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From: jeh@crash.cts.com (Jamie Hanrahan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: looking for graphics conversion program
Summary: Look at RETOS from DEC
Keywords: regis sixel graphics
Message-ID: <3004@crash.cts.com>
Date: 23 May 88 22:03:48 GMT
References: <8805172056.AA03610@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: jeh@crash.CTS.COM (Jamie Hanrahan)
Organization: Crash TS, El Cajon, CA
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Digital has a Regis-to-sixel converter program, cleverly named RETOS.  Price
is EXTREMELY reasonable for the DEC software universe, e.g. $126 for a 
MicroVAX 2000, to a peak of $1,995 for a VAX 8978.  We've ordered it and
have heard from others that it does a good job.  Unlike the hacks that use
the sixel-upload capability of VT124, VT240, etc., terminals, RETOS uses the
full resolution of the output device -- circles lose their jaggies, etc.  
(Info from the Winter/Spring 88 DECDirect catalog and from conversations with
other users.)