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| From | drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Intro; Docs or source wanted for Prime DIPLOT |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.prime |
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| Message-ID | <JsCdnT3SYrckdkj8nZ2dnUU7-aXNnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2022-01-05 13:04 -0600 |
> One of my more obscure engineering projects was creating plotting
> software for Tektronix storage displays and Versatek plotters called
> DIPLOT, which shipped around '76, possibly in Rev 9. Some friends and I
> have stumbled upon a set of (binary) plotter data files that I'm certain
> DIPLOT produced. We've mostly sussed out the format, but not completely
> so.
Jim,
No source, no PE-T. Did find this snippet in a PULSE catalog:
PROGRAM NUMBER: 0277-03-09
PROGRAM NAME: DIPLOT
CONTACT: PRIME COMPUTER, FRAMINGHAM, MASS
HARDWARE REQD: PRIME CPU, TEKTRONIX 4010 OR OTHER GOULD
OR VERSATEC ELECTROSTATIC PRINTER/PLOTTER.
LANGUAGE: FORTRAN
PURPOSE: DIPLOT (DEVICE INDEPENDENT PLOT PACKAGE) IS DESIGNED TO
ALLOW THE USER TO DIRECT HIS PLOTTER OUTPUT TO ANY ONLINE
PLOTTER USING THE INDUSTRY ACCEPTED CALCOMP CALLING SEQUENCE.
THE PACKAGE CURRENTLY HAS 2 MODES OF OPERATION:
IMMEDIATE AND DEFERRED. IN THE IMMEDIATE PLOT MODE, PLOTTER
OUTPUT GENERATED BY THE PROGRAM IS PLOTTED ON A TEXTRONIX
4010 TERMINAL CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM AS EITHER THE USER
TERMINAL OR ON AN ASSIGNABLE AMLC LINE. IN THE DEFERRED
PLOT MODE, ALL PLOTTER OUTPUT IS WRITTEN TO A FILE WHICH
THEN MAY BE PLOTTED ON A HARD-COPY DEVICE. AT THE PRESENT
TIME, THE ONLY DEVICES SUPPORTED FOR HARDCOPY OUTPUT ARE
THE VERSATEC AND GOULD ELECTROSTATIC PRINTER/PLOTTER.
I have (part of?) a PULSE distribution, one reasonably full tape if
it was written at 1600. It doesn't seem to contain DIPLOT; the stuff
containing the string "plot" in the name is:
./TVLR/SOURCE/PLOTXY1
./ZETA/PLOT
./PTC-5/PLOT
./PRTX/PRINTRONIX/SCATTER.PLOT
./MISCELLANEOUS/SAMPLE_UNSUPPORTED_CPL/GOPLOT.CPL
./MISCELLANEOUS/SAMPLE_UNSUPPORTED_CPL/PASPLOT.CPL
./MISCELLANEOUS/SAMPLE_UNSUPPORTED_CPL/FTNPLOT.CPL
./MISCELLANEOUS/SAMPLE_UNSUPPORTED_CPL/F77PLOT.CPL
./AUS.UTILS/PRINTRONIX/PLOT.FTN
./AUS.UTILS/PRINTRONIX/PLOTS.FTN
Would be interested in the PE-T document, if it's ever found, to put
with other Prime materials on sysovl.info.
De
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