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>robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Robert DeMarco) (robertd@ncoast.UUCP, <1938@ncoast.UUCP>):
> 
>        Does ANSI offer high - res 
> graphics? 
>

ANSI does have a standard out for graphic presentation; look for references
to NAPLPS (North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax), I believe it
is X3.110.  It was designed to fit in with the other, more well known
standards such as X3.4 and X3.64.

As far as "high - res" goes (a phrase that tends to have different meanings
depending on who you talk to), NAPLPS is pretty much independent of that.
The model it works with is a unit square based on the cartesian coordinate
system.  All coordinates are represented as fractions between 0 and 1.
Fractions are represented in fixed point binary format.  Precision isn't
a problem as the standard allows for infinite precision.

For more information, read the standard ('tis a bit dry).  Also, Byte
magazine published a series of articles starting back in Febuaury 1983
that talks about NAPLPS.

			robert
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