X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110f55,88c12422427b56ec,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,88c12422427b56ec,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,88c12422427b56ec,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-16 19:09:10 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!aix11.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de!nordwest.germany.eu.net!pophh!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Info: So many posted questions are answered in the FAQ Date: 16 Nov 1994 21:09:10 -0600 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 708-367-1871 Lines: 138 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <3aehgm$p8u@gagme.wwa.com> References: <3aeakv$o2b@netnews.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:2900 alt.ascii-art:16828 A little bird said that Jarid B Lukin wrote: > >HI! I am new to this internet thing, so please have patience. I am >trying to figure out how I can go about viewing some these encoded >pictures. I have looked at the utilities newgroup and I'm still quite >confused. I am semi-computer literate, so if someone could either e-mail >or post ***step by step*** instructions as to how I go about getting a >conversion program and how I go about converting and viewing the files, I >would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Yes ASCII art fans, artists, and detectives, this question, and many more are answered in the ASCII ART FAQs. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to stop people from posting questions, it gives all of us a chance to post individual answers, and gives a chance for new info to be added. It's just that it wouldn't hurt to read one of the versions of the FAQ. There are there versions. First there is the short text version that is posted. There is the long text version called ASCII Art Resources. It has illustrations, examples of the different kinds of art, FIglet fonts, etc. The Web version is like the long text version, but in addition it has links to all the ASCII art sites I know. It's called ASCII Art Reference. Here are the questions covered in these FAQs: 1 What is ASCII art? 2 Why use ASCII art instead of a GIF? 3 What is ASCII art used for? 4 What are the different kinds of ASCII art? 5 What is the best way to view ASCII art? 6 How can I learn to make ASCII art? 7 Are there any ASCII tools? 8 Where can I get ASCII tools? 9 Where can I find ASCII art? 10 How do I use FTP, Gopher, World Wide Web, and FTP Mail Servers? 11 Can I get The Scarecrow's files via email? 12 Is it OK to copy ASCII art? 13 How do I make those big letters? 14 Where can I get Figlet? 15 How can I make Gray Scale pictures? 16 Where can I get Gray Scale converters? 17 How can I make better Gray Scale conversions? 18 What do those filename extensions mean? 19 What is 'uuencoding'? 20 How do I save, 'uudecode' and uncompress a file? 21 How do I view animations and color images? 22 How do I put an animation in my plan? 23 How do I make a sig? 24 How do I have my sig automatically added to my posts and email? 25 What should I know about posting ASCII Art? 26 Where is this FAQ available? 27 Who made this FAQ? So, please read the FAQ, it couldn't hurt. Where do you get it. I'm glad you asked me that. Tha FAQ is available from newsgroups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, email, finger: o Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii, alt.ascii-art, alt.binaries.pictures.ascii, alt.ascii-art.animation comp.graphics, news.answers, alt.answers, rec.answers, comp.answers o FTP Sites: -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Path: pub/Scarecrow File: FAQ URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ -> Host: rtfm.mit.edu Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii -> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii o Gopher Servers: -> Hast: gopher.wwa.com Items: 3, 3 -> Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Items: 10, 12, 1 -> Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be Items: 3, 3, 858 o World Wide Web: -> URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html Select: ASCII ART FAQ (this file) Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with samples of everything) Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything) o Email: -> Address: boba@wwa.com Subject: REQUEST FAQ Subject: REQUEST RESOURCES o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony sites: finger asciifaq@wwa.com (turn on text capture first) OR finger asciifaq@wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time) OR finger asciifaq@wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq') -- . + ' . * . . 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