Someone Had Too Much Time: Enjoy a Star Wars Movie in ASCII!

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SUMMARY

The discussion centers around accessing a full Star Wars movie in ASCII format via the Telnet command. Users are instructed to open the command prompt and enter "Telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" to view the movie. Some participants reported issues with the command not functioning, prompting inquiries about the Windows version being used. An alternative link to the same content is provided at http://www.asciimation.co.nz.

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..someone had too much time on their hands.

Hit start

Go to command prompt

Type in: Telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Enjoy!

EDIT: If you're paranoid. It's just a full Star Wars movie in ASCII.
 
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Originally posted by The_Professional
..someone had too much time on their hands.


Uh, yeah. I'll second that.
 
it isn't working. my command prompt went blank and nothing happened
 
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lol

...wow, and I thought I didn't have a life... Why would anyone do this?!
 

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