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From: luner@ai.cs.wisc.edu (David L. Luner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Megapel RPQ Available
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Date: 11 Apr 89 15:58:38 GMT
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In article <22773@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> richmond@astroplasma.berkeley.edu.UUCP 
(Michael Richmond) writes:
>In article <22690@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> wine@CS.UCLA.EDU () writes:
>>We'd like to use our 5081 as a display device for images using Xwindows,
>>but we can only get 16 levels of grey out of it.  Is there any way
>>to get 256 levels of grey (hardware, and/or software)?
>
>   I have the same question here at the Astronomy Department at UC
>Berkeley;


There is an official IBM "RPQ" for enhancements to the standard IBM 5081
Display. If I remember correctly, it will meet you requirements (no
promises). Please contact your local IBM marketing Representative. If that
doesn't work, write back to me.

	-- David