Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 17 Jun 1994.
Chess
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 17 Jun 1994
men...@priddy.cs.utexas.edu (Matthew William Mengerink) asked for 3*3 chess pieces. I hope these are improvements. Sometimes these things look good on one monitor but not on another. Here are the pieces... +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |:nun:| =%' |:(\):| (+) |:(W):| (/) |:`%=:| nun | |:]@[:| /[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]\::| ]@[ | |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ | +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| | @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 | |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) | +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | nun |:=%':| (\) |:(+):| (W) |:(/):| `%= |:nun:| | ] [ |::/[:| ] [ |:] [:| ] [ |:] [:| ]\ |:] [:| | (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ And if you leave out the lines in between the squares you can just squeeze the board onto a 24-line display like a vt320. |:nun:| =%' |:(\):| (+) |:(W):| (/) |:`%=:| nun | |:]@[:| /[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]@[:| ]@[ |:]\::| ]@[ | |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ | | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| @ |::@::| | @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| @@@ |:@@@:| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| |:::::| | |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 |::0::| 0 | |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) | | nun |:=%':| (\) |:(+):| (W) |:(/):| `%= |:nun:| | ] [ |::/[:| ] [ |:] [:| ] [ |:] [:| ]\ |:] [:| | (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| (_) |:(_):| Mah-jongg anyone? -- .adBBba. Ba. A VquuudB ,B B. B Richard Kirk "'B ,B" _`S"b B.Bb .dBb .B dBBB. B.aP" _"B. JB.aPb ra...@crosfield.co.uk BaP" .B B .JB? B B. B.BBV B B BK. B BP'BCdP' .B `~VaP' VBP B B? VB?' B `bd' B "~aaBP B B "Vbaa 0442-343361
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