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Article #3257Nasty.com, changing the character fonts on a text mode screen
From: Evan McLean
Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 01:53
Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 01:53
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Just recently I found a cute little program called "nasty.com" which I
downloaded from a local BBS. What this program did was change all the
characters in the text mode screen so they looked like they had been scrawled
with a crayon or similar. The program came with no documentation and gives no
output of it's own, it just changes the screen.
In doing a strings on the program I came up with two strings inside the
executable. They were, "PC Magazine" and "Michael J. Mefford". I've searched
the simtel archives for both a file names nasty*.* and in the PCMAG directory,
but with no luck. I've also tried archie but still couldn't find it.
The Question:- Does anyone know how who wrote this program (Mr. Mefford I
assume) or alternatively, does anyone know how to do what this program does??
Thanks in advance
Evan McLean
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!bruce!monu0.cc.monash.edu.au!monu6!rda654z From: rda654z@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Evan McLean) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Nasty.com, changing the character fonts on a text mode screen Summary: Query on how to do this or where is file? Message-ID: <1991May31.015315.18704@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: 31 May 91 01:53:15 GMT Organization: Monash Uni. (Faculty of things_that_go_bump_in_the_night) Lines: 24