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Subject: Remember the old banner?
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From: Scott Bronson <bronson@soda.berkeley.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 93 17:17:32 EDT
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Does anyone remember the OLD banner?  The one that prints its characters
horizontally?  I really really need the source for it so I can port it
to a non-Unix environment.  Unfortunately, everywhere I have checked
has only the sources to the new banner that prints gigantic characters
vertically.

######
#     #    ##    #    #  #    #  ######  #####
#     #   #  #   ##   #  ##   #  #       #    #
######   #    #  # #  #  # #  #  #####   #    #
#     #  ######  #  # #  #  # #  #       #####
#     #  #    #  #   ##  #   ##  #       #   #
######   #    #  #    #  #    #  ######  #    #

	^^ I want this ^^

                ###                        ##
                ###                        ##         ###
                #############################       ######
                #############################      ########
                #############################       ######
                #############################         ###
                ###
   
   ^^ Not this. ^^

Thanks so much for any help that you would be able to offer!

	- Scott