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From: raylier@pi.net (Raymond van Lier)
Subject: Re: ASCII converter for Windows or DOS
Date: 1996/02/10
Message-ID: <4fj4ov$k0n@neptunus.pi.net>#1/1
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>I've not tried it yet, but I just did a web search through Lycos 
>(www.lycos.com) and found some converters.  GIFSCII.EXE is the filename.  
>It requires a 386, and apparently converts GIF files into ASCII art.  I 
>believe it was on Scarecrow's archives...but no guarantees.

>     -- Chuck Knight


Here are the contents (files/subdirs) of the Scarecrow directory:


total 7322
418703 drwxr-xr-x  11 1552  ftp-adm    1024 Jan  1 10:02 .
649031 drwxr-xr-x  36 15    ftp-adm    1024 Feb  9 23:38 ..
418712 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm    1640 Jun 28  1995 .Names
418710 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm    2016 Jun 12  1995 .message
418704 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm   77526 Jun  6  1995 3-DGallery
418711 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  189755 Sep 25 13:07 AAResources
883342 drwxr-xr-x   2 1552  ftp-adm    1536 Oct 18 18:23 Animations
418706 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  101       88493 Jun  5  1995 BBSGallery
418716 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  205224 Jun  5
199BestOfTheASCIIPics1.0
418714 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  610465 Jun  5  1995
BestOfTheSAAAs1.0
418719 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  207194 Jun  5  1995
BestOfTheScarecrowsSigGallery
449382 drwxr-xr-x   2 1552  ftp-adm    1024 Oct 18 18:24 Color
418705 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm   58436 Sep 26 05:22 FAQ
426418 drwxr-xr-x   4 1552  ftp-adm     512 Oct 18 18:20 Figlet
418707 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  101       67627 Jun  5  1995 Funnies
418708 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  101       61817 Jun  5  1995 GIFGallery
422446 drwxr-xr-x   2 1552  ftp-adm     512 Oct 18 18:20 Gifscii  <-
583764 drwxr-xr-x   2 1552  ftp-adm     512 Oct 18 18:22 Info
418709 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  101      107509 Jun  5  1995 MORE
457081 drwxr-xr-x   2 1552  ftp-adm     512 Dec 23 23:29 Misc
468538 drwxr-xr-x   4 1552  ftp-adm     512 Jan  1 10:00 Other
418723 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  269289 Jun  5  1995
ScarecrowSpecial
418722 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  348593 Jun  5  1995
ScarecrowsASCIIArtArchive1.0
418718 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  367494 Jun  5  1995
ScarecrowsASCIIArtArchive2.0
418720 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  369395 Jun  5  1995
ScarecrowsASCIIArtArchive3.0
418721 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  364924 Jun  5  1995
ScarecrowsASCIIArtArchive4.0
445588 drwxr-xr-x   2 1552  ftp-adm    2048 Oct 18 18:22SmallASCIIPics
460845 drwxr-xr-x   2 1552  ftp-adm    1024 Oct 18 18:25 Software
418717 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm  127469 Jun  5  1995
TheScarecrowsFontFile1.0
418715 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm   62033 Feb 25  1995 Welcome
418713 -rw-r--r--   1 1552  ftp-adm    1086 Jun 12  1995 gophermsg
 
Yes.. there's a gifscii directory...