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From: antm@spdcc.com (Ailsa Murphy)
Subject: Talk: GIF or JPG into ASCII art
Date: 1996/01/09
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In article <4cqv0u$gnt@miso.wwa.com>,
Landon Durnan  <n.legend@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> Um im tryin to figure this out.
>
>While downloading pictures<gif jpg> Ftp it gives you a choice:  Binary,
>Ascii, Cancel.
>
>Now when i said save it as ascii i tried opening the file and it
>wouldnt open.
>
>Does this gif or jpg turn into ascii art?
>If so how can i view it?
>
no, it doesn't.  you can't just do a "Save As..." and turn gifs or jpgs
into ascii art.  nothing mechanical is going to turn eitehr into ascii
art.  ascii gibbberish, that you can do...

					-ailsa


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