Tuesday 30 August 2016

Watch ASCII Star Wars in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 & 10

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Every one of us has watched Star Wars on television, computer or in a theater. It is the same movie with aliens fighting each other for galaxies and such stuff. There is nothing new in it. But wait, have you watched an ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) version of Star Wars and that too in Windows using telnet? A network protocol is known only to computer wizards. Well if you have not, then you must do it now!

There is a complete copy of Star Wars done entirely in ASCII characters that you can watch in the Windows operating system (or any OS that supports telnet). The only thing required to watch it is an internet connection; speed does not matter. To watch it on Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux
  1. Go to Start, Run. (Only for Windows users)
  2. Now type "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" without the quotes and press Enter. Users of Mac OS X and Linux can directly execute this code in the terminal window.
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On Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Vista

Telnet is turned off by default in the latest versions of Windows. So, to watch star wars, you must first enable telnet by going to Control Panel › Programs › Turn Windows Feature On or Off and ticking both the telnet checkboxes. After doing that, follow the steps given below:-

  1. Go to Start, Search in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and Windows 10. On Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, open the main Start page.
  2. Type telnet and press Enter.
  3. In the following command prompt window, type "o" without quotes and press Enter.
  4. Now type "towel.blinkenlights.nl" without the quotes and press Enter.
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If you do not need telnet anymore, you can turn it off.

command prompt window like the one in the image will open with the movie being played in it. See the movie yourself. Did you enjoy watching this new version of Star Wars? Well, I did and know it for sure that you would have too.


watch and enjoy


NOTE: While the title says Windows 10, this is possible to replicate on any OS after Windows XP by following the above steps, the main focus should be on enabling the Telnet Client, which most commonly is done in Vista, 7 and 8 the same way.
With the above step, we have now reached the end of the guide on how to watch Star Wars in Windows 10.
The reason we went through activating the Telnet client should now be apparent. In Windows XP, Telnet client was accessible without any barriers, but of course, re-enabling this needs to work.
Keeping in mind that the entire movie is being presented in ASCII, you can rest assured that you will be glued to your seat for two to three times the original run time of the cinematic masterpiece.
Keep in mind, that there are no bathroom breaks in between. You won’t be able to pause, rewind or otherwise interact with the movie once it starts.
If you are brave enough to watch the entire movie in a single sitting without a bathroom break, the force is indeed strong in you and you deserve a seat on the Jedi council!

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