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   Scott Dorsey to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: Are We Sixel Yet?   
   21 Sep 25 20:29:55   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:43:31 -0400 (EDT), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lots of stuff on VMS supported sixel. We used a matrix manipulation   
   >> program called MatrixX which would generate plot files which you   
   >> could RENDER into different formats including postscript to print   
   >> and sixel to display on your VT240.   
   >   
   >Why did you bother with sixel graphics on a VT240? That supported   
   >ReGIS, which was far superior.   
      
   Because that's what the software we had used!   
   --scott   
      
      
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