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- /* PlotIt Version 1.0 Copyright 1987 by John Brock Preston */
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- Plotit is a universal program which allows the user to generate two-
- dimensional graphs. To generate the graphs simply supply the program
- with a text file contaning all the points to plot.
-
- I wrote Plotit because I need a way of displaying and printing datapoints I
- collected from various experements. Although I could use some of the programs
- created for the IBM PC, I want to use the extra resolution and better color
- choices the Amiga provided.
-
- The Amiga has various resolutions and many colors in each resolution. Plotit
- allows a graph to be displayed in three of the Amiga's screen resolutions;
- Low Res, Med Res and Hi Res. Plotit will allow more lines to be displayed
- in Low res than in Med or Hi res. Low Res allows 30 lines to be drawn on the
- screen in 30 different colors. Both Med and Hi resolutions allow up to 14
- different lines in the display window, and each line is displayed in a
- different color.
-
- To use the Plotit program "double click" the Plotit icon in the disk drawer.
- When the program comes up, a control pannel will appear with windows to enter
- the name of a text file and the number of columns in the file.
-
- The program uses the text file like this. The first column is considered
- the x-axis co-ordinant. All other columns are the 14 varing y-axis co-
- ordinants. The points need not be equally spaced or going from high to low
- or vice versa.
-
- The text file consists of at least two columns of numbers. A maximum of 15
- columns are recognizable by the program. If less than two or more than 15
- columns are used unwanted results will occur.
-
- To use this program a text file is needed. The text file can be created
- using either ed, Txed, Textcraft or any favorite word processor. (Note: if
- Textcraft is used, the file must be saved as text only!)
-
- This program works very much like the language LOGO or like the kids toy
- Etch-a-Sketch. With a two column text file, a color pen is set down at
- the first point in the file. A line is drawn from this point to the next
- point in the file ect. If there are more than two columns in the file,
- then another line is drawn for each of these extra columns.
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