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From: lar@pb.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.)
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Subject: Re: Ascii pix
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Date: 14 Nov 90 17:12:00 GMT
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In-reply-to: n350bq@tamuts.tamu.edu's message of 14 Nov 90 05:26:12 GMT

In article <10065@helios.TAMU.EDU> n350bq@tamuts.tamu.edu
(Duane Fields) writes:
   Anyone heard of a program to take an IFF (or gif) and convert it to an 
   "ascii picture" composed of ascii characters??? I hear they exist, where
   can I get me one!!!

PBM Plus can do this.  You can find the Unix source on
expo.lcs.mit.edu [18.30.0.212] in /contrib/pbmplus.tar.Z, or any place
X11R4 lives.  My Amiga port is available on pc.usl.edu [130.70.40.3] in
/pub/amiga/pbmplus/{bin,doc,src}.

To convert IFF images to ASCII, you'll need the programs ilbmtoppm,
ppmtopgm, pgmtopbm and pbmtoascii.  If you're starting with a GIF
image, use giftoppm in place of ilbmtoppm.

Lane
lar@usl.edu