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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Nice view ┌═┐ ╦═══╗ ╦ ╦══╗ ╦ ╦══╗ ╦ ╔═══╗ ╔═══╗ ╦ ╦═══╗ │
│ eh? _▄╤██▀██╤▄_ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │
│ ░▒▓█▓▒▓█▓▒░ ╠═══╝ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠═══╣ ║ ║ ╠══ │
│ ░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │
│ ░▒▓█▓▒░▒░▒▓█▓▒░ ╩ ╩ ╩ ╚══╝ ╩ ╚══╝ ╩ ╩ ╚═══╝ ╚═══╝ ╩═══╝ │
│ ░▒█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▒░ ╔═══╗ ╔═══╗ ╦═══╗ ══╦══ ╗ ╔ ╔═══╗ ╦═══╗ ╦═══╗ │
│ ░▒█▓▒░▒▓█▓█▓▒░▒▓█▒░ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │
│ ░▒█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▒░ ╚═══╗ ║ ║ ╠══ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠═══╣ ╠══╦╝ ╠══ │
│ ░▒█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▒░ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ │
│ ░▒█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▒░ ╚═══╝ ╚═══╝ ╩ ╩ ╚═╩═╝ ╩ ╩ ╩ ╚╝ ╩═══╝ │
│ ░█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓█░ P.O. BOX 163, CARTIERVILLE, QUEBEC, H4K 2J5 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
╓══┐ ╓══╖ ╓═╥═╖ ╦ ╓══┐ ╓══╖ 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...
┌───────────────────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐
│ 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!
Cartoon Produced by:
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:
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:
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:
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!