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Answers to frequently asked questions in the ASCII art Usenet groups


Author: Matthew Thomas (mpt26 @ student . canterbury . ac . nz)
Version: 2.0.2
Last changed: 1998-09-19

NOTE: If you are new to Usenet, please read the messages in
news:news.announce.newusers before posting to any Usenet groups.

This FAQ is regularly posted to news:alt.ascii-art and
news:alt.ascii-art.animation. It is also available at the following
locations.



Contents
--------

1.  What is ASCII art?
2.  What isn't ASCII art?
3.  What goes on in the ASCII art Usenet groups?
4.  How do I view ASCII art?
5.  How do I draw my own ASCII art?
6.  What should I know before posting ASCII art?
7.  Can I post to ask for some text drawn in ASCII?
8.  Can I post to ask for an ASCII art picture?
9.  How do I get an existing picture converted to ASCII art?
10. Can I post or use other people's ASCII art?
11. What should I know about signature files?
12. Where can I find more ASCII art?


1.  What is ASCII art?
----------------------

    ASCII art is any kind of artwork -- pictures, charts, cartoons,
    whatever -- drawn with the characters in the ASCII character set.

    The ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
    character set is a set of 128 characters (0 to 127) which are
    standard on almost all types of computer. The only characters used
    in ASCII art are those with the values 32 to 126, which are shown
    below, and 13, which represents a carriage return (new line).
    The other characters in the ASCII character set (0-12, 13-31, and
    127) are control codes for representing things such as `end of file'
    and `backspace'; they should not be used in ASCII art.

    032 [space] 048 0   064 @   080 P   096 `   112 p
    033 !       049 1   065 A   081 Q   097 a   113 q
    034 "       050 2   066 B   082 R   098 b   114 r
    035 #       051 3   067 C   083 S   099 c   115 s
    036 $       052 4   068 D   084 T   100 d   116 t
    037 %       053 5   069 E   085 U   101 e   117 u
    038 &       054 6   070 F   086 V   102 f   118 v
    039 '       055 7   071 G   087 W   103 g   119 w
    040 (       056 8   072 H   088 X   104 h   120 x
    041 )       057 9   073 I   089 Y   105 i   121 y
    042 *       058 :   074 J   090 Z   106 j   122 z
    043 +       059 ;   075 K   091 [   107 k   123 {
    044 ,       060 <   076 L   092 \   108 l   124 |
    045 -       061 =   077 M   093 ]   109 m   125 }
    046 .       062 >   078 N   094 ^   110 n   126 ~
    047 /       063 ?   079 O   095 _   111 o

    These characters are almost completely standard, except for a few
    slight variations which you should keep in mind when drawing and
    viewing ASCII art:

    # (hash/pound):
         a hash symbol on most computers, a pound (currency) symbol on
         some British ones
    | (bar):
         a vertical line in most fonts, but in some it is split in the
         middle
    ^ (caret):
         differs in size depending on the font used
    ~ (tilde):
         appears in the middle of the line in some fonts, at the top in
         others
    ' (apostrophe/single quote):
         tilts southwest-northeast in some fonts, is vertical in others
         (this also applies to the comma (,)).

    Here's a small example of ASCII art using some of these variable
    characters: a snow-scene paperweight, drawn by Joan Stark. How good
    it looks will depend to some extent on which font and computer
    system you are using to view it.
               ____
            .-" +' "-.
           /.'.'A_'*`.\
          |:.*'/\-\. ':|
          |:.'.||"|.'*:|
           \:~^~^~^~^:/
            /`-....-'\
       jgs /          \
           `-.,____,.-'

    People use ASCII art for a variety of reasons, some of which are:
    *   it is the most universal computer art form in the world --
        every computer system capable of displaying multi-line text can
        display ASCII art, without needing to have a graphics mode or
        support a particular graphics file format;
    *   an ASCII picture is hundreds of times smaller in file size
        than its GIF or BMP equivalent, while still giving a good idea
        of what something looks like;
    *   it is easy to copy from one file to another;
    *   it's fun to do!

2.  What isn't ASCII art?
-------------------------

    The following specialized artforms are not ASCII art in the `pure'
    sense, and are not welcome in the ASCII art Usenet groups.

    *   ANSI, `extended ASCII', or `high ASCII' art. Many computer
        systems have an extended character set of 256 or more
        characters, based on the ANSI or Unicode character sets and
        having the first 128 characters identical to ASCII. These
        characters should not be used in ASCII art because many types
        of computer system do not support them, and even those that do
        may not display them in a standard way (for example, the
        Windows ANSI character set is different from the Macintosh ANSI
        character set).

    *   HTML art. HTML, the language used in Web pages, can be used to
        add special effects such as colours, font size, and (ugh)
        blinking text to ascii art, and HTML can be read by some
        newsreaders. However, the key word here is `some'. To many
        newsreaders, HTML art will just appear as a jumble of <TAGS> and
        will be totally unrecognizable.

        If you want to create HTML art, do so by all means, but put it
        on a Web page and post the page address (URL) to the appropriate
        Usenet group. Advice on how to do this can be found at
        http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/asciionpage.htm.

    *   ASCII art animated using JavaScript. This relies not only on the
        newsreader being able to display HTML, but also being able to
        run JavaScript. As with HTML art, put it on a Web page and post
        the address to news:alt.ascii-art.animation.


3.  What goes on in the ASCII art Usenet groups?
------------------------------------------------

    In the ASCII art Usenet groups people discuss ASCII art, post
    ASCII pictures, post improved versions or variations of pictures
    other people have drawn, and generally have fun.

    Types of messages which we usually enjoy seeing include:
    *   look, here's an ASCII picture I drew ...
    *   REQ: xyz (ie, has anyone got any ASCII pictures of xyz?)
    *   suggestions on, or improvements of, other people's ASCII
        pictures
    *   hey-guys-love-your-work-type messages!

    Types of messages which we usually *don't* enjoy seeing include:
    *   messages with the subject `ASCII art' (try to be a bit more
        informative, please)
    *   make money fast!!! ... (yawn, yawn, snore)
    *   heres the adress of my web site, come see it pleez (why should
        we?)
    *   don't read this, this is a test (that's what news:alt.test,
        news:misc.test, and many other `test' groups are for).

    There are three ASCII art Usenet groups. news:alt.ascii-art is
    the main group, where most of the discussion takes place.

    news:rec.arts.ascii is a `best-of' group, for posting the best
    ASCII art from news:alt.ascii-art. It is a moderated group -- all
    messages pass through an intermediary (the moderator) who checks
    them for appropriateness before sending them to the group itself.
    The advantage of this is that there isn't any unwanted advertising
    in the group; however, the frequency of postings to
    news:rec.arts.ascii is extremely low at the time of writing (it was
    resurrected in November 1997 after the previous moderator, Bob
    Allison (`Scarecrow') retired in December 1996).

    If your news server isn't set up to allow direct posting to
    news:rec.arts.ascii, e-mail your message to the moderator, Don
    Bertino: bertino-@-netcom-.-com (remove the dashes first).

    news:alt.ascii-art.animation is specifically for discussion and
    postings of animated ASCII art [see Question 12].


4.  How do I view ASCII art?
----------------------------

    If a picture you see posted to one of the ASCII art Usenet groups
    looks a complete mess to you, don't panic. There are several
    reasons why it may look weird.

    *   If *none* of the pictures in the group look like what the
        sender describes them as, then  you're probably using a
        proportional font. To view (and draw) ASCII art, you must use a
        fixed-width font -- one where all characters are the same width
        (like on an ordinary typewriter). If you're not sure if your
        font is fixed-width or not, check the following two lines and
        see if they're the same length.

            iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii|
            mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm|

        If they aren't, find the option in your newsreader which lets
        you specify which font to use. If you just have a choice
        between proportional and fixed width, choose fixed width. If
        you have a choice of which font to use, try different ones
        until you find a fixed-width one (using the `i's and `m's above
        as a guide). Popular fixed width fonts include Courier, Monaco,
        Fixedsys; anything with `fixed', `terminal', or `Courier' in
        its name will probably be fixed-width.

        Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) supply newsreaders to
        their customers which, strange as it seems, don't allow them to
        use a fixed-width font. If this applies to you, there's not
        much you can do except to ask them for a newsreader which does;
        or switch ISPs.

    *   If there are a lot of almost-blank lines in the picture, then
        the message is probably suffering from `wrapping'. This
        wrapping may be being done by your newsreader; see if it has an
        option called `wrap long lines' or similar, and make sure it is
        turned off. If this doesn't work, then the wrapping was
        probably done by the news program of the person who sent the
        picture, in which case there's not much you can do -- everybody
        else will be seeing the same thing.

    *   If there are a lot of < and > symbols in the  picture, with
        words like HTML, FONT COLOR, B, I, and so on inside them, then
        the picture has been sent in HTML format [see Question 2], and
        your newsreader does not understand HTML (most newsreaders
        don't).

    *   If you still can't work out what the picture is supposed to be,
        try using a smaller font (if you can) and moving a couple of
        metres away. If it still looks unrecognizable, then it's
        probably a problem with the news program used by the person
        who sent the message -- or maybe it's just a really bad
        picture!


5.  How do I draw my own ASCII art?
-----------------------------------

    You don't need a special program to draw ASCII art. It can be
    drawn using any text editor, such as SimpleText or BBEdit in MacOS,
    Notepad in Windows, nedit, vi, or pico in Unix, BEd or AZ in
    AmigaOS, edit in DOS, or any of the various Emacs editors. You can
    use a word processor to draw ASCII art, but remember: (1) use a
    fixed-width font [see Question 4]; and (2) using any special
    formatting (bold/italic/coloured etc) is a waste of time, as it
    will be lost when you post the picture.

    There are some features of editors and word processors which can
    help when drawing ASCII art.
    *   Overtype, also known as overstrike: removes the need for you to
        constantly realign characters using the Backspace, Space, and
        Delete keys. Try the Insert key if there is one on your
        keyboard, or look in your program's Options or Preferences.
    *   Rectangular copy and paste: allows you to select rectangular
        sections of text (not just rows or parts of rows). On programs
        which have this feature, it is usually done by holding down a
        key such as Ctrl while selecting text.
    *   Find/Change: allows you to change all the characters of one
        value to another (eg change all the ~s to "s).

    But before you start, a word about fonts. For ASCII art you should
    use a fixed-width font [see Question 4], because every type of
    computer system is guaranteed to have one, and that after all is
    one of the main reasons ASCII art exists -- because everyone can
    view it. Different fixed- width fonts do vary slightly in the
    height of the characters, but for most drawings this doesn't matter
    that much.

    DON'T try to post pictures drawn in a proportional-width (ie
    non-fixed-width) font: even if you specify the exact font you used,
    the chances of other people being able to read it are pretty slim
    (even `standard' proportional fonts such as Times New Roman can
    vary in width from computer to computer).

    The other thing to be aware of with fonts is the difference between
    serif and sans serif. Here's roughly how an `m' looks in both:
    __ __   __        __   __
     |/  \ /  \     |/  \ /  \
     |    |    |    |    |    |
     |    |    |    |    |    |
    _|_  _|_  _|_   |    |    |

        Serif        Sans serif

    The serif version has little strokes, or serifs, at the end of most
    of the main strokes, while the sans serif version doesn't (sans
    means `without'). For example, Courier is a serif font, and Monaco
    is sans serif. This isn't often important, but if you're using a
    sans serif font, just remember to use the vertical bar (|, above \
    on most keyboards) to draw vertical lines, and not the capital i
    (I), otherwise it will look weird for people using serif fonts. It
    also means that you should think carefully before using characters
    like L and 7 for various corners -- they won't always look that
    good with a serif font.

    One way to make drawing ASCII art easier is to type a row of spaces
    for however wide you want your picture, and then copy this row and
    paste it for however many rows high you think your art will get.
    Then turn overtype on, stick your cursor somewhere in the middle,
    and you're ready to draw.

    If nothing springs to mind immediately, start with the ASCII art
    equivalent of the stick figure:

     O
    /H\ Person
    / \

    Fiddle with it, and see what you can do ...

     A                   _              o           _
     O  Person wearing   O`            _O_         (< = Person about
    /H\ a dunce's hat   /H\ Professor  XHX Angel   /H-' to eat a
    / \                 / \            / \         / \  sandwich...?

    Gradually you'll be able to add things like  scenery around the
    person:

     ___  ,---.
    / __\/---. ._,
     /  \@-.  -(_)-
         @     ' `    Person playing a banjo
        ,P            while sitting against a
        d'O_,         palm tree ...
    ____@/|/________
    ::::@\O_,:::::::
    ::::::::::::mt-3

    Draw your cat, your toaster, your musical instruments, your
    partner, anything that will sit still long enough -- practice
    makes, if not perfect, then at least pretty good. Whether you do
    small drawings (less work involved) or large ones (easier to make a
    drawing recognizable) is up to you.

    The things which give beginning ASCII artists the most trouble are
    usually diagonal lines and circles. Here are some lines of various
    angles:

    |   |   /      ,'      ,-'     _,-'
    |  .'  /     ,'     ,-'    _,-'
    |  |  /    ,'    ,-'   _,-'          __..--""
    | .' /   ,'   ,-'  _,-'      __..--""
    | | /  ,'  ,-'  ,-'  __..--"" _______________

    And here are a few circular shapes:
                                           _____             __
                                        .-'     `-.       ,dP""Yb,
                                      .'           `.   ,d"      "b,
                                     /               \  d'    _   `Y,
                              _     ;                 ; 8     8    `b
                    __     ,'" "`.  |                 | `b,_,aP     P
            __    ,'  `.  /       \ ;                 ;   """"     d'
          .'  `. /      | |       |  \               /           ,P"
       _  |    | |      / \       /   `.           .'    a,.__,aP"
    o (_) `.__.'  `.__.'   `.___.'      `-._____.-'       `"""''

    The spiral is a good example of *anti-aliasing* -- using the
    particular shape of some characters (especially b, d, and P) to
    smooth the edge of a solid shape.

    A final point: don't use the Tab key. Pressing Tab will go along a
    certain number of spaces in your editor/word processor -- but that
    `certain number' is different for different newsreaders, editors,
    and so on, so your picture may suffer from what is known as `tab
    damage' when other people try to view it. Just use spaces instead.

    [See Question 12 for links to other tutorials on drawing ASCII
    art.]


6.  What should I know before posting ASCII art?
------------------------------------------------

    It doesn't matter if your ASCII art isn't particularly good; we'd
    like to see it anyway. We won't be rude about it (although you'd
    better tell us what it is, or we might ask :-), but if it shows
    potential, you may find that other people will `re-diddle' it --
    change a few characters, make it a bit better, and re-post it.

    HOWEVER, there are a few things you should check before you
    post any piece of ASCII art.

    *   Are you sending it as plain text? Some news programs,
        particularly those built in to Web browsers, read and write
        messages in HTML (HyperText Markup Language, the language which
        Web pages are written in). HTML allows colours and (using
        JavaScript) animations in ASCII art, but few newsreaders
        support it, and those which don't will show a whole lot of
        garbage text with your picture hidden inside it.

        So if you have one of these HTML-sending programs, PLEASE
        select the option which tells it to send messages as plain text
        only. If you have a picture which uses HTML for a particular
        feature (such as  colours or animation), put it on a Web page,
        and post the URL of the page to alt.ascii-art, rather than
        posting the whole picture.

    *   Is it under 72 characters wide? Most news readers can only show
        lines which are under either 72, 76, or 80 characters wide, so
        if your picture is wider than 72 characters it may get wrapped
        [see Question 4). Also remove any unnecessary space characters
        from the end of each line of the picture, to prevent lines from
        being too long (and getting wrapped) without your realizing.

    *   Have you used any control codes? Inserting control codes (ASCII
        characters 0 to 31) in a picture can sometimes achieve
        interesting effects on your computer screen or news reader,
        such as reversing text, changing its colour, and so on. DO NOT
        post any of these pictures to alt.ascii-art, for two reasons:

        1.  the effects that the control codes have on your news reader
            are almost certainly going to be  different from those on
            the thousands of other news readers that other people use

        2.  on some news readers, control codes can cause  messed up
            displays, messages not appearing, or (in some cases) the
            news reader crashing.

    *   If your first line starts with one or more spaces, stick a
        dummy line (such as -- or .) above it, to prevent the spaces
        from being ignored by your news program (this only applies to
        some news programs, and only to the first line of the
        message).

    If you're not sure about whether your message will turn out ok,
    post it to a test group (such as news:alt.test or news:misc.test)
    first and make sure (using a different newsreader, if you can) that
    you can read it ok.

    [See Question 10 for advice on posting someone else's ASCII art.]

7.  Can I post to ask for some text drawn in ASCII?
---------------------------------------------------

    Probably not, unless we're REALLY bored. The reason for this is
    that there is a program called Figlet which does that sort of thing
    automatically -- you type in `Jane Smith', and you get back

        ___              __,
       ( /              (          o _/_ /
        / __,  _   _     `.  _ _  ,  /  /_
      _/_(_/(_/ /_(/_  (___)/ / /_(_(__/ /_
     //
    (/

    in this and a whole lot of other fonts. The ASCII text-art produced
    by Figlet can be quite stunning, so it's best to try it first
    before asking for help from the newsgroup.

    The Figlet home page is at
    http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html. This site links
    to the FTP site ftp://ftp.internexus.net/pub/figlet/, where you can
    download versions of the program for  many different platforms.

    If you have a Web browser which has form support (most browsers
    do), you can run Figlet on the Internet by going to one of the
    following sites and choosing your text and options on the Web page.
    Different sites offer different options (eg multiple fonts at once,
    justification, line length etc). Some of these sites also provide
    an e-mail Figlet service for people with browsers which don't
    support forms.

    *    http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
    *    http://wwwcn.cern.ch/~rigaut/FigletJava.html
    *    http://www.schnoggo.com/figlet.html
    *    http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet/
    *    http://saigon.mit.edu/dinhyen/figlet/figlet.html
    *    http://www.mediacube.de/cgi-bin/moniteurs/figlet/
    *    http://www.sconnect.net/figlet/index.cgi
    *    http://boulder.Colorado.EDU/~kai/figlet.html
    *    http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/cgi-bin/bwagner/FIGLET/figlet.pl
    *    http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~mcchau3/cgi-bin/express.html
    *    http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl.
    [Shimrod, Veronica Karlsson]

    If Figlet doesn't produce the kind of results you want, THEN you
    can post to alt.ascii-art with your request. Make sure that you
    include:
    *   the fact that you have already tried Figlet, or don't have
        access to it  (otherwise you will probably just get told to use
        it)
    *   a description of the kind of lettering you want, along with any
        other symbols or logos which you would like incorporated into
        it.


8.  Can I post to ask for an ASCII art picture?
-----------------------------------------------

     Yes, if we find it interesting. Give your request the subject
     `REQ: xyz' if you're looking for a picture of an xyz, then in the
     message describe more exactly what you're looking for. Generally,
     the more specific you are, the more likely you are to get someone
     to draw what you want: if you just say something like `can someone
     draw me a fish' then you're not likely to get many replies,
     because people won't be sure whether or not they're wasting their
     time by drawing something you won't want. If you don't have Web
     access, mention this fact, otherwise you may get replies
     consisting only of URLs for the kind of pictures you're looking
     for.


9.  How do I get an existing picture converted to ASCII art?
------------------------------------------------------------

    There are computer programs available which convert graphics files
    of a particular format (usually GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names
    such as ascgif, gifa, gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for
    any of these programs to find places where you can download them.
    Try:

         gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70
         ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii/.

    However, the output from these programs is often poor (fiddling
    with the picture in an image-editing program beforehand may help).
    In this case, you can post a request to news:alt.ascii-art asking
    for someone to `asciify' it, but PLEASE DON'T POST THE PICTURE
    ITSELF. To save downloading time for people reading the messages,
    if possible give the URL (Web address) of the picture instead.

    If you saw the picture on a Web page, you can find out its URL by
    right-clicking on it (on the Macintosh, right-clicking,
    Ctrl-clicking, or holding down the mouse button) and selecting
    `Open this image' (or its equivalent for your Web browser), then
    copy the URL from the Location bar to your news program (make sure
    you copy it exactly).

    If the picture is not on a Web site anywhere, put it up on your own
    site (if you have one), or get a friend to put it up on their site,
    and post the URL to alt.ascii-art. If you can't do this, post your
    request to alt.ascii-art and wait for an artist to reply, then
    e-mail the picture to them.


10.  Can I post or use other people's ASCII art?
------------------------------------------------

    Don't assume that if somebody posts something to a Usenet group,
    that gives you the right to use it however you like; copyright
    laws still apply. For more information, see the article `Copyright
    Myths FAQ: 10 big myths about copyright explained' in
    news:news.announce.newusers. (It is also available at
    http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html.)

    ASCII art is often an exception to this rule, though: generally,
    ASCII artists don't mind if you copy their pictures and repost them
    or put them on your own Web site, as long as you don't make any
    money out of them. There are a few important conditions, however.

    *   If the picture contains a few letters in one corner which don't
        seem to be part of the picture, they're the artist's initials.
        DO NOT remove these initials -- would you cut away the part of
        a Van Gogh painting containing his name?  Leaving the initials
        on is a small price to pay for being able to use the picture
        for free.

    *   If you're going to use a picture in your signature file, or in
        a place (such as a log-in screen) which means you're going to
        be using it a lot, you should really e-mail the artist (or post
        to the newsgroup, if you don't know their address) and ask for
        permission, because otherwise people may get the mistaken
        impression that you were the one who drew the picture.

    As for posting other people's ASCII art, after a discussion in
    news:alt.ascii-art the following rules were agreed upon:
    1.  If an ASCII ART picture has initials on it, leave them on when
        posting it.
    2.  If an ASCII ART picture doesn't have initials on it, mention that
        you didn't draw it when posting it.
    3.  If somebody posts a picture without initials and you have an
        original copy with initials, feel free to repost the original
        version. The repost ought not to be taken personally, as we all
        know that ASCII art often loses proper credits. Responses to the
        repost are not necessary.
    [Donovan]

11.  What should I know about signature files?
----------------------------------------------

    A signature file (or `sig' for short; not to be confused with the
    initials added to an ASCII picture) is a small, personalized text
    file which an e-mail or news program adds to the end of every
    message a person sends -- the equivalent of a letterhead for
    dead-tree (paper) mail. Usually it contains little more than the
    person's name, organization, and e-mail address, and an
    inspirational quote of some sort; but some people like to
    incorporate ASCII art into their signature files as well.

    The biggest problem that this causes is the number of lines that
    the signature file takes up. This is a topic which, despite its
    lack of importance in relation to global warming, violence in
    society, and so on, can be the subject of heated arguments. To be
    brief, (almost) no-one will complain if your signature file is four
    lines long or fewer -- and it is quite possible to draw good ASCII
    pictures which are that small. Some examples are at:

    *   http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/~kenter/sigs.html
    *   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/sigs.htm.

    Some e-mail programs don't allow you to have a signature file which
    is longer than four lines, while others just complain. Five or six
    lines is usually acceptable, but  any longer, and you're starting to
    take the risk that your signature will be longer than some of your
    e-mail messages; this wouldn't really make sense on paper, so it
    isn't really acceptable in cyberspace either. The exception is in
    messages posted to news:alt.ascii-art itself -- we're used to seeing
    long sigs, so we won't complain.

    But no matter what the length of your signature, make sure it's
    fewer than 72 characters wide, otherwise it may end up a horrible
    mess [see Question 6].

12. Where can I find more ASCII art?
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    Lots of ASCII artists put up libraries of their own and others'
    ASCII art on their Web sites, as well as tutorials on how to draw
    ASCII art. Allen Mullen has links to many of these sites at
    http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/links.htm.

    Yahoo also has a page dedicated to ASCII art, at
    http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Computer_Generated/ASCII_Art/.
    And try Joan Stark's Web site: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/.

    To find out how to animate ASCII art using JavaScript, see
    http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/4942/faq_hta.htm and
    http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/animlesson.htm.


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