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echo: video_games
to: STEVE IGREJAS
from: NICK ANDRE
date: 1998-04-20 22:44:00
subject: Re: ascii

SI>  -=> Quoting Nick Andre to Justin Smith <=-
SI> 
 > Ascii screens don't have to be "done right". Any Ascii screen
 > is faster than
 > Ansi, and looks better too!
SI>  
SI>  JS> It has to be "done right" to look better though. Spped doesn't mean 
cr
SI> if
SI>  JS> looks bad.
SI> 
SI>  NA> As long as it shows me a menu of what I can do, I don't care. I 
on't
SI>  NA> want  pretty pictures. At all.
SI> 
SI>      I've been listening to you 2 talk about this for a while.  I think 
ANS
SI>  is a lot better.  Because you can do this:
SI> 
SI>  
SI>  `[0;1mSteve `[34mIgrejas
SI> `[8C`[35m*****************************
SI> `[8C*`[32mSteve.Igrejas@upload.com   `[35m*
SI> `[8C*`[36mCloud.Strife@upload.com    `[35m*
SI> `[8C*`[31mSteve.Igrejas@sbaonline.gov`[35m*
SI> `[8C*****************************
SI>   `[31m*******  `[33m********`[8C`[34m***  ***
SI>   `[31m******** `[33m********`[8C`[34m********
SI>   `[31m******** `[33m******** `[36m******  `[34m******
SI>   `[31m*******  `[33m******** `[36m******  `[34m******
SI>   `[31m***`[6C`[33m********`[8C`[34m**** ***
SI>   `[31m***`[6C`[33m********`[8C`[34m***  ***
SI> `[0m`[255D
And I think Ascii is better because:
- I have a monochome TTY monitor.
- I did not see your color codes, and obviously they didn't process at all.
- Your sig is too long by most moderator's standards. :)
Nick.
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