X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10aee9,1628931cb33fc0bd X-Google-Attributes: gid10aee9,public X-Google-Thread: fd588,1628931cb33fc0bd X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1628931cb33fc0bd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 11592a,1628931cb33fc0bd X-Google-Attributes: gid11592a,public X-Google-Thread: 124e6c,1628931cb33fc0bd X-Google-Attributes: gid124e6c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-30 10:01:16 PST Xref: gmd.de comp.graphics:28735 sci.image.processing:6955 alt.ascii-art:7313 Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!bhamcs!percy!J.D.Morris-Smith From: J.D.Morris-Smith@cs.bham.ac.uk (Jon Morris-Smith) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities,sci.image.processing,alt.ascii-art,alt.ascii-art.animation Subject: Re: GIF to ASCII converter Date: 30 Mar 94 10:01:16 Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: emotsun.cs.bham.ac.uk In-reply-to: sujo@netcom.com's message of Wed, 30 Mar 1994 03:32:03 GMT On Wed, 30 Mar 1994 03:32:03 GMT, sujo@netcom.com (Suresh Krishnajois) said: S> Sometime ago on the Net I remember seeing references to a S> "GIF to ASCII converter" program. Presumably this takes S> in any GIF format picture, and converts it into another S> picture composed entirely out of standard ASCII characters, S> such that the output picture is the closest possible S> approximation to the original GIF picture. S> Does such a program exist ? If so, where can I get it ? A program to do this called ascgif was posted to comp.sources.misc some time ago. It's quite good, but the output looks better when printed and help a distance away, rather that close up (unless you've got a _huge_ screen!). Any comp.sources.misc archive will have it (in volume 30). Have a look in: gatekeeper.dec.com /.2/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30 unix.hensa.ac.uk /pub/uunet/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30 usc.edu /archive/usenet/sources/comp.sources.misc src.doc.ic.ac.uk /usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30 -- BCNU Jon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- J.D.Morris Smith, The Medical Imaging Project School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Email: j.d.morris-smith@cs.bham.ac.uk Birmingham, Tel: +44-(0)21 414 3734 B15 2TT, England. Fax: +44-(0)21 414 4281