XPost: alt.ascii-art.animation, alt.fan.furry   
   From: tom@invalid.tld   
      
   On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:59:37 +0000 (UTC)   
   Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:   
      
   > Over in comp.sys.raspberry-pi a few days ago someone mentioned the   
   > Andalusian Video Snail animation, but lamented he couldn't find it. I   
   > found it, and a player called slowcat.c, but it didn't play right.   
   >   
   > I've rewritten slowcat.c to be more effective at slowly cating files,   
   > and am releasing it with a large collection of videos.   
   >   
   > Code plus videos:   
   > 	https://github.com/Eli-the-Bearded/vt100-slowcat/   
   >   
   > And blog post:   
   > 	https://qaz.wtf/qz/blosxom/2020/08/22/slowcat   
   >   
   > You'll likely need a Unix like environment (Linux, Mac, maybe WSL)   
   > and a vt100 emulating terminal. xterm on Linux, iterm2 on Mac, not   
   > sure for WSL.   
   >   
   > See videos/grox/snails.vt for that "nature" documentary mentioned   
   > above.   
   >   
   > slowcat -b 9600 videos/grox/snails.vt   
   >   
   > Several of the videos still have alt.ascii-art newsgroup headers from   
   > the early 1990s.   
   >   
   > Elijah   
   > ------   
   > pointers to other videos welcome   
      
   Thank you so much for sharing this. I enjoyed it a lot.   
      
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