Sorry, i'd tried it on win98, freebsd,linux, and win2k, and it'd worked..
but i'd also had ansi.sys loaded on win98/dos.. here it is without ansi codes (: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;map{chomp;print pack("H*","$_");}<DATA>
__DATA__
4a20412050204820200a1b5b6d75206e2065
206120200a73206f2072206320200a742074
206c206b20200a2020682020206520200a20
20652020207220200a202072202020202020
0a2008200820082008200820082008200820
082008200820082008200820082008200820
0820
0820
08
20
20
08
20
08
20
07
20
08
20
08
20
08

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as a side note, it's also possible to edit it if you know what the hex codes mean (:
i wouldn't be surprised if some of the monks around here, having more experience with pack()/unpack() than myself, were able to decypher it without using any pack method at all. (8
also, the ascii codes for \b (08) and " " (20) seem to work fine on the machine i'm using to reply (win98). let me know if they're fudging the effort up on your end.
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