[vox-tech] convert PNM image to PBM using pbmtools?

[nbs]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:49:51PM -0700, Ryan wrote:
> On Monday 17 June 2002 11:28 pm, nbs wrote:
> > Useful for making ASCII art:
> >
> >   djpeg foo.jpg | pnmscale .XYZ | pnmtopgm | pgmtopbm | pbmtoascii >
> > foo.txt
> 
> You need AAlib. I watch TV with it sometimes......

I ran an SDL game on someone's box once, but I was logged in as
some other user, not the one running X.  Since SDL couldn't connect to
the X display, it actually fell back to ASCII mode (it must've been
built with AAlibs upport.)  It was a _trip_  :)

-bill!