Help req displaying PIC output on dumb monitor

Randy Suess randy at chinet.chi.il.us
Sat Dec 9 03:53:31 AEST 1989


In article <1989Dec5.162932.10366 at focsys.uucp> davr at 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 at 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 at chinet.chi.il.us



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