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- From: kk@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Konstantinos Konstantinides)
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:57:28 GMT
- Subject: Re: Image Display on an HP720?
- Message-ID: <63300086@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <1992Jul31.083038.7322@cfa160.harvard.edu>
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- In comp.sys.hp, bruce@cfa.harvard.edu (Bruce Sams) writes:
-
- > Hello there HP netters!
- >
- > I'm a new and proud ownwer of an HP 720 workstation and matching Xterminal
- > server. I'm also a complete babe in the woods with system management,
- > and so there's a lot to learn. Basically the machine should be set up in a
- > very simple way, without a lot of fanciness, as we will primarily use it
- > for number crunching. On the other hand, we'll also use it for image
- > display in very simple ways. I'm an astronomer who needs to do a few
- > simple tasks with images: namely to display greyscale and false color
- > images of our 2-d intensity maps. The images are stroed in our own
- > local format, but I can convert them to whatever format (gif, tiff,
- > bitmap, etc) is appropriate.
- >
- > Does anyone out there have a recommnendation for a good, simple way to
- > get a picture on the screen? We really don't need anything fancy, just
- > to see our 128x128 or 256x256 pixel images displayed on the screen
- > (large enough to see clearly) with a simple choice of color palette
- > and (hopefully, but not necessarily) cursor movement to give
- > positions/and or pixel values.
- >
- > Any help or hints, even suggestions of where to look for such code would be
- > greatly appreciated. Make a few astronomers jump for joy!
- >
- > Thanks,
- >
- >
- > Bruce Sams
- >
- > Max Planck Institute Astrophysics
- > sams@cvxastro.mpa.ipp-garching.mpg.de
-
- Try to get and compile "xv". It is more than an image viewing program,
- and it does well what you want to do.
- Check comp.windows.x on where to get the latest version (I believe it is
- mit)
-
- K. Konstantinides
- kk@hpkronos.hpl.hp.com
-