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From: hinshara@inlink.com (Paul Hustava)
Subject: Talk: GIF or JPG into ASCII art
Date: 1996/01/09
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In article <4cqv0u$gnt@miso.wwa.com>,
   n.legend@ix.netcom.com (Landon Durnan ) 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?
>

Nope...won't work. When the FTP program asked you for 
"Binary" or "ASCII" transfer, it was asking if you were
transferring a file (binary) or text (ascii). When you
specified an ASCII transfer of the gif, or jpeg image, 
your' FTP program treated it as a text file, basically
destroying the file. No biggy though. The only way you
can convert a picture to ASCII is on your' machine with
some type of conversion program. (or by hand if you've
the patience)

--

Paul Hustava

hinshara@inlink.com

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