Color Repost: 'Dont Panic

  >>Last year sometime I saw a posting of a colour version of the 'dont
panic'
  >>smiley from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Could someone please
eithe
  >>send it to me ( CHB...@south-01.leeds.ac.uk ) or repost it please.
BA>   Here it is.  It's also in my FTP-Gopher site, in /pub/Scarecrow/Color.

BA>begin 644 Smiley
  >M(!M;,6T;6S5M&ULS,6T@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
  >M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("!?("`@("`@("`@
  >M("`@(%\@7R`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@

I have been quietly lurking here for a few weeks ( other than an
unanswered request for a 3 line FORD car), and I have reached the point
where I can't stand it any more - How do you get a picture with the
above?

I have solved ANSI and RIP in my SLMR, but I can't get a foot from shore
with what you and others post as above.

I know it's a lot to ask, but could you give a beginner's step by step?

Thank you.

'Til we read again
truB

Burton Ford (Bur...@f620.n260.z1.fidonet.org) wrote:
:   >>Last year sometime I saw a posting of a colour version of the 'dont
: panic'
:   >>smiley from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Could someone please
: eithe
:   >>send it to me ( CHB...@south-01.leeds.ac.uk ) or repost it please.
: BA>   Here it is.  It's also in my FTP-Gopher site, in /pub/Scarecrow/Color.

: BA>begin 644 Smiley
:   >M(!M;,6T;6S5M&ULS,6T@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
:   >M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("!?("`@("`@("`@
:   >M("`@(%\@7R`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@

: I have been quietly lurking here for a few weeks ( other than an
: unanswered request for a 3 line FORD car), and I have reached the point
: where I can't stand it any more - How do you get a picture with the
: above?

: I have solved ANSI and RIP in my SLMR, but I can't get a foot from shore
: with what you and others post as above.

: I know it's a lot to ask, but could you give a beginner's step by step?

: Thank you.

	Seems as if its UUENCODED, which means that they take a 
	binary file (ie 8bit /w control codes etc, generally) and
	convert it to flat ascii so it can be posted to a 
	text only forum (such as the usenet).
  	It can be docoded with any number of programs, most
	notibly one called "uudecode" :)

	Hope it helps.	


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They say that Burton Ford <Bur...@f620.n260.z1.fidonet.org> wrote:
>  >>Last year sometime I saw a posting of a colour version of the 'dont
>panic'
>  >>smiley from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Could someone please
>eithe
>  >>send it to me ( CHB...@south-01.leeds.ac.uk ) or repost it please.
>BA>   Here it is.  It's also in my FTP-Gopher site, in /pub/Scarecrow/Color.
>
>BA>begin 644 Smiley
>  >M(!M;,6T;6S5M&ULS,6T@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
>  >M("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`*("`@("!?("`@("`@("`@
>  >M("`@(%\@7R`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@("`@
>
>I have been quietly lurking here for a few weeks ( other than an
>unanswered request for a 3 line FORD car), and I have reached the point
>where I can't stand it any more - How do you get a picture with the
>above?
>
>I have solved ANSI and RIP in my SLMR, but I can't get a foot from shore
>with what you and others post as above.
>
>I know it's a lot to ask, but could you give a beginner's step by step?

   I should probably have a canned file for this.  The following would 
apply to animations and color pics.  Note, to view color pics, you need a 
color screen and ANSI color capable software.

   You must save the article to a file.  The way you do this will depend 
on your news reading software.  For example, in trn, while the article is 
on screen, you type: s ~/filename

   That will save the article a file in your home folder.  Then you must 
quit your newsreader and uudecode the file.  It's as straight foward as 
typing: uudecode filename

   Then to view, just type: cat filename

   When you cat the file, you use the filename of the file that was 
created when you uudecoded the file you saved from the newsreader.  You 
don't cat the uuencoded file itself.

>Thank you.

   I'll bill you later. :-)

>'Til we read again

   See ya between the lines.

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