[comp.unix.questions] Help req displaying PIC output on dumb monitor

davr@focsys.uucp (Dave Merchant) (12/06/89)

I would like to preview a PIC drawing on a dumb ascii monitor.  I do
not have access to an X Window terminal or anything fancy like that. I
am willing to accept a very crude, rough approximation of the PIC
output.

Our system is Unix 3.2 (386/ix). My monitor is a ibm-pc running ms-dos
linked to the unix system via tcp/ip (rlogin) and looks like a vt220
to the Unix system.

I've tried all sorts of combinations of PIC, NROFF, MM and COL, but
to no avail. I know it can be done - I just need some help doing it.

Thanks

randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (12/09/89)

In article <1989Dec5.162932.10366@focsys.uucp> davr@focsys.UUCP (Dave Merchant) writes:
]I would like to preview a PIC drawing on a dumb ascii monitor.  I do
]not have access to an X Window terminal or anything fancy like that. I
]am willing to accept a very crude, rough approximation of the PIC
]output.

	There  are a set of routines used for converting bitmaps
	recently posted to comp.sources called pbm written by 
	Jef Poskanzer (jef@well.sf.ca.us).  Among the
	many conversion programs are a couple that will convert
	from pic to a crude ascii display.  I have used them, and
	they work fine.

-randy

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Randy Suess
randy@chinet.chi.il.us