Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 6 May 1994.
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Pointer to gif->ascii for Macintosh
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 6 May 1994 - 6 May 1994
Bob Allison (bob...@gagme.wwa.com) wrote: : In article <2pnedm$j9...@styx.uwa.edu.au>, : Ti Wan NG <twa...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> wrote: : >so_...@acad.fandm.edu (Scott Burch) writes: : > : >>I've read the faq, but I can not seem to find any programs that convert : >>gifs to ascii files on the Macintosh. If anyone has such a program or : >>knows a site where I can get one please e-mail me at the address below. : >>Also is there a figlet type program for the Macintosh? Thanks in : >>advance. : > : > : >>-Scott : > : >I would like to know of a mac program that does that too :) : >Please email me at: twa...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au : >Thanx : Gentlemen, you find in the current version (1.8) of both the FAQ, and : the ASCII Art Resources file, question 12, 'Where can I get gray scale : converters?' tells of two FTP sites and an email source for Gifscii for : the Mac. : The FAQ was posted two days ago, so it shouldn't be hard to find, and : it can be obtained by fingering my account, by typing at a prompt on many : InterNet sites: : finger bob...@gagme.wwa.com | more (to read it a page at a time). : finger bob...@gagme.wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq'). : And Chris has recently posted the current contents of FTP site as well : as the address and pathname. : Why don't I just tell how to get it? If we point people to the FAQ : instead of answering frequently asked questions, it should reduce the : repitition of questions. : -- : /:::::: /::::: /:::::: |::::::: |:::::: /:::::|::::::: /:::::: |::: |::: |::: : |:::::::|::::::|::::::::|::::::::|::::::|::::::|::::::::|::::::::|::: |::: |::: : |::: |::: |::: \:::|::: ):::|::: |::: |::: ):::|::: |:::|::: |::: |::: : |:::::: |::: |::::::::|::::::: |::::::|::: |::::::: |::: |:::|::: |::: |::: : \::::::|::: |::::::::|:::::: |::::::|::: |:::::: |::: |:::|::: |::: |::: : ):::|::: |::: |:::|:::\::: |::: |::: |:::\::: |::: |:::|::: |::: |::: : |:::::::|::::::|::: |:::|::: |:::|::::::|::::::|::: |:::|::::::::|::::::::::::: : |:::::: \:::::|::: |:::|::: |:::|:::::: \:::::|::: |::: \:::::: \:::::::::::
Ti Wan NG <twa...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> writes: >>I've read the faq, but I can not seem to find any programs that convert >>gifs to ascii files on the Macintosh. If anyone has such a program or >>knows a site where I can get one please e-mail me at the address below. >>Also is there a figlet type program for the Macintosh? Thanks in >>advance. Oh please count me in on needing or wanting this information! email me at: For...@delphi.com cmc...@k12.puyallup.wednet.edu
In article <Js-...@delphi.com>, Forcythia <for...@delphi.com> wrote: >Ti Wan NG <twa...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> writes: > >>>I've read the faq, but I can not seem to find any programs that convert >>>gifs to ascii files on the Macintosh. If anyone has such a program or >>>knows a site where I can get one please e-mail me at the address below. >>>Also is there a figlet type program for the Macintosh? Thanks in >>>advance. > >Oh please count me in on needing or wanting this information! Yes it is in the FAQ, the answer to question 12, "Where can I get gray scale converters?" will tell you. Get a FAQ by typing the following at the prompt of many InterNet sites: finger bob...@gagme.wwa.com > faq This will get the FAQ from my account and put it into a file called faq on your account. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :###### :##### :###### :####### :###### :##### ####### ::###### :### :### :### ####### ###### ######## ######## ###### ###### ######## ######## ### :### :### ### ::::### :::### :### ### :### ### :::### :::### :### ### :### ### :### :### ###### :### :::######## ####### :##### :### :::####### :### :### ### :### :### :###### ### :::######## ###### ::##### :### :::###### ::### :### ### :### :### ::::### ### :::### :### ### ### :### :::### :::### ### :### :### ### :### :### ####### ###### ### :### ### :### ###### ###### ### :### ######## ############# ###### ::##### ### :### ### :### ###### :##### ### :### :###### ::########### ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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