5th anniversary retrospectives!
> I was able to retrieve # 8 on up.  If you care to repost 1 through 7
> for a latecomer, that would be nice... at any rate, what a wonderful,
> albeit vicarious, walk down memory lane!

Try Dejanews (URL above) for that...

> The discovery of figlets was a delight!  I just had to take a break to
> send several friends figleted messages, along with the URL.

<blink color="neon red">

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   *  Figlet is good! Figlet is nice! Figlet cures headaches!  *
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</blink>

> This Pete Casso is obviously a complete twit,

Yes he is. Just ignore him.


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>From: Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca>
>Date: Sun, Oct 4, 1998 14:12 EDT
>Message-id: <361...@sympatico.ca>
>
>Wow! And idiotic newcomer has joined us!

Oh great, welcome Pete!


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Lester5374 wrote:
> Oh great, welcome Pete!

Thanks for the welcome, Lester!

Don't forget to welcome Tweeter too, he or she may be an interesting transvestite!

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Sarah Day <med...@micron.net> wrote:
>>>>  Wow! And idiotic newcomer has joined us!

>> Wow! And illiterate talentless trolling moron responded to me with and
>> honest opinion!  What and honor!  This is and eventful moment!

>Yes, I agree Pete, we have an idiot in our midst. <Tries to keep fist from
>monitor.> AND TALENTLESS ISN'T A WORD! Who is the moron here, Tweeter?
>    -Sarah


Confucius say...

"People who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones."

Toodles,

Steven 'GoofY' de Brouwer <goo...@stack.nl> wrote:
>On Mon, 05 Oct 1998 04:34:34 GMT, Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) wrote:

>[Snip flaming since this post is in high ignore-mode]
>>  _____________________________________________________________
>> (O)___________________________________________________________)
>> |                                                            |
>> | The 'stinks gallery # 1:                                   |
>> |                                                            |
>> |        .oo    Sphincterstink - aka Meadow Muffin           |
>> |   ,''''  -)   Basically, a turd... but with eyes looking   |
>> |  (__)_)__)_)  for attention, and a mouth to spout drivel.  |
>> |____________________________________________________________|
>> (O)___________________________________________________________)

>I like this one very much!

>This is what I call a good parody on Pete's work!
>If only the insults would be a bit less...

>--
>GoofY
>PS Damn good parody btw, you got the drawing style right 100%!


But I thought you'd already *plonked* Tweeter?

Bye,

Steven 'GoofY' de Brouwer wrote:
> > |        .oo    Sphincterstink - aka Meadow Muffin           |
> > |   ,''''  -)   Basically, a turd... but with eyes looking   |
> > |  (__)_)__)_)  for attention, and a mouth to spout drivel.  |

> you got the drawing style right 100%!

That's because Tweeter stole the pic from me, two more thefts today

 |     /(        Hardpeckerstink - Viagra by the Truckload!   |
 |    ( ">       Insecure, tries to prove his masculinity     |
 |     (> )=>    by questioning the femininity of strangers.  |
 |       ^^                                                   |

 |     (\    /)  Pegastink - Carry a cast-iron umbrella!      |
 |     (:\Oo/:)  Fancies itself a powerful legendary figure,  |
 |      (  -)    in reality is nothing but a laughingstock.   |
 |       " "                                                  |

Wow! Three thefts in one day!

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