Re: LINE : Hello sign
From Travis Pouarz <twp...@acpub.duke.edu>
· alt.ascii-art
· 22 Nov 1994 02:53 · View full thread
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In article <ogr...@netcom.com> ogr...@netcom.com (A OGRE) writes: > C. Martin (aa7...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote: > > >< In a previous article, a7f...@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Sylvia Yuen-Sze Tam) says: > > > >> Please tell me if the following sign shows up or not. > >> I used the special characters in DOS to draw it and I don't > >> think the drawing will show up in a window environment. > > > I use ProComm Plus (using VT102 emulation) and *I* can see your sign > >just fine. I couldn't tell you what the newsreader we use here on The > >Cleveland Free-Net is, but I have posted simple lines like > > > -=+*���ۯ this �۲��*+=- > > The problem is, non-IBM computers have different symbols for the > non-ASCII characters above 128. For example, all of us using > X-windows see something completely different than what you get on a > DOS box. An Amiga has yet another set of characters in those > positions(unless you use a special DOS font with DOS characters), and > I suspect a Macintosh would have _yet another_ set. > > Then there's the problem with 7-bit transfers at some sites others > have already mentioned. Joe is exactly right. I can see the HELLO, but I am sure that it looks different on my Mac than on your IBM. It's not bad at all, but you're probably seeing something much better. Travis Pouarz, The Wellington of Duke __ __ __ twp...@acpub.duke.edu __ __
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,761c5db94084a3e3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-21 19:20:46 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!usenet From: twp...@acpub.duke.edu (Travis Pouarz) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: LINE : Hello sign Date: 22 Nov 1994 02:53:05 GMT Organization: Duke University Lines: 33 Sender: twp...@callisto.acpub.duke.edu Message-ID: <3armeh$4f...@news.duke.edu> References: <3ao...@gambier.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <3aqmp1$ed...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <ogr...@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: east-199-107.dorm.duke.edu X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0...@east-199-107.dorm.duke.edu X-Authenticated: twp1 on POP host callisto.acpub.duke.edu
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