Uh, my second post today. Well, I am German and we celebrate Christmas on the 24th (Christmas Eve). On Christmas day we usually only have a family lunch, which is kind of difficult for me to attend today, since I am living several thousand miles away...
Topics: history, Oldskool

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A little script that converts MS DOS ASCII files, such as NFO's  or FILE_ID.DIZ text files (Code Page 437, USA) to Unicode  and HTML encoded files that can be used to display the ASCII art, specifically the "High ASCII" or block ASCII art.
Topics: ASCII, text art, Tools

{"title":"Batch MS DOS ASCII to Web Converter Script","post_url":"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/batch-ms-dos-ascii-to-web-converter.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/RoySAC","author":"CarstenC","date":"2009-12-25 06:25:07","summary":"A little script that converts MS DOS ASCII files, such as NFO's\u00a0 or FILE_ID.DIZ text files (Code Page 437, USA) to Unicode\u00a0 and HTML encoded files that can be used to display the ASCII art, specifically the \"High ASCII\" or block ASCII art."}

I am always interested in how to do stuff with Windows command line tools and BATCH scripts to make things easier and to automate processes that are related to the operating system itself or to the file system. I found some interesting tricks and tips in.
Topics: Tools

{"title":"Some Handy MS DOS Batch Tricks \u2013 Infinite Loop and Wait Command","post_url":"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/some-handy-ms-dos-batch-tricks-infinite.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/RoySAC","author":"CarstenC","date":"2009-10-25 01:19:05","summary":"I am always interested in how to do stuff with Windows command line tools and BATCH scripts to make things easier and to automate processes that are related to the operating system itself or to the file system. I found some interesting tricks and tips in."}

This is an updated and extended version of the historic timeline of the events about and surrounding the Berlin Wall that separated a city and it’s people for over 28 years. I posted a timeline previously on July 29, 2009. This version has much more...
Topics: history, Personal, Politics

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Bam, Bam, Bam. I just announced at the beginning of this month that the Superior Art Creations intros/cracktros/bbstros etc. are now accessible online via ordinary web browser. Now you can not only access the intros online, but the rest of the content of.
Topics: Oldskool, SAC

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