Msg: 5868 *Conference*
06-22-95 13:45:48
From: COMET _
To : RICHARD HANSON
Subj: ASCII GRAPHICS
I've designed a few large ASCII graphics. Nowadays, the old 132 column by 66 row line printers seem scarce--I have printed out my classic pictures on laser printer paper, but it isn't the same.... The method I've used for simple X is to first draw or photograph with high contrast a suitable subject, and then place graph paper over the print, marking appropriate boxes. For best results, I'd enlarge/reduce the drawing on a photocopier so that it would use the apropriate number (e.g. 132) of squares. It shouldn't be difficult to write a conversion program to translate these old things to light up individual pixels on the display. Hmmmm. I have some old typing pictures saved from my high school; I'll see what they look like when I've pixelized them, and perhaps I'll upload the program. I still haven't purchased a book on assembly programming for 8085. *sigh*