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<H1>ANSI Text Files</H1>
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Files that took advantage of extra terminal codes buried in the ANSI standard
for text transfer and terminal control became known as ANSI codes. This name
acts like ANSI exists only for color and cursor control in files, which it 
does not. It's short for the <A HREF="http://www.ansi.org">
American National Standards Institute</A> whose home page you're
welcome to visit. This particular standard was a way to send all sorts
of terminal behavior through to waiting computer terminals, including
color, cursor moving, and sounds. Naturally, users saw this as a way
to send neat artistic images across the screen, and even if it was
to the relatively small group that handled the ANSI the way they expected,
it became another way to express themselves.
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There's also a very large collection of ANSI tags in the Piracy section,
as many groups would go out of their way to provide colorful tags to go
with their programs. These other tags are located 
<A HREF="/piracy/ANSI">here.</A>
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A portion of these descriptions come 
courtesy of <A HREF="tetbrac@ix.netcom.com">Tetbrac</A> who took the time
to load all these images into an old ANSI viewer called TheDraw and
describe them for me. Thanks, Tetbrac!
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<TD BGCOLOR=#00FF00><FONT COLOR=#000000><B>Filename</B><BR></FONT>
<TD BGCOLOR=#00DD00><FONT COLOR=#000000><B>Size</B><BR></FONT>
<TD BGCOLOR=#00AA00><FONT COLOR=#000000><B>Description of the Textfile</B><BR></TR>

