PLOT-10 TEKTRONIX 4010 SOFTWARE, 1971
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1. Customers may contribute software subrou tines or application programs to the Tektronix User s Library The software routines or ap plication packages will be listed in the Tek tronix User s Library and available for other cusiomers Tektronix provides complete documentation including Program Reference Manual paper source tapes mag netic tape cards and Tektronix Program Catalog The catalog contains a list of timesharing companies sup porting Tektronix Graphic Computer Terminals soft ware subroutines application packages and graphic software available from the customers Program Submittal Forms and Program Order Forms are available through our local offices For more infor mation on the Tektronix User s Library please contact your local Tektronix Application Engineer or write to Tektronix User s Library P O Box 500 Beaverton Oregon 97005 INFORMATION DISPLAY PRODUCTS TEKTRONIX 4010 COMPUTER DISPLAY TERMINAL The Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Terminal is de signed for the timesharing user who wants a low cost alphanumerics terminal plus interactive graphics capa bility If you are using TTY type terminals today the 4010 Computer Display Terminal can easily perform all your applications without additional software Its features and powerful software give you the best graphics capability for the price on the market today 4010 DESCRIPTION The standard 4010 Computer Display Terminal is ar ranged2. TEKTRONIX 4010 SOFTWARE PLOT 10 APPLICATION INTERFACE is a series of modules using the PLOT 10 GRAPHING module to obtain graphs directly from existing application packages This software provides digital manipulation of graphic information The result can be presented so that only the area of interest is displayed PLOT 10 ADVANCED GRAPHING module allows the user to view alphanumeric computer data tables in the form of graphs Data may be presented as piecharts histograms polar coordinate graphs or cartesian coordinate graphs with choice of linear or logarithmic scaling either specified or automatic Can be combined with any of the four modules below PLOT 10 TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM module provides a comprehensive base of graphic software to support user application programs on the 4010 The user can readily manipulate the graphic screen display Magnification of a desired local area requires only simple control adjustments with automated scaling and clipping PLOT 10 FORTRAN Il TIMESHARING module provides comprehensive facilities for controlling the terminal in a timesharing environment lt provides plotting with windowing and scissoring scaling rotation and axes generation The subroutines are available on over 20 timesharing computer systems for easy access PLOT 10 360 370 module provides capability to support multiple 4010 terminals Written in assembler language using the Execute Channel Program I O Fa
3. e fa m E ee P A dur P d A f A A Y Ee aad Au Ve Z lt TEK THONI ina TEKTRONIX USER S LIBRARY Tektronix User s Library contains programs for Tek tronix Graphic Terminals available to customers Our library consists of subroutines and application programs contributed by users of Tektronix products and software developed by Tektronix Customers may share their program products by submitting them to the Tektronix User s Library Three types of software products are available Type Tektronix Software Products Products designed by Tekrtonix available to the customer on a lease or purchase agree ment Tektronix is responsible for maintaining the software and providing corrections to the users With the purchase of Tektronix Graphic Computer Terminals many of our software products are available to the customer at no charge Type II Customer Programs For Sale or Lease Programs developed and contributed by cus tomers are listed in our Program Catalog but not available directly through the Tektronix User s Library Customers willing to sell soft ware products may have it listed in the Pro gram Catalog along with the price and their mailing address Customers wanting more in formation on program products may contact the contributor directly Tektronix would not handle the distribution of programs milf Type Ill Programs Contributed by Customers
4. are lo cated throughout the United States Your Tektronix Applications Engineer can give you details on prices delivery schedules lease purchase options and main tenance contracts Contact him through the nearest Tektronix office listed in the white pages of your telephone directory INFORMATION DISPLAY PRODUCTS WHAT IS PLOT 10 A complete set of software to perform business and scientific graphing with the Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Terminal IS PLOT 10 EASY TO USE Absolutely PLOT 10 software was designed for the nontechnical programmer with higher level routines assuming the tedious task of programming and testing WHAT COMPUTERS USE PLOT 10 PLOT 10 is designed for timesharing computers System 360 370 and most mini computers IS PLOT 10 EXPENSIVE No PLOT 10 software will pay for itself in a short time by reducing your programming costs WHO CAN USE PLOT 10 Anyone with a Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Terminal who wishes to immediately see his output data in graphic form SALES AND SERVICE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ALABAMA GEORGIA HUNTSVILLE ATLANTA ARIZONA ILLINOIS PHOENIX CHICAGO CALIFORNIA HINSDALE ALHAMBRA INDIANA CONCORD INDIANAPOLIS ORANGE KANSAS PALO ALTO KANSAS CITY SAN DIEGO o SAN JOSE MARYLAND SANTA BARBARA BALTIMORE VAN NUYS ROCKVILLE COLORADO MASSACHUSETTS DENVER BOSTON METHUEN CONNECTICUT NATICK HARTFORD STAMFORD MICHIGAN FLGRIBA DE
5. basis SOFTWARE ROUTINES Four basic software routines are provided with each PLOT 10 Mini Computer package to perform the fol lowing functions A CHOUT I This subroutine is used to output any one of the ASCII characters B CHIN I This subroutine is used to input any one of the ASCII characters C TPLOT I X Y Case 1 1 O Initialize the linear interpolate mode and plot a dark vector to X Y Case 2 IDO Continues plotting assuming linear interpolate mode i e intensified vectors Case 3 I lt O Plots and intensifies point at X Y R E L A T 1 U E F E E p U E H C Y THE MEAN TIME TO FAILURE FOR YOUR SAMPLE Has 15 CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON MTEF CONF LEVEL LOWER LIMIT UPPER LIMIT 75 8 134 206 113 258 182 233 93 321 85 387 BB 438 N Q7 D CURSIS CHAR X Y This subroutine enables the graphic cursor by outputting the ASCII characters ESC and SUB via CHOUT When a keyboard character is struck the routine reads the keyboard character and four others representing the X Y position of the crosshair cursor The last four charac ters are decoded and returned to the caller DOCUMENTATION A complete set of documentation including a Program Reference Manual and paper source tape is provided Depending on the mini computer between 150 and 200 words of storage are required for PLOT 10 Mini Computer software n E l as 27 E f l cad Ma was
6. d 595 83 A5 Along with graphical data handling PLOT 10 Termi i e Mos SERRE nal Control System software also aids in the output of es alphanumeric data The user is able to set and reset horizontal and vertical tabs and may dynamically de fine left and right margins PLOT 10 Terminal Control System automatically monitors alphanumeric output and the alphanumeric control commands For more information about Tektronix Software please contact your nearest Application Engineer or write to Tektronix User s Library P O Box 500 Beaverton Oregon 97005 THE MEAN TIME TO Fal DENCE LIMITS ON MTBF LOWER LIMIT UPPER LIMIT 134 208 113 Fa L un ia P FET vi s 16 Aa ac E F F E Li E H k Li The PLOT 10 FORTRAN Il subroutine software pack age is an extensive set of FORTRAN routines to facili tate use of the Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Ter minal By using PLOT 10 FORTRAN Il software the 4010 becomes a powerful tool for accomplishing com puter graphics The FORTRAN II timesharing package is available today on many timesharing computer sys tems throughout the U S allowing the user to easily adapt his systems to use the 4010 terminal in a graph ics environment Customers using timesharing systems with business applications can easily adapt their out put to a graphic form by using FORTRAN Il software Under software control you can perform windowing rotation and magnification Flexible conv
7. in a pedestal configuration The display sec tion is detachable for compact desk installation and can be located up to 5 feet away from the pedestal The display portion of the terminal contains a high resolution storage CRT to eliminate the need for re freshing the picture The pedestal provides support for the display section and contains the power sup ply logic storage circuitry and other electronic components INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS With the thumbwheel controlled crosshair cursor you have interactive graphics capability with your computer system HARD COPY OUTPUT Full screen display on standard 8 x 11 inch pages in less than 8 seconds at a very low cost per copy is now available with the Tektronix 4610 Hard Copy Unit You can multiplex four 4010 Computer Display Termi nals with one hard copy unit SCREEN CAPACITY 2520 characters 72 characters per line 35 lines Unlimited number of vectors for graphics 1024 addressable points on each axis GRAPHICS SOFTWARE SUPPORT PLOT 10 Software supports mini computers timeshar ing systems and System 360 370 With PLOT 10 Ad vanced Graphing these modules can be attached to your present program with minimum effort giving you input and output graphic capability SOFTWARE CLASSES Tektronix offers to the customer a Graphics Work shop Course to help prepare the user to implement Tektronix Software FIELD OFFICES Over 60 Sales Offices and 30 Service Centers
8. TROIT FORT LAUDERDALE MINNESOTA ORLANDO MINNEAPOLIS PENSACOLA ST PAUL P O Box 500 Beaverton Oregon 97005 Telephone 503 644 0161 Telex 36 691 Cable TEKTRONIX Copyright C 1971 Tektronix Inc All rights reserved Printed in U S A U S A and Foreign Products of Tektronix Inc are covered by U S A and Foreign Patents and or Patents Pending A 2473 MISSOURI ST LOUIS NEVADA LAS VEGAS NEW JERSEY CHERRY HILL SPRINGFIELD NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE NEW YORK ALBANY BUFFALO ENDICOTT LONG ISLAND POUGHKEEPSIE SYRACUSE NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO OHIO CLEVELAND COLUMBUS DAYTON Pi OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA CITY OREGON PORTLAND PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH RHODE ISLAND PROVIDENCE TEXAS DALLAS HOUSTON SAN ANTONIO UTAH SALT LAKE CITY VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA HAMPTON WASHINGTON SEATTLE WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE Pp T EKTEONII C RN excellence in information display
9. Y PRODUCTS PLOT 10 TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM GENERAL DESCRIPTION To provide a standard basic graphic support package which meets the needs of the different users and the multiplicity of systems Tektronix has developed the PLOT 10 Terminal Control System The Terminal Con trol System is designed for easy implementation on time sharing computers mini computers System 360 370 or other large scale computers PLOT 10 Termi nal Control System is a comprehensive set of modular subroutines which allows essentially independent ter minal programming The user needs only to select the proper modules at load time The design is basically system and computer independent allowing the ex perienced programmer to work at the basic terminal level and also providing facilities for the occasional user to operate at the conceptual level PLOT 10 Terminal Control System has the ability to interface easily with Tektronix PLOT 10 Advanced Graphing to further enhance the user s graphing capa bility and will be used as the base for future Tektronix Application Programs TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM OVERVIEW PLOT 10 Terminal Control System is designed to make the terminal as easy to use as a pencil and piece of paper The tedious programming and general I O handling are contained within PLOT 10 Terminal Con trol System The modules communicate with each other primarily through the terminal status area A set of common variables representing t
10. ach operating system The PLOT 10 FORTRAN II package is thoroughly doc umented including a User s Manual and a Systems Manual with flow charts The PLOT 10 FORTRAN II package has been imple mented on many timesharing systems For additional information contact your nearest Tektronix Applica tion Engineer or write Tektronix User s Library P O Box 500 Beaverton Oregon 97005 ge TROND ei information display PLOT 10 360 370 GRAPHICS SOFTWARE The PLOT 10 360 370 Graphics Software is designed to operate on your computer with Operating System Multiprogramming Fixed Tasks or Multiprogramming Variable Tasks To support alphanumerics and graph ics the total software package requires minimum core 13 k storage bytes and is designed to handle multiple 4010 Computer Display Terminals Terminal input output operations are accomplished with IBM s EXECUTE CHANNEL PROGRAM soft ware The modules that prepare and check data for transmission or handling input are internal to the Tek tronix Software System The user interfaces to the sys tem through a number of function oriented calls This allows the software to support all the programming languages commonly used on System 360 370 The usage of this software system is similar to IBM s Basic Telecommunications Access Method in that the software provides a means to handle terminal opera tions The same software may be used by the systems programmer designing a telepro
11. cessing monitor In stallations currently using terminals can add the Tek tronix system or replace their existing I O methods with the Tektronix software OPERATING SYSTEMS The PLOT 10 360 370 software operates on com puters using Operating System Multiprogramming Fixed Tasks and or Multiprogramming Variable Tasks The minimum core requirement for basic alphanumer ics is 3 800 bytes For basic graphics the minimum required is 4 800 bytes The maximum requirement for the entire system including usage of optional util ity routines is 13 000 bytes Each terminal referenced will add 308 bytes to the totals above An additional requirement of 1 5 k bytes dynamic storage is used during execution for transient initialization routines SOFTWARE ROUTINES The software developed to support the Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Terminal in the System 360 370 en vironment falls into two general categories The mod ules in the first category direct input output opera tions Routines in the second group perform special single functions to assist the programmer writing a terminal application The I O modules are written on two levels The two routines are called by the application programmer to do character or graphic reads and character writes or graphic plotting Use of the level two calls invokes the internal or level one modules The level one rou tines do the actual I O and perform control functions HARDWARE Interfaci
12. cility it can be accessed from any IBM programming language by subroutine calls with IBM operating system multiprogramming fixed tasks or multiprogramming variable tasks PLOT 10 MINI COMPUTER module supports most of the popular small computers Its use provides the operator with full input and output control of the 63 ASCII characters and symbols plus output and input graphics with a cross hair cursor Fortran graphing routines are available for use with a sufficiently large machine INFORMATION DISPLAY PRODUCTS a division of P 5 5 5 DECIBELS 5 A 20 50 100 200 UTI dot LETIE LT ELTTIIET E E ER FRE 500 IKHZ eKHZ 5KHZ 10KHZ 20KHZ FREQUENCY IN HZ CYCLES PER SECOND PLOT 10 ADVANCED GRAPHING GENERAL DESCRIPTION PLOT 10 Advanced Graphing software is a complete set of subroutines for fulfillment of real graphing needs in the wide range of problems encountered in today s business scientific and engineering environments All PLOT 10 Advanced Graphing modules are written in FORTRAN IV and designed to generate a variety of common plots as well as some specialized graphs without involving the user in the programming details PLOT 10 Advanced Graphing software can interface with other software products offered by Tektronix GENERAL DATA PLOTTING A set of 20 easy to use graphing subroutines are avail able for pictorial representation of various kinds of data With an appr
13. entions allow windowing to be accomplished either by coordinate definition within a program or by using the built in thumbwheel controlled crosshair cursor upon visual inspection of a plot The FORTRAN II subroutine also provides the pro grammer an easy means for 1 Manipulating the terminal environment i e erasing the screen making a hard copy writing different character size etc 2 Plotting in any of the available modes either abso lutely or relative to the current position 3 Drawing linear or log axes linear or logarithmic grids 4 Performing graphics input of either points or re gional coordinates 5 Drawing software generated characters of any de sired size or orientation All FORTRAN Il subroutines with two exceptions are written in a common subset of FORTRAN Care has been taken to avoid singular statement types word size problems etc in order to maximize transferability to any operating system that supports a FORTRAN compiler The routines communicate with one another through a central terminal status area in order to retain com patibility with systems that do not support labeled common Finally the subroutines are entirely separa ble making them suitable for immediate inclusion in the existing FORTRAN library The two exceptions noted above are a character input and a character output routine Only these two sub routines need be written in a manner particular to the O conventions of e
14. he current state of the terminal are maintained to generate output ac cording to the user s current level of usage SPLAT TERMINAL THE VIRTUAL DISPLAY As most users visualize their graphic data as existing on paper of arbitrary size the PLOT 10 Terminal Control System allows them to maintain this concept within their program through the use of a Virtual Dis play The Virtual Display is a two dimensional surface of indeterminate size All or a portion of the Virtual Display may be viewed at any time The user is only responsible for defining the portion he wishes to have displayed This is ac complished by establishing a window which specifies the portion of the Virtual Display to be viewed and where on the terminal screen it is to be placed The Terminal Control System will handle the conversions and details automatically THE SCREEN The Virtual Display is in contrast to The Screen which is the software concept of the actual terminal screen The Screen may be thought of as a discrete 1024 X 1024 matrix of addressable points of which 1024 X 780 are in the prime viewable area The user may address these points directly as screen coordinates or he may use the inch and centimeter conversion function By referring directly to The Screen the user can easily control the layout of his display continued INFORMATION DISPLAY PRODUCTS Nm nS BS g ALPHANUMERIC DISPLAY cR UU POL YMOMIAL OF DECREE 566 00 Az 564 82
15. ng the Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Ter minal is made through IBM s 270X Series telecommu nications control unit using the Telegraph Adapter Type Il To take advantage of the 4010 s high speed capability a replacement oscillator card is available from Tektronix for the 2701 Control Unit allowing the user to operate at 300 600 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 baud IMPLEMENTATION PLOT 10 380 370 Graphics Software is available on magnetic tape along with a complete implementation procedure and program reference material for mini mum implementation time The Advanced Graphing Software offered by Tektronix can easily be attached to the PLOT 10 360 370 Graphics Software providing the user high level subroutines for use in graphics on the 4010 Computer Display Terminal INFORMATION DISPLAY PRODUCTS I ERE za 27 PLOT 10 MINI COMPUTERS GENERAL DESCRIPTION Tektronix provides a PLOT 10 software package for most mini computers The package is easy to imple ment with the Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Termi nal The software consists of assembly language sub routines supporting graphic input output and special alphanumeric characteristics MINI COMPUTERS PLOT 10 Mini Computer software is available for the following mini computers DEC PDP 8 family PDP 11 PDP 12 Data General Nova Super Nova and Nova 1200 HP 2100 Series Varian 6201 620L and 620R Software routines for other mini computers can be written on a contracted
16. opriate choice of a routine it is pos sible to draw single as well as multiple curve graphs with automatic or user specified scaling of data in any of the four popular coordinate systems cartesian semi log log log and polar SALES 1969 70 MILLIONS 0 30 20 10 M J XA SON DLE MAN TIME SERIES PLOT SEMI LOG PLOT GRAPH AND TITLE For more sophisticated needs the PLOT 10 Advanced Graphing subroutines called GRAPH and TITLE are powerful and versatile tools for drawing well annotated multiple graphs on the same screen SPECIALIZED GRAPHING subroutines are also available for generation of poly nominal fits function plots bode plots histograms pie charts time series plots and stock market plots etc With the use of Tektronix 4010 Computer Display Ter minals and the PLOT 10 Advanced Graphing soft ware the computer user can increase the usefulness of his output by viewing it in the form of graphs im mediately ready for use in making decisions DOCUMENTATION PLOT 10 Advanced Graphing software is thoroughly documented with User s and Systems Reference Man uals complete with implementation procedures for your system For more information on how easily PLOT 10 Ad vanced Graphing software can interface to your ap plications please contact your nearest Tektronix Applications Engineer or write to Tektronix User s Library P O Box 500 Beaverton Oregon 97005 continued INFORMATION DISPLA
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