PLOTAN(ID:5949/plo001)

Generalised plotting routine for the 7904 

for PLOT and by analogy to FORTRAN

NASA Goddard Flight Center

General plotting routine for the 7094, two parts, one wrote out a specific tape, the other read in as input to a CALCOMP 570 Plotter.

Written in FORTRAN II
References:
  • "PLOTAN, A Generalized Plot Analysis Routine For The 7094" p16 view details Abstract: A generalized plot analysis routine is provided for the IBM 7094. It was developed to minimize the difficulties encountered in adding plot capabilities to large programs already in existence. PLOTAN is used in conjunction with a binary tape writing routine, WRITER, which produces an intermediate binary tape. PLOTAN then edits this tape, and generates a new tape which may be plotted off line on the CALCOMP 570 digital incremental plotter. PLOTAN has the ability to plot any variable on the binary tape as a function of any other. This routine does not impose storage problems on the user's program, since it processes the user generated binary tape as either the second link of a CHAIN job or as a separate program. Flexible input techniques for data and axis labeling minimize user programming changes and their associated costly recompilations.
          in Computer Program Abstracts Cumulative Issue July 15, 1969 -- July 15, 1971 view details