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From: kick@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Greg Webster)
Subject: Talk: GIFs to ASCII
Date: 1996/02/21
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I'd like an opinion from all of you...I've recently tried Ascgif.exe, and 
am not altogether impressed with the result...it seems that the use of 
symbols rather than letter is a bit overdone, and it's user interface is 
pretty bloody horrible. Plus that fact that setting the sensitivity above 
45 causes my machine to sputter and the screen to garble horribly, and 
the whole thing to beep at me over my PC speaker.

So what is the BEST converter out there (in your opinion)?


Gregory Gibson (agrippa@io.org) wrote:
: Lee Braiden (Lee_B@Celestia.dnet.co.uk) wrote:
: : Lee_B@Celestia.dnet.co.uk (Lee Braiden) wrote:

: : >Hi,

: : >I've just uploaded version 1.0 of my new program to SimTel - the
: : >program is called ASCIIArt, and converts GIF images to ASCII artwork. 

: : >Actually, it currently only uses the full IBM-PC character set, but
: : >many more configurations will be possible in future, including custom
: : >character sets, and ANSI color support - see the manuals for more
: : >details.

: : >You'll find it in SimTel/msdos/bbs under the filename ASCIIA10.ZIP.

:  >Spread the word !! {=^)

: : >- Lee.


: : Maybe I should have mentioned that the package is on any SimTel mirror
: : site.  One of the main sites is ftp.oakland.edu.  For Netscape or
: : Mosaic, that's

: : 	ftp://ftp.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/bbs
: 	Isn't the site called ftp://oak.oakland.edu   ?




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