Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 4 Aug 1998.
Help wanted Ansi not Ascii art
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 4 Aug 1998 - 9 Aug 1998
I used to be a BBS sysop back in the good old days. I did alot of work with Ansi and ascii art. The problem is I cannot find any ANSI art files. I am looking for one or two good superhero type files I can convert to a menu on a friends MSDOS machine. Well it runs Win 3.11 but I am creating a dos based menu because most of the stuff I am loading on it is old dos based stuff. Its a starter machine for him and a freebe and allows me to get rid of alot of programs that are collecting dust. I would like a nice colorful superhero type ansi file to use as the menu screen, but I cannot find any in this day and age of Gifs and jpegs.
In article <35c...@news.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes >On Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:21:37 -0500, "The Lion's Cub" <cna...@elknet.net> >wrote: > >>I used to be a BBS sysop back in the good old days. I did alot of work with >>Ansi and ascii art. The problem is I cannot find any ANSI art files. I am >>looking for one or two good superhero type files I can convert to a menu on >>a friends MSDOS machine. Well it runs Win 3.11 but I am creating a dos >>based menu because most of the stuff I am loading on it is old dos based >>stuff. Its a starter machine for him and a freebe and allows me to get rid >>of alot of programs that are collecting dust. >> >>I would like a nice colorful superhero type ansi file to use as the menu >>screen, but I cannot find any in this day and age of Gifs and jpegs. >> >> > >I have just posted 2 uuencoded ANSI collections to the newsgroup > > alt.binaries.pictures.ascii > >Dunno if you'll like any of the piccies though! > >The two files are: > > ANSIZIP3.ZIP > ANSJEAN1.ZIP > >Bye, ermmm. .... damn! i dont get that news.grp on this side of the planet.. ...neither my ISP nor Deja-News carry that group! any chance u can post to news:alt.ascii-art.animations ? plz..... [][][ see yuz [][][ colin -- ( () /_ / /\) _/ /? .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_ CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk
On Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:21:37 -0500, "The Lion's Cub" <cna...@elknet.net> wrote: >I used to be a BBS sysop back in the good old days. I did alot of work with >Ansi and ascii art. The problem is I cannot find any ANSI art files. I am >looking for one or two good superhero type files I can convert to a menu on >a friends MSDOS machine. Well it runs Win 3.11 but I am creating a dos >based menu because most of the stuff I am loading on it is old dos based >stuff. Its a starter machine for him and a freebe and allows me to get rid >of alot of programs that are collecting dust. > >I would like a nice colorful superhero type ansi file to use as the menu >screen, but I cannot find any in this day and age of Gifs and jpegs. > > I have just posted 2 uuencoded ANSI collections to the newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Dunno if you'll like any of the piccies though! The two files are: ANSIZIP3.ZIP ANSJEAN1.ZIP Bye,
>I used to be a BBS sysop back in the good old days. I did alot of work with >Ansi and ascii art. The problem is I cannot find any ANSI art files. I am >looking for one or two good superhero type files I can convert to a menu on >a friends MSDOS machine. Well it runs Win 3.11 but I am creating a dos >based menu because most of the stuff I am loading on it is old dos based >stuff. Its a starter machine for him and a freebe and allows me to get rid >of alot of programs that are collecting dust. > >I would like a nice colorful superhero type ansi file to use as the menu >screen, but I cannot find any in this day and age of Gifs and jpegs. What I have done a lot of times is just go to your favorite web search engine and type in ANSI ART or ANSI COLLECTION or ANSI GALLERY, and you should find a bunch of sites with one of those. . http://members.aol.com/lester5374/index.htm - Ansi home page FTP://members.aol.com/lester5374/ansi - To download the ANSI format
In article <35c...@news.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> writes >On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 18:04:55 +0100, CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> >wrote: > >>ermmm. .... damn! i dont get that news.grp on this side of the planet.. > >Can you access "alt.binaries.misc"? yes i can.... seems like mostly pirate or beta-release stuff in there. > >The files are about 165K each in size and I usually uuencode them ..... >or do you have a file size limitation at your end for some reason? > none that i know of [][][ see yuz [][][ colin -- ( () /_ / /\) _/ /? .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_ CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 18:04:55 +0100, CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote: >ermmm. .... damn! i dont get that news.grp on this side of the planet.. >...neither my ISP nor Deja-News carry that group! >any chance u can post to news:alt.ascii-art.animations ? >plz..... And that's exactly the problem with all alt.* newsgroups but especially the alt.binaries.* groups...many ISPSs refuse to carry them and some will not allow you to post to binary groups. Can you access "alt.binaries.misc"? The files are about 165K each in size and I usually uuencode them complete rather than in smaller parts. There are automatic cancelbots which stop binaries exceeding 100k being posted to non-binary groups such as alt.ascii-art.animation so posting them there might fail! Also can you please confirm you can handle the complete file size of 165K or do you have a file size limitation at your end for some reason? Bye,
CJRandall (col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: yes i can.... seems like mostly pirate or beta-release stuff in there.
: >
: >The files are about 165K each in size and I usually uuencode them
: .....
: >or do you have a file size limitation at your end for some reason?
: >
: none that i know of
I have been searching for the ANSI artists I know
of, but the only one I found is Dave Hartmann, but he
is the best, and has a site at interlink.
I wanted to make some of the better ANSI and ASCII
art from the last 15 years available at my web site, but
I am concerned about copyright law and intellectual
property rights.
I had permission from a number of artists to
repost for non-commercial purposes, but too many
years have passed.
If there is something in particular you want,
email me, as long as it won't be used commercially.
Even though DH is the best, I am partial to
Pretty Please. :-)
Joe Fischer
Related ASCII art in the Gallery
Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:
Make your own ASCII art
Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.
About this thread.
These messages were posted publicly to the newsgroup
alt.ascii-art
in 1998 and are mirrored here unchanged as part of the Historic Archives – only email addresses are masked.
The artwork and text belong to their original authors: if you copy a piece, keep the artist's initials or signature intact and credit them where you can.
Are you one of the authors? Contact us to get your posts attributed, connected to your artist profile, or removed.
Report this message
Help us keep the archive clean and accurate. Reports are reviewed by a person – nothing is changed automatically.