Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art.animation, started 21 Feb 1996.
POINTER ==> Ascii Art FAQ
alt.ascii-art.animation
· 2 messages · 21 Feb 1996 - 25 May 1996
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Pointer to the ASCII Art FAQ
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There seems to be quite a continuous stream of newcomers to
alt.ascii-art and the other ascii art groups nowadays.
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 - 58 K)
Followup-To: rec.arts.ascii
Date: 6 Jun 1995 10:29:42 -0500
Lines: 1707
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
Keywords: faq, ascii art
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26 Where is this FAQ available?
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Tha FAQ is available from newsgroups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, email, 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://gagme.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 Email:
-> Address: bob...@wwa.com
Subject: REQUEST FAQ
Subject: REQUEST RESOURCES
o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony 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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Pointer to the ASCII Art FAQ
========================================================================
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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