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From: nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.GOV (Frank J. Nagy, VAX Wizard & Guru)
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Subject: Re: looking for graphics conversion program
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Date: 19 May 88 21:53:14 GMT
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> I am trying to find a program that will run under VMS which will
> convert a file containing either REGIS or HP graphics to SIXEL.
     
There is a DECUS program called SIXEL which has appeared on several
VAX SIG tapes which will convert ReGIS to sixels with the help of
a ReGIS graphics terminal - it displays the file on the terminal
and then requests and upline dump in sixel format of the screen
which it captures to a disk file.  This program is also limited
to the screen resolution of the terminal.

Digital has a layered product called RETOS: ReGIS To Sixels.  This
product does NOT required a terminal (can be run in a batch job)
and is capable of generating sixel files at the resolution of your
output device (say 300 dpi for a laser printer).  A RETOS license
for a MicroVAX-II (QZZE9-UZ) is only $240.

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We do not have RETOS, but have used the SIXEL program (a locally
adapted version) a few times.  I expect that future needs will
cause us to buy RETOS.


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