Displaying NAPLPS (Telidon 709) graphics on a modern computer: Technical Note

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dc.contributor.authorDurno, John
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-09T20:56:15Z
dc.date.available2016-06-09T20:56:15Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-06-09
dc.description.abstractIn 2015 the University of Victoria Archives began work on restoring a series of NAPLPS/Telidon 709 graphics created in the early 1980s by Victoria BC artist Glenn Howarth. NAPLPS (North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax) was a vector image encoding standard developed primarily by the Canadian federal department of Communications for use on Telidon Videotex systems. Although NAPLPS has been obsolete since the late 1980s, we determined that it is still possible to render NAPLPS graphics on contemporary computing systems using readily available shareware (Microstar PP3) running in an open source DOS emulator (DOSbox). This technical note documents our method in sufficient detail that others seeking to display NAPLPS graphics should be able to do so by following the instructions contained herein.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7340
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectNAPLPSen_US
dc.subjectNorth American Presentation Level Protocol Syntaxen_US
dc.subjectTelidonen_US
dc.subjectTelidon 709en_US
dc.subjectComputer graphicsen_US
dc.subjectGlenn Howarthen_US
dc.subject.departmentUniversity of Victoria Libraries
dc.titleDisplaying NAPLPS (Telidon 709) graphics on a modern computer: Technical Noteen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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