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Из данной статьи вы узнаете, как посмотреть фильм «Звездные войны» в ASCII-символах (такие фильмы делаются людьми с кучей свободного времени) с помощью командной строки в Windows или терминала в Mac OS X.
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Для этого нажмите ⊞ Win+R и введите cmd. В Windows 8/10 нажмите ⊞ Win+X и в меню выберите «Командная строка».
- Чтобы посмотреть «Звездные фойны» в ASCII-символах, необходимо подключиться к интернету.
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В большинстве новых версий Windows (Windows Vista/7/8/10) этой утилиты нет; Telnet представляет собой утилиту-клиент, который необходим, чтобы подключиться к фильму в ASCII-символах. Если вы вошли в систему как администратор, Telnet можно установить с помощью командной строки.
- Введите pkgmgr /iu: "TelnetClient" и нажмите ↵ Enter.
- В Windows 10 откройте «Панель управления» и нажмите «Программы» > «Включение и отключение компонентов Windows». Поставьте флажок у «Telnet», нажмите «ОК» и подождите, пока утилита установится.
- Когда появится запрос, введите пароль администратора или подтвердите, что вы хотите продолжить (если вы уже вошли в систему в качестве администратора).
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Для этого введите exit или нажмите «X» в правом верхнем углу окна.
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Откроется окно Telnet.
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Эта команда позволит установить Telnet-соединение. Командная строка изменится на (to).
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Вы подключитесь к серверу и через несколько секунд начнется воспроизведение фильма.
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Для этого щелкните по значку в виде лупы в правом верхнем углу экрана, введите терминал и нажмите «Терминал», когда эта программа появится в результатах поиска.
- Терминал является аналогом командной строки.
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Откроется окно Telnet, в котором можно подключиться к серверу и воспроизвести фильм в ASCII-символах.
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Эта команда позволит установить Telnet-соединение. Командная строка изменится на (to).
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Вы подключитесь к серверу и через несколько секунд начнется воспроизведение фильма.
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Советы
- Когда Telnet установится, откройте окно «Выполнить» (нажмите ⊞ Win+R) и введите telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl. В этом случае не нужно открывать Telnet в командной строке.
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We know you’ve watched all Star Wars movies a long time ago, multiple times, in different orders, on your television, computer, and theatres. But, with all the hype surrounding the franchise and its upcoming movies, it makes perfect sense to re-watch the original series. For true fans, the series could never get old.
But how about watching the series on your PC’s Command Prompt as an animated text? For starters, this has been a thing since the Windows XP days and you can do the same in later versions of Windows as well (or any OS that supports Telnet).
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Telnet is a network protocol, but you don’t need to bother about more details as that’s clearly not what we’re going to learn about in this article. So, let’s get this done right now and tell you how to watch Star Wars in Command Prompt via Telnet right now.
On Windows PC:
The newer versions of Microsoft’s Windows OS don’t include Telnet. No worries, you can get it right now with just a simple and clean command on Command Prompt.
Step 1: Just open Command Prompt on your PC, enter the following command, and press ↵ Enter.
pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"
If you see a notification asking for Administrator permissions, enter the Administrator password and confirm to proceed.
Step 2: Now restart the Command Prompt, enter the following command, and press ↵ Enter.
Telnet Towel.blinkenlights.nl
You can also read our article on how to perform ping of death attack using cmd here!
On Linux and OS X:
To run the Star Wars ASCII movie on your Linux or Mac computer, simply open the Terminal app and run the following commands.
sudo apt install telnetAfter that, type the command
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
After the familiar credits, the Star Wars Episode IV will start playing in ASCII characters. Here are a few screenshots.
Awesome, right?
Share it with your friends if you enjoyed this version of Star Wars! If you’re interested in terminal-based games on Linux, make sure to check out our “10 amazing Linux Terminal-based games that you must try” article.
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Most of us “Geeks” have watched The epic Star Wars movie countless times. You are here, that proves that you are one too. So in this article let’s do some geeky stuff. And as computer science enthusiasts that we are, let’s keep it inside the domain of computer science. So, what if we can play the entire Star Wars movie in Command Prompt (or terminal/bash)?
In this article, we are going to play the Star Wars movie in Command Prompt. This task is done by Telnet, which is a network protocol. It is used for communication purposes via command-line interface. For this, we will be using Telnet. Telnet is a connection method that allows character-based terminals to communicate to a remote server in text-based command-oriented terminal sessions.
Installation:
For Windows:
In the previous versions of windows, it was given inbuilt but in today’s windows we need to first activate Telnet and that’s quite simple. For a Windows machine, you need to activate the Telnet. To do so follow the below steps:
- Step 1: Simply type “Turn Windows features on or off” in the search bar.
- Step 2: Find Telnet and Mark the checkbox and click ok.
For Mac:
It’s pretty simple for macOS. Just use the below command in the bash/terminal and hit enter:
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
For Linux Distributions:
Open terminal and type the below command for the installation of telnet server and hit enter:
sudo apt install telnet
Using Telnet:
Now follow the below steps to play star wars in the terminal:
Step 1: Open Command Prompt and type the following commands:
Telnet
As you hit enter, you enter Microsoft telnet portal.
Step 2: Type ‘o’ and hit enter.
Step 3: Now use the below command and hit enter.
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
As we hit enter the movie starts. Try in your system and enjoy.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, clever PC users knew how to watch Star Wars in ASCII on Windows XP. Twenty years on, this trick has been all but forgotten, but we can confirm that it still works in Windows 10 (and 11) — provided you know how to access it.
Created by software developer Simon Jansen (aka Asciimation,) who began the project in 1997, the amazing, old-school animation faithfully remakes Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope using nothing but ASCII characters and text captions. It doesn’t recreate the whole movie, but covers almost 40 percent of the film and lasts around 18 minutes. The most recent scene was added in 2015, but «don’t hold your breath waiting!» for it to be finished, says Jansen.
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So, what is ASCII Star Wars doing in Windows, you may wonder, and how has it escaped the legal attention of Lucasfilm and Disney for all these years?
The truth is that the animation is actually hosted on a Telnet server, which means it can be viewed on any computer with a Telnet client, regardless of operating system. It’s also available on the Asciimation website.
Dating back to 1969, Telnet is an internet protocol that provides a text-based communication channel between two computers. It’s been disabled in Windows by default since Vista, but if you enable it and connect to the right server, you can watch Star Wars in ASCII directly on your PC.
Here’s how to try this old but still impressive trick in Windows 10.
How to watch Star Wars in ASCII on Windows: Enable the Telnet client
Before you can watch Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in ASCII on your PC, you’ll first need to enable the Windows Telnet client. Here’s how to do so.
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1. Open the Settings app in Windows 10 or 11, either by clicking the Start button and selecting the Settings gear option, or by pressing the Windows key + I on your keyboard.
2. When the Settings window opens, select Apps, then choose “Optional features” under “Apps & features.”
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the window and click “More Windows features” under “Related settings.”
NOTE: There is a shortcut for these first three steps, for future reference. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type optionalfeatures in the Open box, then either click OK or press Enter.
4. This will open the Windows Features box, which lets you turn Windows features on or off. Select the check box next to “Telnet Client” in the list and click OK.
5. Windows will now find and install the required Telnet files. Once this process is complete, you’ll see a message that “Windows completed the requested changes.” Click Close to exit, then close the Settings window.
How to watch Star Wars in ASCII on Windows: Play the movie
You’ll now need to connect to the Telnet server that hosts the ASCII recreation of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. That might sound technical, but it’s easy to do.
1. Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run box. Type the following command, then either click OK or press Enter:
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
2. Alternatively, if you have disabled the Windows key, type cmd into the Windows search box and select “Command Prompt.”
When the Command Prompt window opens, type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl and press Enter.
3. The ASCII version of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope — in “20th Century Text” — will now start playing in a Telnet window, complete with the opening crawl.
Unfortunately, there aren’t any controls for pausing, rewinding or fast-forwarding playback, so just sit back and enjoy! You can stop the animation and exit Telnet by pressing Ctrl + ].
4. If you can’t connect to the Telnet server, or if you’d prefer to watch the animation in your browser, you can access the ASCII movie on the Star Wars Asciimation website. This online version does offer playback controls.
5. Frustratingly, the remake only reaches the point when Luke rescues Leia, then displays the message: “To be continued.”
But at least you’ll get a conclusive ASCII answer to the question of whether Han shot first!
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You can unlock an old hidden trick on your Windows computer. Fans of tricks on Windows operating systems will doubtlessly be aware of being able to watch Star Wars movie in ASCII using the Telnet service. Despite the trick being well known in earlier versions of Windows, if you’ve been trying to find it in Windows Vista and later versions, you may have ended up a little lost. The reason is that by default Telnet is turned off.
The Telnet Client is used to connect to a remote machine by using the Telnet protocol. It allows a computer to connect to a remote Telnet server and run applications on that server.
To enable Telnet, go to Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows Features on or off, then select Telnet Client check-box and click OK. You do not need to check the Telnet Server box.
Switching them on takes a little time, so be patient. Once it’s switched on, you will see a message Windows completed the requested changes. Close the window.
ASCII Star Wars on Telnet in Windows 11/10
Now from Start Search type Telnet and hit Enter for the telnet.exe result.
In the window which opens, type o (small O) and hit Enter. Next type towel.blinkenlights.nl and hit Enter.
Sit back and enjoy your own personal rendition of an ASCII version of Star Wars.
Do remember to turn off, Telnet Client, after you are done seeing the animation, if you don’t need it anymore.
Now take a look at some of these interesting Telnet tricks.
Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP (2016-2022). Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful about any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.