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#hpgl-256 color mapping

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#21566From: David GariNov 23, 1991 12:34 AM
AutoCAD Release 11 only supports 15 pens. The Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) specification currently supports 128, but I don't know how they are mapped. The ADI spec will probably support 256 pens in Release 12. If you want an ADI driver, please ask the hardware manufacturer. The ADI spec was written so that hardware vendors could write the interface between their new (and old) devices and AutoCAD. We just can't keep up with the hundreds of new video boards, digitizers, plotters and printers being manufacturered, all with different ways of doing the same thing. We do try to provide drivers for the most popular hardware at the time of release.
#21612From: David LovingNov 23, 1991 11:04 AM
David, (I know! "Oh no, It's him again!" <g>) Could you suggest that text be accessable through the new Release 12 ADI? Thanks. Dave L.