X-Google-Language: GERMAN,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,eecedfc75e346c55 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) Subject: Re: Picture to ascii converter Date: 1999/05/04 Message-ID: <372f21e0.5085467@news.vossnet.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 474020258 References: <372cb08f.14725043@news.freeserve.net> <372dfde9.484090@news.freeserve.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@cableinet.net X-Trace: news1.cableinet.co.uk 925845350 28305 195.188.10.2 (4 May 1999 19:15:50 GMT) Organization: Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet) Reply-To: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 May 1999 19:15:50 GMT Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art .----- On Mon, 03 May 1999 19:54:05 GMT, Adam Ranson posted: | |> |>[][ hi ... show me some simple/small-size results plz | |downlod the zip as it has some examples in a word document | |>also ... what operating system does it run on ? | |win 9X | |>and ... what is the file-size of the executable ? | |580K -> it also requires the huge (1.5mb) vb5dll | |Goto http://www.adsmail92.freeserve.co.uk/pic2ascii.zip | '-------------------------------- Do the outputs look anything like this? 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It runs on Win3.x as well as Win95 and doesn't need VB runtimes ... it is also 226k once installed. What does your program do (apart from other graphics file types .. almost everyone can convert pictures with relative ease) that ASCII ART doesn't - and is it worth the bloody huge VB Runtimes for version 5 that are required... in short, chuck some examples at the group. Well, just the one will do initially so we can see if it's a greyscale converter (of which there are loads) or a line-art converter (of which there are currently two and only one worked correctly and I can't remember who made it and where it is!) -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com