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Subject: Re: Dead or alive...
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On 2001-09-22 newsgroups@ceejay.cjb.nOt said:

   > > A graphics-mode pointee-clickee operating system isolates the
   > > user from the machine's default 80 x 25 text-mode characters.
   >
   >You still have the command prompt

This is true.

And when you've exited to the Win-Doze pseudo-'DOS'
prompt, you're no longer in Win-Doze, per se.  Even
though the Win-Doze kernel is still in control,
you're now in Virtual 86 mode.

And for purposes of ASCII art, V-86 mode is better
than being in the Win-Doze pointee-clickee gooey.
At least you have access to the =real= 80 x 25 text-
mode characters.

So if you don't have a genuine real-mode O.S. in-
stalled on your computer, Virtual 86 mode is the
next-best option.

>From there, you can run a simple DOS-based text
editor (such as the freeware TED.COM program) to
create your ASCII art.