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From: adamsp@umbsky.cc.umb.edu (Peter C.S. Adams)
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Subject: Re: .plan problem
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 14:33:04 GMT
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In Article <30m4ef$8gs@toads.pgh.pa.us>, eabst15@lis.pitt.edu (Eyvind Balle
Baadnes) wrote:
>
>Hi, fellow ascii animation fans, 
>
>I have a problem using the animations in the .plan file.. it just spits 
>out the ascii chars and it don't seem to do a cat.. 
>
>Any1 have a solution to this problem?

Our site is running Multinet on a vax and that version of Finger simply does
not support ANSI. If that is true of your site then you are out of luck.
*Sigh!* I had such a nice plan with reversed type and flashing stars....

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| The sunlights differ, but there is   |          Peter C.S. Adams
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