How to create ASCII animation in Windows Console application using C#?

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Published on 2010-04-27T22:10:25Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 22:13 UTC
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I would like it to display non-flickery animation like this awesome Linux command; sl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GyMZKWjcYU

I would appreciate a small & stupid example of say ... a fly.

Thanks!

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