wa4chq Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I remember messing with HasciiCam back in the day. It was mindless fun. Once a did a few ascii vids, I moved on to bigger and better thangs like figlet. lol Hasciicm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I remember watching Star Wars in Ascii 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, securitybreach said: I remember watching Star Wars in Ascii Yep. I think that or something similar was included with some of the distros... BB something? Edited October 10, 2021 by wa4chq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 BB - an ASCII -art demo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I was thinking of this over telnet: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 I remember it but I never did telnet.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 There was a server that streamed the movie via telnet. You just telnet servername and watched it in a terminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Yup just open up a terminal and run: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Welp, nevermind. It isn't connecting, must not be up anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Is this anything like what you are talking about, SB? https://www.instructables.com/Renegade-BBS-in-Ubuntu-Linux-Telnet-Multi-Node/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Nah, that is something different altogether. This was simply a telenet server that had one function, stream star wars in ASCII art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 That's to create a BBS (bulletin board system) . I ran those back in the 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 OK...I am not familiar with telnet. So it's just a "board" folks would check in on and post/read posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 56 minutes ago, wa4chq said: OK...I am not familiar with telnet. So it's just a "board" folks would check in on and post/read posts? Think of telnet as a simplistic ssh server or a simple interactive terminal server. Telnet is an application protocol used on the Internet or local area network to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection. User data is interspersed in-band with Telnet control information in an 8-bit byte oriented data connection over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 10/10/2021 at 5:30 AM, securitybreach said: I remember watching Star Wars in Ascii I do too. Unfortunately the telnet link never connects to the site these days. However you can watch the movie here, https://www.asciimation.co.nz/# Although you can stop,start,go back or forward on the ascimation site I do not think it is as neat as watching it in your terminal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, abarbarian said: I do too. Unfortunately the telnet link never connects to the site these days. However you can watch the movie here, https://www.asciimation.co.nz/# Although you can stop,start,go back or forward on the ascimation site I do not think it is as neat as watching it in your terminal. Copy the link and paste it in Lynx. Read what it says upper left corner. So grab a comfortable chair, have food and drink handy and wait for the film to start... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) On 10/17/2021 at 2:14 PM, wa4chq said: Copy the link and paste it in Lynx. Read what it says upper left corner. So grab a comfortable chair, have food and drink handy and wait for the film to start... Yeah I tried that. Got lynx,figured out how to bring up the link, then it shows the opening of the show but never fully loads or starts. ←←← STAR WARS ASCIIMATION - Main Page Star Wars Asciimation Asciimation may take some time to load... |< <<< << 1< # >1 > >> >>> >| Last scene added: January 2015 Frequently asked questions My other projects Original Java Asciimation The death of Jar Jar Austin 7 Blog BB Blog Copyright M-) 1997 - 2020 Simon Jansen jansens@asciimation.co.nz [INS: :INS] Commands: Use arrow keys to move, '?' for help, 'q' to quit, '<-' to go back. Arrow keys: Up and Down to move. Right to follow a link; Left to go back. H)elp O)ptions P)rint G)o M)ain screen Q)uit /=search [delete]=history list Edited October 26, 2021 by abarbarian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 You didn't do it right... Try it again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 23 hours ago, wa4chq said: You didn't do it right... Try it again What do you mean I did not do it right ? I tried again several times and it will not get past the screen I posted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Yeah, just messing with you. It doesn't work using lynx here either....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 But it does work using Links. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 Trust me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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