Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 13 Jun 1994.
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*** PLEASE READ -- CONCERNING GIFSCII ***
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· 4 messages · 13 Jun 1994 - 20 Jun 1994
-- As was previously announced, my FTP site is unstable. Many files were lost, and permissions were severly screwed with. So, NO ONE can access it for a few days. But, I thought to myself . . . Self, why not post the source code for Gifscii, so people can get it from the groups. So, I meandered into my tattered Archive, only to discover that my entire Gifscii directory now consists of a few very nice empty files. So, if Paul is reading, can I get the Gifscii stuff again? And for everyone else, PLEASE be patient, and stop the e-mail requests for Gifscii; I am doing all I can, but these things take time. We Apologize For the Inconvenience, Chris __^__ __^__ ( ___ )------------------------------------------------------( ___ ) | / | Christopher King NCSU Computing Center | \ | | / | 208 Hillsborough Building (919)515-3035 | \ | | / | WWW URL>http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/users/c/chking/ | \ | |___| "Calm down. It's only ones and zeros." -- Sam Kass |___| (_____)--------------E-mail:chr...@ncsu.edu--------------(_____)
chk...@unity.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER HOLLAND KING) writes: >As was previously announced, my FTP site is unstable. Many files were lost, >and permissions were severly screwed with. So, NO ONE can access it for a >few days. But, I thought to myself . . . Self, why not post the source code >for Gifscii, so people can get it from the groups. So, I meandered into my >tattered Archive, only to discover that my entire Gifscii directory now >consists of a few very nice empty files. So, if Paul is reading, can I get >the Gifscii stuff again? [...] Well, my name is Paul though I'm not sure I'm the mentioned Paul. Anyway, I have the C source of a program called "ascgif" that converts gif to ascii format. This is the head of ascgif.c: /* * Ascii Gif Viewer Version 2.1 Mar (c) 1993 John Ferrell * Freeware. Public Domain. * Shows gif pictures using text characters. 7 changes for pc to mainframe portability. (search on 'mainframes') Some mini/workstations might need some of the pc definitions. 2.1 changes - added Form Feed (clear screen) before picture */ Paul Rambags.
pau...@wsinis12.info.win.tue.nl (Paul Rambags) writes: >Well, my name is Paul though I'm not sure I'm the mentioned Paul. >Anyway, I have the C source of a program called "ascgif" that converts gif >to ascii format. This is the head of ascgif.c: >/* > * Ascii Gif Viewer Version 2.1 Mar (c) 1993 John Ferrell > * Freeware. Public Domain. > * Shows gif pictures using text characters. > 7 changes for pc to mainframe portability. (search on 'mainframes') > Some mini/workstations might need some of the pc definitions. > 2.1 changes - added Form Feed (clear screen) before picture >*/ >Paul Rambags. Hehe, on Linux it compiles well, when it is supposed to convert a gif, it mallocs 17 Megs of Memory (good if you have it), keeps your disk busy swapping for about 25 minutes and then produces this output: ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ... maybe if John Ferrell (the author) is reading this? B*B Soeren -- Soeren M Soerries eoo. eoooo ,oo. eo oo ,ooo. * eoo. eo oo eoooo Breul 43, d8oob d8oo d8odP dP8dP 8oo. op dP db d8odP d8oo 48143 Muenster, d8ooP' d8ooo dP dP dP 8P booP' dP d8ooP dP dP d8ooo Germany. tlf: voice 0251-51378, data 0251-56822, soe...@beansidhe.ms.sub.org
In article <..> soe...@beansidhe.westfalen.de (Soeren M Soerries) writes: >> * Ascii Gif Viewer Version 2.1 Mar (c) 1993 John Ferrell > > Hehe, on Linux it compiles well, when it is supposed to convert a gif, it > mallocs 17 Megs of Memory (good if you have it), keeps your disk busy > swapping for about 25 minutes and then produces this output: > > ......................... > > ... maybe if John Ferrell (the author) is reading this? > Most likely you need to comment out the lines in the FlipWord function. Or un-comment them depending on the status of your source. I tried contacting John Ferrell at his jwf...@juts.ccc.amdahl.com address. It didn't bounce, but he never responded. This was a few months ago when I started work on Gifscii. For clarification, while ascgif and Gifscii look somewhat similar they use completely different conversion algorithms. You can obtain both of them from ftp.ncsu.edu in the /pub/ncsu/chking/Archive/... directories. Paul Kline pk6...@acad.drake.edu - ignorance exceeded only by inquisitance -
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