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From: fsjcb1@acad3.alaska.edu (Curt Beavers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Scientific Graphing Program
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Date: 21 Feb 91 17:18:36 GMT
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    I'm looking for a scientific graphing program for IBM compatibles running
Dos and I have yet to find a satisfactory one.  For those familiar with
Cricketgraph ond Kalidegraph, something like either of these Macintosh programs
would be great.
 
    Basically my qualifications are these.  I need to be able to enter data in
a spreadsheet like manner, be able to do basic manipulations (add five to
column A and put it in column B, divide A by B and put it in C, etc).  I'd li,e
to be able to produce scatter point graphs and edit them inside the program
(adding and moving labels, resizing fonts if possible, maybe even primitive
drawing tools?).  Also, and most importantly, I'd like to be able to fit
equations to the data and have the program find the constants (zero points,
slope, exponential decay constant, period for repeating functions).  Then,
displaying the resulting equation over the data would be nice.
 
    I'm very surprised that I have yet to come up with a software package like
this.  Kalidegraph on the Mac is one of the best tools a science student (or
researcher for that matter) can have.  If only I could run Kalidegraph under
Windows, my life would be complete......

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Curt Beavers
Microcomputer Technician
University of Alaska -- Fairbanks
FSJCB1@Acad3.Alaska.Edu