Re: I'm officially lost now with this 8753ES
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Yeah, but you have factor in the suits.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 4:46 PM Dave McGuire < mcguire@...> wrote:
? Pretty sure the 8753D is newer than that, but even if it isn't, JPG
was *never* suitable for that sort of imaging.? A good choice (perhaps
the only "right" choice) in 1995 would have been GIF.? Heck, even the
awful BMP would've been better than JPG!
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On 3/21/19 4:44 PM, W2HX wrote:
> I don't know the age of these VNAs but PNG was only invented in 1995. Probably needed a few more years before they became popular such that an engineer would consider using it. Maybe that explains it?
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> On 3/18/19 3:32 PM, pianovt via Groups.Io wrote:
>> Yes, PNG is great for screen shots. The problem with the 8753D/ES
>> graphics is that the firmware guys didn't do the best job. They added a
>> graphics dump, but they only implemented jpg. To make it worse, you
>> can't download it via GPIB, it has to be stored to a floppy. At least, I
>> don't see a command to download the JPG via GPIB. If anyone here knows
>> how, please let me know.
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>? ?Wow, I can't imagine that any engineer who was able to get hired by HP
> wouldn't understand why JPG isn't appropriate for screen shots or other
> line art. (or anything else that isn't a continuous-tone natural scene,
> which is what JPG was designed for, and the only thing for which it
> works well)
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>? ? ? ? ? ? ? -Dave
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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