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From: Markus Gebhard <ukgh@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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Subject: Re: -Very Simple Java JPG to ASCII Converter
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:12:32 +0200
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Heinz Flug wrote:
> 
> // Very simple JPG to ASCII converter.
> // Written on a saturday night by Heinz Flug .. flug@online.no
> // The code cries out for improvement....

Cool, but you should mention that your code needs Java2 and will not run
in Java 1.1.

If your looking for improvement, I have an improved piece of Java work:
Jave. It has a much more complicated image2ascii algorithm included. I
have written and designed it from scratch and I think one should have
had a look at it:
  http://www.jave.de

regards,
Markus

PS: I do not plan to make my source codes public, but I would be glad to
hear your opinions and discuss about image2ascii conversion.

PPS: Here is a sample:

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