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- ╓══┐ ╓══╖ ╓═╥═╖ ╦ ╓══┐ ╓══╖ present a unique challenge for those with PC-com-
- ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚══╗ patible computers. It's extremely difficult to
- ╚══╛ ╚══╝ ╩ ╩ ╩ ╩ ╚══╛ ╘══╝ produce graphics that take full advantage of the
- many displays that the PC supports. You are
- often forced to go for the lowest common denominator: the PC's extended-ASCII
- character set. You can do a lot with that character set. Still ... is it art?
-
- But nobody expects comics to be very artistic. I'm sure you've seen some funny
- cartoons that are very skimpy in the art department. Heck, if the punch-line
- makes you snicker, who cares if it's Rembrandt material?
-
- Below, we present a sample cartoon. You'll have to squint a lot to make sense
- of the pictures. But producing such a cartoon is certainly an interesting
- challenge -- and we challenge you to make a better one!
-
- To be sure, PC-ASCII is not a convenient medium for art. But at the same time,
- you can say the same thing about Haiku poetry! So have a look, and see if you
- can't do better!
-
- So, without further ado, here's our cartoon...
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Whatcha doing? ─────┐ │ │ What board you on? ────────────┐ │
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ Dagger Lord's Sinister Castle │ │
- │ │ │ │ of Ultimate Evil Mega-doom! │ │
- │ BBSing... │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ /""\ ──┘ │ │ /""\ ──┘ │ │
- │─╖ O/O-: /"':. │ │─╖ 0/0-: /"':. ──┘ │
- │ ║ ═ / o/o"" │ │ ║ ═ / o/o"" │
- │ ║ .═══\_/════┐ ___ ═ )'___ │ │ ║ .═══\_/════. ___ ─ )'___ │
- │┬╜ / ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │ │┬╜ │ ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │
- │┴─┐/ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │ │┴─┐ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │
- │ ╘══════┐ / / │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘══════┐ │ │ / │ │ │ │
- └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Good grief! What's that? ───┐ │ │ Sounds pretty smurfy to me. │
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ Dunno. Runs on a Sinclair. └┐ │ │ Sorry! I'm bored! │ │
- │ │ └┐ │ │ │ │ │
- │ /""\ ──┘ ┌┘ │ │ /""\ ──┘ │
- │─╖ O/O-: /"':. ─┘ │ │─╖ O/O-: /"':. │
- │ ║ > / °/° " │ │ ║ ═ / =/="" │
- │ ║ .═══\_/════┐ ___ - )'___ │ │ ║ .═══\_/════. ___ ─ )'___ │
- │┬╜ / ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │ │┬╜ │ ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │
- │┴─┐/ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │ │┴─┐ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │
- │ ╘══════┐ / / │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘══════┐ / / / │ │ │ │
- └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Why don't you call up Le Systeme │ │ (514) 844-1567. They've got the │
- │ OnLine in Montreal? It's great! │ │ latest version of LABEL WIZARD, │
- │ │ │ │ The Label and Form Generator for │
- │ │ │ │ Everyone! │ │
- │ What's the number? │ │ │ Hmmmm... │ │
- │ │ │ │ │ o │ │
- │ CLUNK! /""\ ──┘ │ │ Bzzzzz /""\ ∙° │
- │─╖ / :-O\O /"':. │ │─╖ / @/@-: /"':. │
- │ ║ \ ─ o/o"" │ │ ║ ═ / o/o"" │
- │ ║ .═══\_/════┐ ___ ═ )'___ │ │ ║ .═══\_/ ═══. ___ = )'___ │
- │┬╜ │ ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │ │┬╜ │ ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │
- │┴─┐ │ │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │ │┴─┐ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │
- │ ╘══════┐ ───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘══════┐ │ │───┘ │ │ │ │
- └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Say, have you tried new SPARKLE │ │ What ARE you talking about? │
- │ dishwashing detergent? │ │ │ │
- │ │ │ │ Hey, if YOU can adver- │ │
- │ │ │ │ tise, why can't I? │ │
- │ │ Huh? │ │ │ │ │
- │ Dial ? ? │ │ │ │
- │ Dial /""\ ? ? │ │ Beeeep! /""\ │
- │─╖ / :-O\O /"':. ? │ │─╖ Kkkk O/O-: /"':. │
- │ ║ \ ─ ? O/O"" ? │ │ ║ ~ / -/-"" │
- │ ║ .═══\_/════┐ ___ ═ )'___ │ │ ║ .═══\_/ ═══. ___ ─ )'___ │
- │┬╜ │ ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │ │┬╜ │ ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │
- │┴─┐ │ │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │ │┴─┐ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │
- │ ╘══════┐ ───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘══════┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘
- ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Hey, I'm on! WOW! What a great │ │ What board you on? ────────────┐ │
- │ BBS! Fantastic! Amazing! THE │ │ │ │
- │ BEST I'VE EVER SEEN! Too much! │ │ Dagger Lord's Sinister Castle │ │
- │ Super! Incredible! Yeah! │ │ of Ultimate Evil Mega-doom! │ │
- │ │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ Yeesh! │ │ │ │ │
- │ /""\ │ │ │ /""\ ──┘ │ │
- │─╖ O/O-: .:'"\ │ │ │─╖ :-O\O /"':. ──┘ │
- │ ║ ═ / ""o\o ──┘ │ │ ║ \ ─ Egad ─ o/o"" │
- │ ║ .═══\_/════┐ __`( ═ ___ │ │ ║ .═══\_/════. ___ ─ )'___ │
- │┬╜ / ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │ │┬╜ │ ┬ ∙ ┬ │ / \__/ \ │
- │┴─┐/ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │ │┴─┐ / │ ∙ │ │ │ ┬ ┬ │ │
- │ ╘══════┐ / / │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘══════┐ │ │ / │ │ │ │
- └───────────────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘
-
-
- And now, the credits!
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- Cartoon Produced by:
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- P I N N A C L E S O F T W A R E
- P.O. Box 163 Cartierville Station
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4K 2J5
-
- Creators of:
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- The Pyroto Mountain BBS/Game System, The VariTale Multi-Authoring "Door",
- Label Wizard Form & Label Generator and many other fine software products.
-
- This cartoon first invaded:
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- Le Systeme OnLine, Montreal's finest information network.
- Call (514) 844-1567 at 300/1200/2400 baud, using 8N1.
-
- Visit Le Systeme OnLine for info about Pinnacle products.
- L.S.O. isn't related to Pinnacle. But it's good, anyway.
-
- Our last words:
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- Try to make a cartoon using PC-ASCII! It's fun! It's educational! And
- it's DIFFICULT! You think it's hard programming artificial intelligence?
- Do you claim that database systems can be created only by geniuses? Are
- you saying that you have be smart to invent a viable networking protocol?
- Bah! Try THIS! Not only does it not earn you any money, but it eats away
- hours of your valuable time! If THAT isn't art, what is?
-
- By the way, you really SHOULD call Le Systeme OnLine! It's MUCH better
- than Dagger Lord's Sinister Castle of Ultimate Evil Mega-doom!