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X11 in ASCII

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-the-hell-not dept.

ChristTrekker submitted a story that we probably have run once upon a time, but hey, it's a holiday weekend, and who doesn't enjoy reading about a X11 in ASCII graphics? Complete with screenshots and code for you do it yourselfers. I like the enlightenment screenshots. Painful.

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  1. That just looks like ascii by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    its actually cell-shaded, antialiased 3d objects that need a radeon 9800 to run

  2. Whoa there by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 5, Funny

    menu shadows in GTK, and X11 in ascii- what dumb idea will we come up with next, the Windows UI in linux?

    oh, wait...

  3. Hmm... by AntiOrganic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it have menu shadows, though?

  4. Ouch... by inode_buddha · · Score: 5, Funny

    oww ooooo somebody just *had* to invent something more painful than reading RFC's..... anyone got Tylenol? Please?

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  5. Mirrors by brejc8 · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are mirrors of photos, dumps and the original site.

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  6. Thats easy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    88 49 49

  7. aaarrghh by borgdows · · Score: 5, Funny

    my eyees!! my eyes!!!!

    My eyes are ASCII-allergic you insensitive clod!

  8. /.ed - here is a mirror of the startup image by Sabalon · · Score: 5, Funny

    X

  9. slashdotted? by Blob+Pet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe the screenshots should have been done in ascii instead of jpeg?

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    1. Re:slashdotted? by catmaker · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Not really insightful. The JPEGs on the site were ones I took in a hurry just to get *some* pictures to show people.

      The week after I created the GIFs, which were a lot sharper, and smaller files.

      And as to why I shouldn't have 'big' files? Well, who expects a slashdotting?

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  10. Re:Impaired by spydir31 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I seriously doubt anyone visually impaired will be able to understand anything of the text after it passes through aalib.
    anyway, there are tactile displays that can handle regular (high contrast) screens just fine, AFAIK.
    Virtouch and ABTIM, for example.