Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 30 Jan 1995.
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alt.ascii-art
· 4 messages · 30 Jan 1995 - 4 Feb 1995
> : rem make sure you have ANSi.SYS installed! > I want to ask a silly question, but how to install ANSI.SYS ?? really simple.... have a line in your config.sys read: Device=C:\dos\ansi.sys ---- http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~mrr18/
> First, I already tried calling the BBS and was unable to login. it's busy a lot, i know...<g> > are you sure that the previous post of the program was correct? yeah, its fine... the problem was, i just realized it now, is that some of its lines are longer than 80 characters. i'm gonna encode it and repost it soon. until then, hang tight. oh, try loging to their homepage... http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~mrr18/
James J. Marshall (157...@cats.ucis.vill.edu) wrote:
: In article <Pin...@inibara.cc.columbia.edu>, Michael Rusignola <mrr...@columbia.edu> writes...
: >BTW: that last post is the new version of the SNaP ANSi DoS prompt maker..
: >it gives you a choice of 60 prompts which you can choose from, and all
: >user interfaced in a batch file. just save it to a file (its about 300
: >lines long, i think) and run it as PROM2.BAT .... if you have any
: >questions, i'm told to tell you to call Dark Waters BBS (9o8-6o3-7947) 28.8
: >which is their WHQ.
: First, I already tried calling the BBS and was unable to login. Next,
: are you sure that the previous post of the program was correct? I was totally
: unable to run the program, being given errors like "Syntax Error" right from
: the first lines which are supposed to redirect the program if an argument
: was sent into it. Yes, my ANSI.SYS driver is loaded. Has anyone else had
: this problem? Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or who to fix it?
: I'd like to check out the prompts, so if anyone can assist, I'd appreciate
: it. Thanks.
Yeah, I had the SAME problem. Whassup with that?
Christopher JP
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In article <199...@cobra.uni.edu> pirill44@iscssun writes: >: First, I already tried calling the BBS and was unable to login. Next, >: are you sure that the previous post of the program was correct? I was> totally >: unable to run the program, being given errors like "Syntax Error" right from >: the first lines which are supposed to redirect the program if an argument >: was sent into it. Yes, my ANSI.SYS driver is loaded. Has anyone else had >: this problem? Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or who to fix it? >: I'd like to check out the prompts, so if anyone can assist, I'd appreciate >: it. Thanks. > >Yeah, I had the SAME problem. Whassup with that? > I've got no problem with it. Works fine on my PC.
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