From: "Lauri Kangas" <epl.kangas@kolumbus.fBi>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: dinosaur and request
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 12:41:59 +0300
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can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
i've tried everything and found only bugs
in the programs :(

and here's a dinosaur, not by me. anyone recognice?


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Lauri Kangas
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From: Veronica Karlsson <acinorev@earthling.net>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: dinosaur and request
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:03:33 +0200
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Lauri Kangas wrote:
> 
> can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
> i've tried everything and found only bugs
> in the programs :(
> 

I think the most reliable method is the "plastic bag method". What you
do is you copy the outlines of your picture on a plastic bag or OH film,
tape that to your monitor (yes! really! no kidding! I know it *sounds*
like a tippex-on-the-screen joke but this actually works!) so that it
overlaps your text editor. Then you try to "copy" it by writing text in
the editor.

[You can use some programs, like "html editors" or drawing programs but
be careful, I know at least one person who accidentally hit "save" after
finishing a picture and found that her work had been turned into a
bitmap...]

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From: Matthew Thomas <mpt26@student.canterbury.ac.nz>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: dinosaur and request
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:48:03 +1200
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Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> Lauri Kangas wrote:
> >
> > can anyone get me a WORKING ascii converter.
> > i've tried everything and found only bugs
> > in the programs :(
>...
> I think the most reliable method is the "plastic bag method". What you
> do is you copy the outlines of your picture on a plastic bag or OH
> film, tape that to your monitor (yes! really! no kidding! I know it
> *sounds* like a tippex-on-the-screen joke but this actually works!) so
> that it overlaps your text editor. Then you try to "copy" it by
> writing text in the editor.
>...

I use the `tab method'. That is, I position the text editor window over
the window with the picture in it on the computer screen (most of my
conversions are of pictures in electronic format anyway). Then I use
Command+Tab (if I'm in MacOS) or Alt+Tab (if I'm in Windows or fvwm) to
switch between the windows every few seconds, drawing a few characters
each time.

ttfn
-- 
Matthew `mpt' Thomas
http://critique.net.nz/
ASCII ART FAQ: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/art/ascii/faq/

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whoever made the dinasaur should be locked up AND medicated

Lets all pray for that tortured soul