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From: mullen@gate.net (Allen Mullen)
Subject: Re: Who's afraid of...
Date: 1996/05/01
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Rivendell (rivendel@ofp.ak.planet.gen.nz) wrote:
: 
: Gifscii, am I right?

   You know conversion programs well enough to spot the $M!~ palette of 
gifscii. I like that palette but I drop the ~ and add C and : as fill 
characters. Other conversion programs and palettes work about as well.
   Here's a conversion followed by the edited version. 
 
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Allen
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