Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 14 Jun 1994.
Chess pieces
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 14 Jun 1994 - 14 Jun 1994
Hello folks,
Given an area of XXX
XXX
XXX
Can you come up w/ better pieces than these?
Matthew
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| nnn | "%. | (/) | $ | W | (\) | .%" | nnn |
| ] [ | |\ | < > | { } | ( ) | < > | /| | ] [ |
| ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### |
-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----
| | | | | | | | |
| # | # | # | # | # | # | # | # |
| ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### |
-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----
| | | | | | | | |
| o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o |
| ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo |
-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----
| nnn | "%. | (\) | $ | W | (/) | .%" | nnn |
| ] [ | |\ | < > | { } | ( ) | < > | /| | ] [ |
| ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo |
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-- Matthew W. Mengerink
-- men...@cs.utexas.edu
--
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-- Matthew W. Mengerink
-- men...@cs.utexas.edu
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In article <MEN...@priddy.cs.utexas.edu>, Matthew William Mengerink <men...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote: >Hello folks, > >Given an area of XXX > XXX > XXX > >Can you come up w/ better pieces than these? > > Matthew > > ----------------------------------------------- > | nnn | "%. | (/) | $ | W | (\) | .%" | nnn | > | ] [ | |\ | < > | { } | ( ) | < > | /| | ] [ | > | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | > -----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- > | | | | | | | | | > | # | # | # | # | # | # | # | # | > | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | > -----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- > | | | | | | | | | > > | | | | | | | | | > -----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- > | | | | | | | | | > | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | > | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | > -----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- > | nnn | "%. | (\) | $ | W | (/) | .%" | nnn | > | ] [ | |\ | < > | { } | ( ) | < > | /| | ] [ | > | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | ooo | > ----------------------------------------------- > >-- >-- Matthew W. Mengerink >-- men...@cs.utexas.edu >-- >-- >-- Matthew W. Mengerink >-- men...@cs.utexas.edu >-- I just wanted to cross-past this to all the ASCII groups. It's an interesting concept, chess pieces limited to a 3x3 area. It will be interesting to see how they can be improved. -- __/~~~~~~ _/~~~~ _/~~~~~ _/~~~~~~ _/~~~~~ _/~~~~ /~~~~~~ __/~~~~~ _/~~ /~~ /~~ _/~~~~~~~ /~~~~~ /~~~~~~~ /~~~~~~~ /~~~~~ /~~~~~ /~~~~~~~ /~~~~~~~ /~~ /~~ /~~ _/~~ _____/~~ ___/~~ _/~~ /~~ _/~~ /~~ ___/~~ ___/~~ _/~~ /~~ _/~~ /~~ /~~ /~~ _/~~~~~~ _/~~ ___/~~~~~~~ /~~~~~~ _/~~~~ _/~~ ___/~~~~~~ _/~~ _/~~ /~~ /~~ /~~ __/~~~~~~ /~~ ___/~~~~~~~ /~~~~~ __/~~~~ _/~~ ___/~~~~~ __/~~ _/~~ /~~ /~~ /~~ ______/~~ /~~ ___/~~ _/~~ /~~ /~~ _/~~ ___/~~ ___/~~ /~~ _/~~ _/~~ /~~ /~~ /~~ _/~~~~~~~ /~~~~~ /~~ _/~~ /~~ _/~~ /~~~~~ /~~~~~ /~~ _/~~ /~~~~~~~ /~~~~~~~~~~ _/~~~~~~ __/~~~~ /~~ _/~~ /~~ _/~~ /~~~~~ _/~~~~ /~~ _/~~ _/~~~~~ __/~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________________
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