Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 20 Sep 1996.
AOL and ASCII art
alt.ascii-art
· 10 messages · 20 Sep 1996 - 27 Sep 1996
In message <51t8p9$99...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, BazzaT (baz...@aol.com) spewed thusly:
;>I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc.
;> Any suggestions as to how to remedy this?
;>
;>Thanks,
;>Barry.
The simplest solution would be to dump AOL and get a *real* ISP. On top of
AOL's many problems, such as the one you just mentioned, it's also a
rip-off. Why pay $12.95 a month + $3 an hour when most ISP's are $15-$20 a
month (unlimited usage) and offer the same features if you know where to
look.
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lem...@zipnet.com
In article <51t8p9$99...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, BazzaT <baz...@aol.com> writes >I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc. > Any suggestions as to how to remedy this? Yes. Change your options to a monospaced [typewriter] font. -- Regards, Woof Woof, Glug Glug-- X E M U * Who Drowned theJUDGe's Dog ? s p 4 \ |\ answers on ( alt.religion.scientology /~~~~~~~ @----, and on page (/x/clam/faq/woofglug.html -;'^';,_,-;^; : : :http://www.demon.co.uk/castle/x/clam/index.html _____________________________________*****_<--server has changed___ OT8 Cognition:"Source is the 8th Dynamic"[LRon Hubbard is God]BWAAH! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
either sign-up with a new service -or- use your copy/paste option with a windoze notepad...
In article <51t8p9$99...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> baz...@aol.com (BazzaT) writes: >From: baz...@aol.com (BazzaT) >Subject: AOL and ASCII art >Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:06:49 -0400 >I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc. > Any suggestions as to how to remedy this? The only way I know of is to save the text as a file then view the file in an application that uses a monospaced font (such as in Notepad or MS-DOS Edit). ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ _ _ | \ | |__/ | | [__ |__] \_/ |__/ |___ | \ |__| ___] |__] | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- dcr...@primenet.com
'da lemnitz (lem...@sim.zipnet.com) wrote:
: rip-off. Why pay $12.95 a month + $3 an hour when most ISP's are $15-$20 a
Actually, it's $19.95 a month for 20 hours and about $3 per hour after
that. I use AOL, but never leave the service. Got a few friends there that
won't venture out onto the 'net, and their Free-form gaming forum is kinda
amusing to hang around...
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BazzaT (baz...@aol.com) wrote:
: I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc.
: Any suggestions as to how to remedy this?
Get a real 'net provider. There are plenty with MUCH cheaper rates. Of
course, none with all the "even a 3-year-old could do it" features, but...
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I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc. Any suggestions as to how to remedy this? Thanks, Barry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rhyddhewch y ceirw! Rhaid i Sion Corn farw! Free the reindeer! Santa Claus must die!
>>>>>>>> BazzaT (baz...@aol.com) wrote: <<<<<<<<< > I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc. ^^^^^^^^^ I think that I have spotted your problem. ;-) > > Any suggestions as to how to remedy this? > Have a great day, Dave. -- \|/ ____ \|/ I can C | This entire message was a fake. Don't believe it. | @~/ ,. \~@ U thru | On the same lines, don't believe this .Sig, as it | /_( \__/ )_\ the | may also be a fake. Don't reply to me, that could | \__U_/ screen | be exactly what I want. -dis...@nunic.nu.edu | You have new mail.
baz...@aol.com (BazzaT): > I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc. > Any suggestions as to how to remedy this? Cancel your subscription to AOL and get a real account! Your are welcome! Sven [WCTYBTWHTCY]
Sven Guckes <guc...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de> wrote in article <slr...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de>... > baz...@aol.com (BazzaT): > > I use AOL and it really screws up the appearance of ascii art in sigs etc. > > Any suggestions as to how to remedy this? The ascii art looking wrong could have something to do with the font your news reader is using. Try changing it to a proportional font like MS Serif. -- -=Damien=-
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