[bit.listserv.sas-l] kermit disappointment

phil@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (J. Philip Miller) (01/10/90)

Well following my posting of  yesterday,  we  took  my  advice  and  begain
testing  the 3.0 MS Kermit.  I was running on 6.03 on SUN/OS version of SAS
and we tried the VT340 terminal definition (this is the DEC  terminal  that
gives  16  color  graphics  mode  and  is  listed in the SAS/Graph Hardware
Interfaces manual)

Unfortunately, it don't work.  The reason that it doesn't is that SAS
generates ReGis graphics and Kermit will handle only Sixel graphics.

I have talked to Peter Ruzsa at SAS and confirmed that there is currently no
direct way to generate Sixel graphics (there are some ReGis->Sixel conversion
programs).  Having SAS generate Sixel graphics is on the Software Ballot and
Peter is willing to implement it if there is enough interest.

Send him your cards and letters :-)

-phil


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