Cyclograph graced us by uttering:

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> > It's an output plugin of my video player. Normally I use this at
> > higher resolutions (my screen resolution is 80x50) and with boldface
> > and dim attributes, then it looks much better. My image editing
> > program GIMP also supports this - maybe the Windows version does,
> > too, but I did not check.
> 
> Now I'm going to have to dig up the old GIF2ANSI utility!  ;-)  Though
> I suppose most (if not all) usenet readers couldn't handle the
> extended character set needed, and the animated variety would go too
> fast on anything faster than a 2.4K modem link anyway.

Well, if your newsreader can do attachements correctly (and I have a
reasonable amount of faith in Forte... more than, say, OE anyway), most
people at least have access to programs that can interpret ansi
correctly.

Btw, what's modem speed got to do with animation of GIF or ANSI
animation?

Tim Hammerquist
-- 
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unfortunately, I can't kill him twice.
    -- Scaroth