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From: aslam@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: gray-shade to SIXEL converter
Message-ID: <91900002@uiucdcsp>
Date: 12 Dec 87 22:31:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!aslam    Dec 12 16:31:00 1987



I am taking the liberty to post the following request because  LN03's 
are common amongst the DEC community.

Given a matrix of gray-shade values ranging from 0 to 255, does any
one out there in the net-land have a program than can convert the
data into sixel output? I could then print the sixel output on a DEC
LN03 or LN03+ and also include into my TeX documents using the \special
directive. If a public domain program exists to do so or a similar utility
that can be modified to perform the task I'd greatly appreciate receiving
the source. The motivation here is to use the LN03 as a graphics output
device. The LN03+ can emulate the Tektronics PLOT10 language so the
gray shades could also be converted to PLOT10 and printed on a LN03+.

Sohail Aslam
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois
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