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From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: POINTER ==>  Ascii Art  FAQ
Date: 1996/10/02
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                     Pointer to the ASCII Art  FAQ        Sep 1996

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  There is always a continuous stream of newcomers to alt.ascii-art 
  and the other ascii art groups.  


***  The "Ascii Art FAQ" was maintained by Bob Allison ( Scarecrow ) 
     until he gave up as the Moderator of the "rec.arts.ascii" 
     newsgroup in June 1996.  

***  The following extract from the FAQ shows some locations for the 
     last issue of the FAQ but there is no guarantee these locations 
     remain valid.  


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  PLEASE NOTE:  The following locations for the FAQ are not guaranteed.

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Subject: FAQ - ASCII Art Questions & Answers (4.9.2 - 58 K)
Date: 15 Apr 1996 14:16:31 -0500
Message-ID: <4ku7af$crt@miso.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 probably still available from...


o FTP Sites:

->  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: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
   Items: 10, 12, 1

->  Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
   Items: 3, 3, 858


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   PLEASE NOTE:    The above locations for the FAQ are not guaranteed.

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