X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,e29c48fd8782c406 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,e29c48fd8782c406 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,e29c48fd8782c406 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Subject: POINTER ==> Ascii Art FAQ Date: 1996/06/23 Message-ID: <4qk6o1$3dv@orm.southern.co.nz>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 161726778 organization: Southern InterNet Services newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.ascii-art.animation,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii ======================================================================== Pointer to the ASCII Art FAQ ======================================================================== There is always a continuous stream of newcomers to alt.ascii-art and the other ascii art groups. People ask about the location of the FAQ maintained by Bob Allison, moderator of rec.arts.ascii newsgroup. The following extract from the FAQ shows the locations for the FAQ in between the periodic postings to the newsgroups shown. ======================================================================== From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii, alt.ascii-art.animation,comp.graphics,alt.answers,comp.answers, rec.answers,news.answers Subject: FAQ - ASCII Art Questions & Answers (4.9.2 - 58 K) Followup-To: rec.arts.ascii Date: 15 Apr 1996 14:16:31 -0500 Lines: 1594 Message-ID: <4ku7af$crt@miso.wwa.com> Reply-To: boba@wwa.com Summary: what ASCII art is - why and what it's used for - types of ASCII art how to use FTP, Gopher, WWW - how to save, 'uudecode' and uncompress copyright info - how to make big letters and gray scale pictures how to put an animation in your .plan - info on posting ASCII art how to make sigs - how to automatically add a sig to posts and email how to make and view ASCII art - where to get art and tools - more 26 Where is this FAQ available? -------------------------------- The FAQ is available from newsgroups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, finger: o Newsgroups: 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 URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ -> Host: rtfm.mit.edu Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii -> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii o Gopher Servers: -> Hast: gopher.wwa.com Items: 3, 3 -> Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Items: 10, 12, 1 -> Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be Items: 3, 3, 858 o World Wide Web: -> URL: http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html Select: ASCII ART FAQ (this file) Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with samples of everything) Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything) o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on many sites: finger asciifaq@wwa.com (turn on text capture first) OR 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') ========================================================================