X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,499b2aaf68a7a4e9 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,654ef5bde9346bd1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,654ef5bde9346bd1 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-12 21:03:43 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: Storing ASCII art Date: 12 Aug 1994 22:07:07 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 55 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <32hdcr$j0g@gagme.wwa.com> References: <31jj7v$pll@gagme.wwa.com> <324afv$n2r@gagme.wwa.com> <32hc37$i24@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1234 alt.ascii-art:11170 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:968 wrote: > >boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) wrote: > >> It's an interesting idea ... a CD-ROM full of ASCII art. It could >> have all known ASCII art, all the sigs people are using, tons of sig >> blanks, pre-made birthday greetings, all the chatter about ASCII art on all >> the groups, and anything else you could think of to fill 600 megs >> uncompressed. >> >> The problem is that there's no money in it. It would have to be done >> by somebody who's into the art, not the money. It's now possible to have >> single copies of CD-ROMs made. And even short runs are cheaper than they >> once were. >> >> Until then, if somebody actually wanted some ASCII art on disc, I >> imagine a few megs could be compressed onto an HD floppy. ASCII art >> compresses fairly well (about 3:1). > >What I did with my ascii.art collection is put it on DAT Tape [Digital >Audio Tape]. DAT tapes can be purchased for approximately $8.00 at any >Tower Records in California [major record store here; check the section >next to blank casette tapes]. A DAT tape holds approximately 2 Gigabytes >of info. and is smaller than a casette tape. Unfortunately, DAT is for >archivival storage purposes only. But, I do feel secure that all my >disks of valuable ascii art and scanned images are backed up on such >a small & convenient format. Trying running out of your apartment at >4:30 a.m. during a 7.1 Earthquake with 2000 Double Density Disks :-). One thing about tape, it isn't the most reliable medium. The dimensional integrity of tope leaves something to be desired. A CD-ROM is preferable. Who knows, maybe a few years from now I'll get a CD-ROM cut of everything I've collected. Or maybe we can all get together and make a complete collection, and put it on a short run of CD-ROMs. Cost? It's hard to guess, but maybe a thousand dollars, maybe less. -- ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // ////// // ////// ////// ///// // ////// // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // ////// ////// // // // // ////// ////// // // ////// ////////// \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \ \\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \ \\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\ \ \\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \ \\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\