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Author: Arutha |
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Ever wondered what ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ entirely in ASCII looks like? Well now you can. All you need is Windows XP, a bag of popcorn and to simply follow the instructions below:
- Click on Start
- Then click on Run
- Once the command prompt has loaded up (yes that ugly black box that you thought you’d never see again), type
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl - Hit the Enter key
And sit back, relax and let the force be with you!
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May 29, 2008 at 07:39:12
How geeky, just watched it for a bit shame there is no sound but its genius. He must have taken ages to make that movie.
May 29, 2008 at 10:49:41
Indeed, I am not an expert in the ASCII field, but even I known the simplest thing can take hours
Jul 23, 2008 at 08:48:49
I agree it’s cool, but how can that be labeled an Easter egg? Telnet simply connects to a remote server called towel.blinkenlights.nl and displays whatever the server wants to be displayed. It will work on many systems besides XP, as long as there is ANSI terminal support in the Telnet app.
Jul 24, 2008 at 09:28:03
Hey John,
It is labeled an Easter Egg as it is a hidden extra but while not embedded in the OS software still needs the right combination to be entered, in this case the command in the run box.
If you want to know more about how an Easter Egg in computer terms is defined feel free to follow this link
http://www.compukiss.com/tech-talk/easter-eggs-high-tech-style-2.html
Aug 29, 2008 at 20:16:14
Hay guyz i just found an easter egg on my computer it’s caled notepad.exe don’t tell anybudy gusy!!!111
Oct 28, 2008 at 00:11:53
So far I we can conclude that you all (excluding Worby and John) are plain stupid idiots.
1. It’s not an easter egg (sorry Simon)
2. It’s not “genious” and it didn’t take “ages”. There is in fact a lib (aalib) that outputs video as ascii. Ergo; it took two seconds.
Oct 28, 2008 at 11:22:27
Whoa someone needs to cut down on the ProPlus me thinks.
Your telling me that it took two seconds to render a full movie into ascii format?
Can I ask what computer your using as it takes me hours to render my clips from 3D Studio Max into anything even if that is ascii format which I have not tried yet.
Hope you feel a little less crankey in the morning, or afternoon or whatever time you wake up.