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From: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Subject: Re: Lab write-ups/Scientific Plotting
Message-ID: <9002250433.AA12477@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
References: <46300088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 90 04:32:34 GMT
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In article <46300088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, eer36024@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>	I want to use my ST to produce lab write-ups from my Physics classes.
>However, I am not certain if the software that I require exists.  I have
>a Mega 4, mono monitor, and HP DeskJet.
>
>	My needs are basically three:
>
>		1: I need the ability to do graphs with error bars and
>		   have one or both axes be logarithmic, and to have
>                   the program do some type of curve fit to the data
>
>		2: Moderately complex mathematical expressions should
>		   be possible.
>
>		3: Diagrams should be able to be imported.  Preferably,
>		   .GEM format, but .IMG or .P?3 would be marginally
>		   acceptable.
>

Well, there is one program that you could try for fairly cheap, and it just
might do the trick.  It is called Sci-Plot, on the Nov 88 Start disk.  I would
order the back issue, if possible, to get the program instructions (inside the
mag).  It is a very capable program, giving one access to a custom font set
which includes greek letters and math symbols (one can also create a new font
for a specific task).  The only problem that I can see is the output to your
Deskjet.  I seem to remember that it can output to the printer in high or 
low res (??), and that the high res looks really good (on my cruddy dot matrix)
it can also create a PI3 dump of the graph.  Anyway, if you cannot get a back
issue of that mag, email me direct, and maybe we can work something out.

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