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Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 19 Jul 1996.
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[TALK] Phone Art

[TALK] Phone Art

rec.arts.ascii · 1 message · 19 Jul 1996
Bill Ray <bil...@io.com> 19 Jul 1996 00:00 · raw headers · report 
I've always been a big fan of ASCII-ART though not able to create it 
myself I've enjoyed seeing what other people have done (I'm just not 
artistic enough).

Anyway, I'm working on system for transmitting messages to mobile phones 
and it occured to me that it might be possible to create art on the 
phone screen, there are some limitations but I'd be delighted to see 
what people can come up with.

The screen is only 10x3 characters, with a small gap (about a pixel) 
between characters.  Characters are 5x8 and the character set is also 
limited to (roughly) basic ASCII (up to 127).  I don't know if it's 
possible to create art with such limitations.

If anyone has any art that might be fitted onto a phone I'd love to have 
a copy, my news feed is very dodgy so if you could mail me 
(bil...@jcp.co.uk) it would help, failing that I'll try to get back onto 
news at a later stage.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Lots Of Love

Bill Ray
(JCP Computer Services)

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