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From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Help req displaying PIC output on dumb monitor
Keywords: pic pbm
Message-ID: <1989Dec8.165331.8213@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 8 Dec 89 16:53:31 GMT
References: <1989Dec5.162932.10366@focsys.uucp>
Reply-To: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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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