Starwars DOS Program!

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Starwars DOS Program!

Post by MidoriSakuragi »

ok heres how to watch the Starwars ASCII movie!
1. go to run.
2. grab some popcorn
3. put on your favorite itunes
4. type in "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl", without quotes
5. Enjoy the show!

I found this off a youtube video btw, just decided to share with you guys! ;D

Enjoy!!
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This has been posted sooo many times, i'm pretty sure everyone on the internet knows about it.
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Post by MidoriSakuragi »

sorry :( , I'm slow lol:P
well time to add this to the bookmarks so I can remember the syntax.
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Post by Senor_Grunt »

bricksarefun wrote:This has been posted sooo many times, i'm pretty sure everyone on the internet knows about it.
I didn't know this... :(
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This is older than the DOS prompt.
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1. This is NOT a XP EasterEgg.

2. This is OLD.

3. It uses Telnet which is not very secure to use.

4. It connects to a website ending with .nl (Netherlands) and we all know they suck at soccer.
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Post by Th2mods »

tomg44 wrote:This is older than the DOS prompt.
i lalwed at that, and yea it connects to a serer, its not on xp itself

but you have to give credit to the guy that made the whole star wars in ASCII...
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Post by FleetAdmiralBacon »

Th2mods wrote:but you have to give credit to the guy that made the whole star wars in ASCII...
But he didn't even finish!
Very old. This is older than my OS's kernel's first release.
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Patrickssj6 wrote:1. This is NOT a XP EasterEgg.

2. This is OLD.

3. It uses Telnet which is not very secure to use.

4. It connects to a website ending with .nl (Netherlands) and we all know they suck at soccer.
But they're awesome at the rest. ;)
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Post by Xodus »

Dead :(

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C:\Documents and Settings\Robert Hollis>telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Connecting To towel.blinkenlights.nl...Could not open connection to the host, on
 port 23: Connect failed
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