POINTER ==> Ascii Art FAQ

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                     Pointer to the ASCII Art  FAQ

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  There is always a continuous stream of newcomers to alt.ascii-art 
  and the other ascii art groups.  

  People ask about the location of the FAQ maintained by Bob
  Allison, moderator of rec.arts.ascii newsgroup.

  The following extract from the FAQ shows the locations for the FAQ
  in between the periodic postings to the newsgroups shown.


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From: bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii,
alt.ascii-art.animation,comp.graphics,alt.answers,comp.answers,
rec.answers,news.answers
Subject: FAQ - ASCII Art Questions & Answers (4.9.2 - 58 K)
Followup-To: rec.arts.ascii
Date: 15 Apr 1996 14:16:31 -0500
Lines: 1594
Message-ID: <4ku7af$cr...@miso.wwa.com>
Reply-To: bob...@wwa.com

Summary: what ASCII art is - why and what it's used for - types of ASCII art
         how to use FTP, Gopher, WWW - how to save, 'uudecode' and uncompress
         copyright info - how to make big letters and gray scale pictures
         how to put an animation in your .plan - info on posting ASCII art
         how to make sigs - how to automatically add a sig to posts and email
         how to make and view ASCII art - where to get art and tools - more



26  Where is this FAQ available?
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  The FAQ is available from newsgroups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, finger:


o Newsgroups:

     rec.arts.ascii, 
     alt.ascii-art, alt.binaries.pictures.ascii, alt.ascii-art.animation
     comp.graphics, news.answers, alt.answers, rec.answers, comp.answers


o FTP Sites:

->  Host: ftp.wwa.com
    Path: pub/Scarecrow
    File: FAQ
     URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ

->  Host: rtfm.mit.edu
    Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii
    File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
     URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii

->  Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
    Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii
    File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
     URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii


o Gopher Servers:

->  Hast: gopher.wwa.com
   Items: 3, 3

->  Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
   Items: 10, 12, 1

->  Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
   Items: 3, 3, 858


o World Wide Web:

 ->  URL: http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html
  Select: ASCII ART FAQ (this file)
  Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with samples of everything)
  Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything)


o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on many sites:

   finger asc...@wwa.com (turn on text capture first)
                                  OR
   finger asc...@wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time)
                                  OR
   finger asc...@wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq')


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