X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9ba64c635b2340c1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-22 18:13:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "Robert Bowmaker" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: Dead or alive... Lines: 35 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: <4Har7.4125$4j.564811@news.xtra.co.nz> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:34:54 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.55.51.148 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1001207616 210.55.51.148 (Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:13:36 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:13:36 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:7809 > For instance, this: > > / > / > / > > Looks crap in 80x25 bare-console. > Yeah, this works in DOS: / / / But in Windows, it looks stupid. Anyway, who can be stuffed copying it to DOS? Are there DOS newsreaders? I doubt there are, so making DOS ASCII art is really just being a pain in the ass, and noone will look at your art. Robert -- \____/ / \ | , , | This is a realy bad sig | | It doesn't look like a pig | /\ | This poem sucks ( __ )) Because... (er... what rhymes with sucks?) \____/