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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 13 Jan 1995.
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Animation format...

Animation format...

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 13 Jan 1995
rbo@MrRusty.swindon.gpsemi.com (Ralph Bolton (Coofer Cat)) 13 Jan 1995 08:24 · raw headers · report 
Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the format of ASCII animations.
In particular, I want to know if each frame is a whole screen, ie. does the cursor
return to top left after drawing each frame?

Actually, I guess a more fundamental question is: is there a commonly used format?
I guess anims are produced by programs, so what sort of thing do they output?

Really, any help is appreciated. Mail or posting is fine by me!

Thanks.

								...Ralph Bolton

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