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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
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Subject: Re: graphics question from somebody who can't post directly
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Date: 6 Oct 89 02:18:27 GMT
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From article <28838@winchester.mips.COM>, by mash@mips.COM (John Mashey):
> From andre%kean.ucs.mun.ca%ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca@mips.com Wed Oct  4 22:53 PDT 1989
> 
>    My problem is the following:  I would like to know how to do
> simple graphics using a Mips M/120 (graphics display: Textronix 4014
> and/or dec vt240).  I have tried to use the graph command with
> the plot filter  (plot.3x) without getting anywhere.
> I have also tried to write some simple C program and link
> with the option -l4014 (as described in PLOT(3X-BXD)) but ld
> complained that it didn't recognize the option.

Make sure you are compiling/linking in the BSD environment.  /usr/lib doesn't
have any lib4014.a (on my machine - M/120, RISC/os 4.01), but
/usr/bsd43/usr/lib does.  There's a libplotgigi.a there, too, so perhaps
-lplotgigi would work (does VT240 do ReGIS?).

Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu