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From: bob...@gagme.wwa.com (Bob Allison)
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii
Subject: TALK - Files of ASCII art you can get ...
Date: 30 May 1994 10:37:12 -0500
Message-ID: <2sd178$cj...@gagme.wwa.com>


   The following Scarecrow's files are currently available:

      File Name                          Version      Size

   o  ASCII ART FAQ                        2.3        42 K
      Contains info on where to obtain ASCII art files, how to make 
      those big letters, how to have a sig added to your posts and 
      email, what ASCII art groups exist, where to get gray scale 
      converters, how to save and view an animation, and more.  

   o  ASCII Art Resources                  2.3        93 K
      Contains everything in the FAQ, plus examples of every kind of 
      ASCII art, plus ANSI escape codes, and examples of most all 
      the Figlet fonts.  

   If you want everything in the Scarecrow's edited collection, get 
all three of the following archives.  Together, they contain over a 
megabyte of every kind of ASCII art.  

   o  The Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archive    1.0        349 K
      Hundreds of goodies, plus special sections on sigs and BBS 
      art.  Each item has a 'From:' line, and of course there's my 
      witty commentary. :-) 

   o  The Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archive    2.0        362 K
      Hundreds more goodies, sigs, BBS art, plus sig blanks, plan 
      art, more.  

   o  The Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archive    3.0        369 K
      Third in the series.  More goodies, plus GIF Gallery, and more.

   o  The Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archive    4.0        364 K
      More sigs, GIFs, and a Font Gallery.  All four total around 1.5 megs.

   If you want just the best, but you want some of everything, get 
the Best of the Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archives.  Contains art from 
the first 3 SAAAs.  

   o  Best of the SAAAs                    1.0        610 K

   If you only want certain kinds of ASCII art, choose from the 
following files: 

   o  Best of the ASCII Pics               1.0        205 K
      The best pics from the first 3 SAAAs.  No sigs, BBS art, GIFs, etc.

   o  Most Often Requested Edition         1.2        107 K
      This file contains the pics everybody wants.  Birthday pics, 
      animals, Star Trek, hearts and flowers, etc.  Save time, get 
      this file instead of requesting someone post it and then 
      waiting for it.  

   o  The Scarecrow's Funnies              2.1        68 K
      Funny ASCII pix, cartoons, and humorous sigs.

   o  The Scarecrow's Font File            1.0        127 K
      Do you just want a collection of fonts?  Here it is, along 
      with some nice hand lettered pieces.  (These are NOT .flf 
      fonts for use with the Figlet program.) 

   o  Best of Scarecrow's Sig Gallery      1.2        207 K
      Over 200 non-stop K of some of the best sigs I've seen.  And 
      with people sending me sigs, I tend to see quite a few.  

   o  Best of Scarecrow's BBS Gallery      1.3        88 K
      Some of the best art from login sceens, server screens, MUDs, promos.

   o  Best of Scarecrow's GIF Gallery      1.1        62 K
      The best GIF conversions I and others have done.  Many 
      conversions I've seen aren't very good.  But I've taken the 
      best and put them into one collection.  

   o  Best of Scarecrow's 3-D Gallery      1.0        30 K
      Some of the best 3-D pix posted.


   My recommendations:

   o  If you are short on disk space, I would suggest you get the 
      FAQ and just those files containing the type of art you are 
      interested in.  

   o  If you have a bit more disk space, you may want to get either 
      the FAQ or ASCII Art Resources, and the Best of the SAAAs.  

   o  If you have some disk space to spare, you should get the ASCII 
      Art Resources file, and the 4 SAAAs.  Over 1.5 megs art and 
      info.  You'll be an ASCII art collector and expert, instantly.  


Where do you get these files?  

You can get them by FTP, and via email if you do not have FTP 
available.  

Ah, but you have to read the ASCII ART FAQ or ASCII Art Resources to 
find out where.  

   Tha ASCII ART FAQ is available from:

   o  News groups:

      alt.ascii-art

      alt.binaries.pictures.ascii

      news.answers

      alt.answers


o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on many 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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9  Where can I find ASCII art?
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You can FTP and Gopher ASCII art (single pics and archives of dozens 
or hundreds of images).  FTP'ing is easy.  Gophering is easier.  See 
Question 10 of the FAQ for further info.  ASCII art is available 
from many sites, including: 


o FTP Sites:

          Scarecrow's ASCII Art FTP
->  Host: ftp.wwa.com
 Address: 198.49.174.1
    Path: pub/Scarecrow
     URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow
          Has Scarecrow's files, SAPs, animations, color, FAQs, 
          Figlet, gray scale converters, 'how-to' files, and more.  


->  Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu
    Path: pub/ascii/art/pictures
     URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/pictures

          Jorn's FTP site
->  Host: ftp.mcs.com
    Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art
     URL: ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art
          Has Scarecrow's files, plus other ASCII art files, and the 
          technically oriented "asciitech.aa".  

          Chris' FTP site
->  Host: ftp.ncsu.edu
    Path: pub/ncsu/chking/Archive
     URL: ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking/Archive
          Contains all the Scarecrow's files, all of Steve 
          Sullivan's files, and Gifscii for many systems.  

->  Host: ftp.netcom.com
    Path: pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart
     URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart

->  Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk
    Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation
     URL: ftp://tuda.newcastle.ac.uk/pub/local/n1ka0/animation
          Animations

->  Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu
    Path: pub/ascii/art/movies
     URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/movies
          Animations

->  Host: ftp.uwp.edu
    Path: pub/msdos/demos/ansi
     URL: ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/demos/ansi
          Color graphics


o Gopher Servers:

          ASCII Art Bazaar
->  Host: twinbrook.cis.uab.edu
   Items: 11, 1
          Over 12 megabytes, thousands of pieces in many categories.

          Scarecrow's ASCII Art Gopher
->  Host: gopher.wwa.com
   Items: 3
     URL: gopher://gopher.wwa.com/11/ascii
          Has Scarecrow's files, SAPs, animations, color, FAQs, 
          Figlet, gray scale converters, 'how-to' files, and more.  
          Everything the FTP site has is available from the Gopher, 
          with friendlier menus.  

          TTU Gopher
->  Host: gopher.cs.ttu.edu
   Items: 7, 1
   URL: gopher:
       //gopher.cs.ttu.edu:70/11/Art%20and%20Images/ClipArt%20%28ASCII%29

          Stanford Gopher
->  Host: medmail.Stanford.EDU
   Items: 2, 1
     URL: gopher://medmail.Stanford.EDU/11/other.stuff/pictures/


o World Wide Web:

         Scarecrow's WWW Link
->  URL: http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html
         Gateway to the wold of ASCII art, with links to everything.

         Chris' WWW Page
->  URL: http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/users/c/chking/HTML/HTMLs/ascii.html

->  URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/WWW/homepage.html


o Mailing list:

            ASCII Art listserv list
-> Address: lis...@ukcc.uky.edu
   Message: subscribe asciiart


o FTP Mail Servers:

-> Address: ftp...@decwrl.dec.com
   Message: help

-> Address: ftp...@sunsite.unc.edu
   Message: help

-> Address: bit...@pucc.bitnet
   Message: help


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