2005.01.20 07:19 "[Tiff] 8 bits per sample", by Frans Dames

I am extracting tif data 8 bits/sample colour pixels. It seems that each pixel contains 8bits of colour information. If I open the tif in Paintshop Pro I can see that it consist of a 256 colour palette.

How do n convert this to a 24 bit RGB value for display?