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From: beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Graphics Toolkits
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Date: 8 Mar 89 03:26:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!beaucham    Mar  7 21:26:00 1989


I have a demonstration copy of GraphiC.  It puts up a WYSIWYG display on
my Hercules screen (a large of number of display protocols are supported)
and the printer output to a 9 pin printer (e.g. Epson FX80) is very high.
The printer output quality was very impressive, better than you'd expect
from a 9 pin.  However, a year ago I switched to a 24 pin printer and could 
no longer screen dump.  A consultant from GraphiC said it just wasn't 
available (this was year ago, however). I also bought their manual, which 
describes the various C functions for producing graphics and example main 
programs.  Plus, the source code of all functions are supplied with the package.
Basically I was very impressed.  However, I was deterred by the price (~$400) 
and the amount of programming that would be necessary to use it.