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Q: Is there software out there to make big letters with a dot matrix printer. Sort of like ASCII art, but I'm looking for that "old-timey" look of IBM printouts and such.

For example, and "A" might look like this: (in Courier or other fixed-width font)

AAAA AAAAAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA

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mpm
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mpm wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

Did not have time to find the fill method you are looking for but I did see a smaller version filled out with the letters being made...

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DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno

figlet. Has all sorts of fancy fonts too.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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pcdhobbs

Plenty to choose from. Search for "ascii art generator"

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Jeff Liebermann

We'd be printing these after we learnt Fortran 101 in 1970 and playing Lunar Lander on the IBM teletype between class.

It was our 2nd inspiration after the punch-card entry gal who had front bumpers like the most overtly sexual car parts ever made.

I later learned how to inadvertently consume all the Numerical Analysis class's semester CPU time making Calcomp graphical plotter birthday cards in Uni.

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Anthony Stewart

Hey incidentally do you know how to prevent Windows clock from getting an offset when you dual-boot Ubuntu? Just noticed my time-stamps were wrong.

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bitrex

bitrex wrote in news:TtQGG.7811$ snipped-for-privacy@fx09.iad:

Ask Jeff about that. It relates to Unix (BSD) and Linux boxes method of keeping time. (NTP) I fixed mine but do not remember what I did. I requires turning off auto-setting and daylight savings, etc. A bit inconvienient, but my Linux boots no longer futz with the system clock, and and now Windows no longer does either.

Note a weird effect is that my emails and posts made here have the wrong timestamp on them now, even though my PC shows the right time.

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DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno

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Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Phil Hobbs

Pretty sure you over-counted by at least one. ;)

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Phil Hobbs

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Reply to
Phil Hobbs

On Notepad ++

in a new file type

Space Invaders then [ Ctrl+A] > [F1]

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- Space Invaders

Reply to
Anthony Stewart

Send them to CHAZ/CHOP/whatever. They might be almost weird enough to fit in.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Phil Hobbs

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bitrex

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Reply to
bitrex

Like on a 1956 Cadillac?

Reply to
John S

Perfect! Thanks!!

Or should I reply:

/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( P | E | R | F | E | C | T ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/

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mpm

Configure both systems to run the hardware clock on UTC the system clock can stay on your preferred time zone, just change how time is represented in the hardware RTC

For linux change "LOCAL" to "UTC" in /etc/adjtime (line 3)

For windows it was a checkbox in the control panel somewhere last time I looked (last decade). possibly under intarnational settings or time and date.

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Jasen Betts

Some old C code I found long ago. You can pipe in your text, or put it on the command line.

/* * Banner -- print in large type * td 80.09.24 */ #include

void banner(char* line); void main(int argc, char* argv[]);

char font[96][9]={

0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* sp */ 0010,0010,0010,0010,0010,0000,0010,0000,0000, /* ! */ 0024,0024,0024,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* " */ 0024,0024,0076,0024,0076,0024,0024,0000,0000, /* # */ 0010,0036,0050,0034,0012,0074,0010,0000,0000, /* $ */ 0060,0062,0004,0010,0020,0046,0006,0000,0000, /* % */ 0010,0024,0024,0030,0052,0044,0032,0000,0000, /* & */ 0010,0010,0020,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* ' */ 0004,0010,0020,0020,0020,0010,0004,0000,0000, /* ( */ 0020,0010,0004,0004,0004,0010,0020,0000,0000, /* ) */ 0000,0010,0052,0034,0052,0010,0000,0000,0000, /* * */ 0000,0010,0010,0076,0010,0010,0000,0000,0000, /* + */ 0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0030,0030,0010,0020, /* , */ 0000,0000,0000,0076,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* - */ 0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0030,0030,0000,0000, /* . */ 0001,0002,0004,0010,0020,0040,0100,0000,0000, /* / */ 0034,0042,0046,0052,0062,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* 0 */ 0010,0030,0010,0010,0010,0010,0034,0000,0000, /* 1 */ 0034,0042,0002,0004,0010,0020,0076,0000,0000, /* 2 */ 0076,0004,0010,0004,0002,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* 3 */ 0004,0014,0024,0044,0076,0004,0004,0000,0000, /* 4 */ 0076,0040,0074,0002,0002,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* 5 */ 0014,0020,0040,0074,0042,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* 6 */ 0076,0002,0004,0010,0020,0020,0020,0000,0000, /* 7 */ 0034,0042,0042,0034,0042,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* 8 */ 0034,0042,0042,0036,0002,0004,0030,0000,0000, /* 9 */ 0000,0030,0030,0000,0030,0030,0000,0000,0000, /* : */ 0000,0030,0030,0000,0030,0030,0010,0020,0000, /* ; */ 0002,0004,0010,0020,0010,0004,0002,0000,0000, /* < */ 0000,0000,0076,0000,0076,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* = */ 0040,0020,0010,0004,0010,0020,0040,0000,0000, /* > */ 0034,0042,0002,0004,0010,0000,0010,0000,0000, /* ? */ 0014,0022,0056,0052,0056,0040,0036,0000,0000, /* @ */ 0034,0042,0042,0076,0042,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* A */ 0074,0042,0042,0074,0042,0042,0074,0000,0000, /* B */ 0034,0042,0040,0040,0040,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* C */ 0070,0044,0042,0042,0042,0044,0070,0000,0000, /* D */ 0076,0040,0040,0074,0040,0040,0076,0000,0000, /* E */ 0076,0040,0040,0074,0040,0040,0040,0000,0000, /* F */ 0036,0040,0040,0046,0042,0042,0036,0000,0000, /* G */ 0042,0042,0042,0076,0042,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* H */ 0034,0010,0010,0010,0010,0010,0034,0000,0000, /* I */ 0034,0010,0010,0010,0010,0050,0020,0000,0000, /* J */ 0042,0044,0050,0060,0050,0044,0042,0000,0000, /* K */ 0040,0040,0040,0040,0040,0040,0076,0000,0000, /* L */ 0042,0066,0052,0052,0042,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* M */ 0042,0042,0062,0052,0046,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* N */ 0034,0042,0042,0042,0042,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* O */ 0074,0042,0042,0074,0040,0040,0040,0000,0000, /* P */ 0034,0042,0042,0042,0052,0044,0032,0000,0000, /* Q */ 0074,0042,0042,0074,0050,0044,0042,0000,0000, /* R */ 0034,0042,0040,0034,0002,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* S */ 0076,0010,0010,0010,0010,0010,0010,0000,0000, /* T */ 0042,0042,0042,0042,0042,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* U */ 0042,0042,0042,0024,0024,0010,0010,0000,0000, /* V */ 0042,0042,0042,0052,0052,0052,0024,0000,0000, /* W */ 0042,0042,0024,0010,0024,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* X */ 0042,0042,0024,0010,0010,0010,0010,0000,0000, /* Y */ 0076,0002,0004,0010,0020,0040,0076,0000,0000, /* Z */ 0034,0020,0020,0020,0020,0020,0034,0000,0000, /* [ */ 0100,0040,0020,0010,0004,0002,0001,0000,0000, /* \ */ 0034,0004,0004,0004,0004,0004,0034,0000,0000, /* ] */ 0010,0024,0042,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* ^ */ 0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0076,0000,0000, /* _ */ 0010,0010,0004,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* ` */ 0000,0000,0034,0002,0036,0042,0036,0000,0000, /* a */ 0040,0040,0074,0042,0042,0042,0074,0000,0000, /* b */ 0000,0000,0030,0044,0040,0044,0030,0000,0000, /* c */ 0002,0002,0036,0042,0042,0042,0036,0000,0000, /* d */ 0000,0000,0034,0042,0076,0040,0034,0000,0000, /* e */ 0014,0022,0070,0020,0020,0020,0020,0000,0000, /* f */ 0000,0000,0032,0046,0042,0046,0032,0002,0034, /* g */ 0040,0040,0074,0042,0042,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* h */ 0010,0000,0030,0010,0010,0010,0034,0000,0000, /* i */ 0004,0000,0004,0004,0004,0004,0004,0044,0030, /* j */ 0040,0040,0044,0050,0064,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* k */ 0030,0010,0010,0010,0010,0010,0034,0000,0000, /* l */ 0000,0000,0064,0052,0052,0052,0052,0000,0000, /* m */ 0000,0000,0074,0042,0042,0042,0042,0000,0000, /* n */ 0000,0000,0034,0042,0042,0042,0034,0000,0000, /* o */ 0000,0000,0054,0062,0042,0062,0054,0040,0040, /* p */ 0000,0000,0032,0046,0042,0046,0032,0002,0002, /* q */ 0000,0000,0054,0062,0040,0040,0040,0000,0000, /* r */ 0000,0000,0036,0040,0034,0002,0074,0000,0000, /* s */ 0020,0020,0070,0020,0020,0022,0014,0000,0000, /* t */ 0000,0000,0042,0042,0042,0046,0032,0000,0000, /* u */ 0000,0000,0042,0042,0042,0024,0010,0000,0000, /* v */ 0000,0000,0042,0042,0052,0052,0024,0000,0000, /* w */ 0000,0000,0042,0024,0010,0024,0042,0000,0000, /* x */ 0000,0000,0042,0042,0042,0046,0032,0002,0034, /* y */ 0000,0000,0076,0004,0010,0020,0076,0000,0000, /* z */ 0014,0020,0020,0040,0020,0020,0014,0000,0000, /* { */ 0010,0010,0010,0000,0010,0010,0010,0000,0000, /* | */ 0030,0004,0004,0002,0004,0004,0030,0000,0000, /* } */ 0020,0052,0004,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000,0000, /* ~ */ 0177,0177,0177,0177,0177,0177,0177,0177,0177 /* del */ };

char line[512];

void main(int argc, char* argv[]) { register int i; if(argc > 1) for(i=1; i != argc; i++) { if(i != 1) putchar('\n'); banner(argv[i]); } else while(gets(line)!=NULL) { putchar('\n'); banner(line); } }

void banner(char* line) { register int i; register int j; register char *s;

for(i=0; i!= 9; i++) { for(s=line; *s; s++) for(j=64; j!=0; j>>=1) if(*s >= ' ' && *s

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Tom Del Rosso

On a sunny day (Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:25:47 -0400) it happened "Tom Del Rosso" wrote in :

~ # ./test hello world

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Jan Panteltje

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