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From: Gerfried Fuchs <usenet@pinguin.pte.at>
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Subject: Re: mini FAQ
Date: 31 Oct 2001 15:02:58 GMT
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* CJRandall <colin@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> [2001-10-27 23:31]:
["what is ascii?"]
> it is answered in the real FAQ ...
> unable to describe in just a few words

 Of course it is quite simple:

    ASCII Character Table   The numbers show you the hex-code of
    =====================   the characters (e.g. the letter 'C' has
       xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx     the code 43).
   `.  0123456789ABCDEF
     `,----------------.  
   2x | !"#$%&'()*+,-./|. 
   3x |0123456789:;<=>?|| 
   4x |@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO||
   5x |PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_||   Also you should see this as a box.
   6x |`abcdefghijklmno||   If you don't then you have to change
   7x |pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ ||   to a fixed-width font (e.g. COURIER).
      `----------------'|
       `----------------'   Use only these characters and you will
                   [alf]    have more fun in news:alt.ascii-art

 I don't exactly remember when I've done it, but you can of course strip
it down to the absolute minimum, like this:

 !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?  |  Only the characters that you can find
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_  |  on the left are called ASCII, you
`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~   |  shouldn't use any other.   [alf]

 Feel free to use any version, of course.

 So long!
Alfie
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