[comp.os.vms] gray-shade to SIXEL converter

aslam@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (12/13/87)

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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