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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 11 Jun 1994.
Re: LINE: ansi-art ld-fd.ans (39k)

Re: LINE: ansi-art ld-fd.ans (39k)

> pau...@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de (Paul Foerster) wrote:
> >             ----
> >This is more ANSI-art: pkZip 2.04g XXencoded, not UUencoded. Enjoy!
> >             ----                  ^^
> >section 1 of xxencode 5.22 of file ld-fd.zip    by R.E.M.
> 
> ... I never heard of xxencode. So let's generate some questions from scratch:
> 
>   1. Why wasn't it posted uuencoded? So, people have to go and look for
>      xxencode. Everyone already has uuencode.
>   2. What the hell is xxencode? Sounds a little like a coder for X-windows.
>      But i'm wrong with this, or not?
>   3. Where can i get xxencode? Or will ya post (or make otherwise accessible)
>      a uuencoded version?

I agree! So that makes it at least 2 people who have never heard of xxencode. I wonder how many other people had to pass the multitude of files here simply because they never heard of or knew how to obtain xxencode? Maybe Paul and I are just behind in the times?

--
 Sam Lewit                 Terrapin Transit BBS        510-486-1537
 Berkeley, Calif, USA      Internet E-Mail/Usenet      sa...@terapin.com

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Subject: Re: LINE: ansi-art ld-fd.ans (39k)
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