X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,b9f07221d469e3da,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-15 13:39:16 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art.animation Subject: Info: Welcome to alt.ascii-art.animation Date: 15 Sep 1994 09:26:09 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 353 Message-ID: <359li1$42s@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com _ __________ __________ __ _________ | | / / ____/ / / ____/ __ \/ |/ / ____/ | | /| / / __/ / / / / / / / / /|_/ / __/ , | |/ |/ / /___/ /___/ /___/ /_/ / / / / /___ , \ |__/|__/_____/_____/\____/\____/_/ /_/_____/ / \O ______ ____ O/ |\/ /_ __// __ \ \/| | / / / / / / | / \ / / / /_/ / / \ _/ \_ /_/ \____/ _/ \_ ____ __ ______ ____ _____ ______________ ____ ____ ______ / __ \/ / /_ __/ / __ \/ ___// ____/ _/ _/ / __ \/ __ \/_ __/ / /_/ / / / / / /_/ /\__ \/ / / / / / ___ / /_/ / /_/ / / / / __ / /___/ / _ / __ /___/ / /____/ /_/ / /__/ / __ / __, / / / _ /_/ /_/_____/_/ (_)/_/ /_//____/\____/___/___/ /_/ /_/_/ |_|/_/ (_) ____ _ _ ______ __ ___ ____ _______ _____ ____ _ _ / __ \ / | / //_ _// |/ // __ \/__ __/_ _// __ \ / | / / / /_/ // |/ / / / / /|_/ // /_/ / / / / / / / / // |/ / / __ // /| / _/ /_ / / / // __ / / / _/ /_ / /_/ // /| / /_/ /_//_/ |_//_____//_/ /_//_/ /_/ /_/ /_____/ \____//_/ |_/ .............. .___.......... .\_ \......__. ...\ \..../ /. ....\ \/\/ /.. .....\_/\_/... elcome to alt.ascii-art.animation. This group was created to serve the community of ASCII art fans and artists. This is one of our ASCII art news groups. There are three other ASCII art groups: - rec.arts.ascii - alt.ascii-art - alt.binaries.pictures.ascii There is also an ASCII art mailing list: ASCII Art listserv list -> Email: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu Message: subscribe asciiart For FTP, Gopher, WWW sites, Email Servers, etc., see below. You are invited to post your articles on any topic concerning ASCII art animations, including: o Animations and color animations. o Discussion about animations. o Requests for specific animations. o Answering requests. o Community effort at reworking an animation. o Questions and answers covering: - Creating and viewing ASCII art animations. - Locating FTP sites for ASCII art animations and related files. o Discussion about artists in the field. To make it easier for everybody, please put one of the following IDs at the beginning of the subject line of your post: Animation - Animation. Usually uuencoded. Color - ANSI Color animated image. Usually uuencoded. Binary - Binaries (like software to slow animations). Usually uuencoded. Repost - Repost of a previously posted animation, not a new one. Request - Request for an animation. Talk - General discussion, no animation included. Question - A question concerning ASCII art animations. Answer - An answer to a question asked by a poster. Info - Web URLs, email address, Gopher and FTP sites, etc. Announce - Announcements of events, new sites and web pagse, etc. FAQ - Used for the weekly posting of Frequently Asked Questions If you are following up a post, please change the Subject ID to reflect the contents of the post. This way if you are fulfilling a request, change: Request: Gymnast TO Animation: Gymnast This allows the readers the option of reading the group in a newsreader's sorted selector. They can then read only what is of interest to them, trusting the IDs to accurately identify the contents. Some people do not have the time (or money if they are paying by the hour or byte) to read everything in every group they like. If you have any questions, the FAQ will be posted shortly. It is posted here every Monday. Here are the questions answered in the FAQ: 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 and the World Wide Web? 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? Tha ASCII ART FAQ is available from: o News groups: - 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 -> Host: ftp.uu.net Path: usenet/news.answers File: ascii-art-faq.Z -> Host: rtfm.mit.edu Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) -> Host: ftp.mty.itesm.mx Path: pub/usenet/news.answers File: ascii-art-faq -> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) -> Host: ftp.sunet.se Path: pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) -> Host: ftp.cs.ruu.nl Path: pub/NEWS.ANSWERS File: ascii-art-faq o Gopher Servers: -> Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Menu Items: 10, 12, 1 -> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk Menu Items: 37, 30, 647, 3 -> Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de Menu Items: 12, 8, 4, 647, 3 -> Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be Menu Items: 3, 3, 858 -> Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net Menu Items: 7, 1, 19, 14, 54 -> Host: gopher.win.tue.nl, port 70 Menu Items: 8, 6, 3, 4, 20, 53 o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony InterNet sites: 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') o World Wide Web: -> URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html Select: ASCII ART FAQ (posted text version) Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with examples) Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links and examples) o Email: -> Address: boba@wwa.com Subject Line: REQUEST FAQ If you are interested in getting files of ASCII art, there are plenty. There are files of art from one piece to hundreds of pieces. You can use FTP, Gopher, WWW, or request them via email. o FTP Sites: Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow Folder Files Scarecrow All the Scarecrow's files SmallASCIIPics Steve Sullivan's Small ASCII Pics Gifscii Gifscii for many systems Figlet Figlet, utilities, and all the fonts I know of Color Color Graphics (and the color animation "Vortex") Animations Animations Misc Chevalier's Picture Stories, cows, Star Trek, etc Info 'How-To' and techniques files from Row, Normand, etc ANSI Escape Sequences, Emacs Code, FAQs, etc -> Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu Path: pub/ascii/art/pictures Chris' FTP Site -> Host: ftp.ncsu.edu Path: pub/ncsu/chking/Archive Contains all the Scarecrow's files, all of Steve Sullivan's files, and Gifscii for many systems. Jorn's FTP site -> Host: ftp.mcs.com Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art Has Scarecrow's files, plus other ASCII art files, and the technically oriented "asciitech". -> Host: ftp.cs.ttu.edu Path: pub/asciiart/sullivan Has Steve Sullivan's Small ASCII Pics collections. -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/vzvz/asciiart -> Host: nic.funet.fi Path: pub/pics/ascii pub/doc/humour/asciigfx Animations: -> Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk Address: 128.240.2.1 Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation Contains dozens of animations -> Host: procyon.cis.ksu.edu Path: pub/vtmovies -> Host: sunsite.unc.edu Path: pub/multimedia/animation/vt100-animation -> Host: irisa.irisa.fr Path: pub/vt100 Color graphics: -> Host: ftp.uwp.edu Path: pub/msdos/demos/ansi o Gopher Servers: ASCII Art Bazaar -> Host: twinbrook.cis.uab.edu Menu Items: 11, 1 Over 12 megabytes, thousands of pieces in categories. -> Host: gopher.cs.ttu.edu Menu Items: 7, 1 o World Wide Web: Scarecrow's WWW Link -> URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html Has links to Chris' site, the Bazaar, and the Figlet server, Glenn's Figlet home page, and most ASCII art sites. o Mailing List: ASCII Art listserv list -> Email: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu Message: subscribe asciiart o FTP Mail Servers: -> Address: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Message: help -> Address: ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu Message: help -> Address: bitftp@pucc.bitnet Message: help This group is mainstream (with animations everyone can enjoy), and specialized (it is also about artists and how they work), and technical at times (using software to make and view ASCII art animatinos). 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