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From: sjw17@ukc.ac.uk (S.J.Wettone)
Subject: Line-Talk: Talker connect message
Date: 1995/06/12
Message-ID: <3rhel7$q6d@miso.wwa.com>
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approved: boba@wwa.com
sender: boba@miso.wwa.com
organization: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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I'm one of the Admin of a talker, and I thought I'd post here and get some
opinions on the connect message we use. I'm undecided on it... :)
 
The original connect screen to the talker (ie the bit displayed just
before it asks for your name) was:
 
 
    ###### ##     #####      ###     ##
      ##   ##     ## ##     ## ##          ##
      ##   ###### ####      ##             ##
      ##   ##  ## ##        ##      ###  ######    ##  ##
      ##   ##  ## ##  #     ##  ##   ##    ##      ##  ##
      ##   ##  ## #####     ##  ##   ##    ##  ##   #####
                             ####   ####   ######      ##
                                                       ##
Your admin are:                                    #   ##
    Loc & BigRon                    +              #####
                                   / \
 _____        _____     __________/ o \/\_________      _________
|o o o|_______|    |___|               | | # # #  |____|o o o o  | /\
|o o o|  * * *|: ::|. .|               |o| # # #  |. . |o o o o  |//\\
|o o o|* * *  |::  |. .| []  []  []  []|o| # # #  |. . |o o o o  |((|))
|o o o|**  ** |:  :|. .| []  []  []    |o| # # #  |. . |o o o o  |((|))
|_[]__|__[]___|_||_|__<|____________;;_|_|___/\___|_.|_|____[]___|  |  
-Lilgirl/BigRon                A talker based on EW-too, by Simon Marsh 
 
 
I liked the buildings on this one, but the text needed improving. A few
weeks later, someone gave me this:
 
 
   ___ggmmmmmms___                         ,gmmm.      ,_
,g@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@P                       ,m@@P@@|     ,W@
M@P~~~'|@F   !@@P                      ,W@f _i@P      @@'  ,Wi
 `    ,@P     WP  _        _          g@P',d@@P       ~ __g@@__   gs
     i@F     WP g@@!    ,g@@b       ,WP' ,@@P~      d@ W@@@@@@P' WP'  gb
    ,@P     d@\W@@!    gP~]@!      ,W@'  `*~     . d@' ~Y@f~'   W@'  g@f
   ,WP'    g@@PM@f ,.W@@,d*'      ,W@'        ,g@fWP'  g@'    ,W@' ,W@f
  ,WP'    i@@F,@P g@'@@@P' gD     d@P        g@f'dP' ,g@!  ,mfd@' g@@F
 ,WP'    ,@@~ W@bm@!d@f',gWP'     @@[     _mWP' d@' g@@P,gW@!g@fgd@@P'
gW@'    ,@P' |@b@P  @@mW@P'       M@@bmmW@@f   |@@bf'|@b@P'  @@@@f|@!
M@f     !@'  `@P~   V@@*'          V@@@P*~     V@*'  `M@f   !@@f',@F
                                                                 W@
                                                                |@!
                                                               i@F
                                                               MP'
 
 
So I, being the awful artist that I am, put a few buildings beneath it
and came up with:
 
 
   ___ggmmmmmms___                         ,gmmm.      ,_
,g@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@P                       ,m@@P@@|     ,W@
M@P~~~'|@F   !@@P                      ,W@f _i@P      @@'  ,Wi
 `    ,@P     WP  _        _          g@P',d@@P       ~ __g@@__   gs
     i@F     WP g@@!    ,g@@b       ,WP' ,@@P~      d@ W@@@@@@P' WP'  gb
    ,@P     d@\W@@!    gP~]@!      ,W@'  `*~     . d@' ~Y@f~'   W@'  g@f
   ,WP'    g@@PM@f ,.W@@,d*'      ,W@'        ,g@fWP'  g@'    ,W@' ,W@f
  ,WP'    i@@F,@P g@'@@@P' gD     d@P        g@f'dP' ,g@!  ,mfd@' g@@F
 ,WP'    ,@@~ W@bm@!d@f',gWP'     @@[     _mWP' d@' g@@P,gW@!g@fgd@@P'
gW@'    ,@P' |@b@P  @@mW@P'       M@@bmmW@@f   |@@bf'|@b@P'  @@@@f|@!
M@f     !@'  `@P~   V@@*' ____     V@@@P*~     V@*'  `M@f   !@@f',@F
              ____       |[][]|              ____                W@
             |[][]|      |[][]|             |[][]| ____         |@!  ____
             |[][]| ____ |[][]|        ____ |[][]||[][]|       i@F  |[][]|
       ____  |[][]||[][]||[][]| ____  |[][]||[][]||[][]| ____  MP'  |[][]|
 ____ |[][]| |[][]||[][]||[][]||[][]| |[][]||[][]||[][]||[][]| ____ |[][]|
|[][]||[][]| |[][]||[][]||[][]||[][]| |[][]||[][]||[][]||[][]||[][]||[][]|
|[][]||[][]| |[][]||[][]||[][]||[][]| |[][]||[][]||[][]||[]-Cunning/BigRon
          A 24-hr talker program based on EW-too by Simon Marsh.
     Copyright (C) 1995 The City Administration. All rights reserved.
 
     
What do you think? I'm not sure if it works or not. I'd appreciate any
suggestions you might have of ways to improve it. I like the big lettering
and I'd be reluctant to change that, but my buildings could do with some
work! The only thing that _must_ stay on there is the bit that credits
Simon Marsh as the creator of the original program we are based on, and
the copyright line. Any ideas? :)
 
Thanks in advance,
 
 
Stephen Wettone (aka BigRon)
--
__________.__      __________           sjw17@ukc.ac.uk / bigron@infomagic.com
\______   \__| ____\______   \ ____   ____ 
 |    |  _/  |/ ___\|       _//  _ \ /    \  "Go to Caerphillie and write
 |    |   \  / /_/  >    |   (  <_> )   |  \  'Please Drive' above all the
 |______  /__\___  /|____|_  /\____/|___|  /  road signs..." :)
        \/  /_____/        \/            \/ 

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