Date   : Wed, 06 Apr 1983 03:33:00 EST
From   : Charles L. Jackson <CLJ@mit-mc.arpa>
Subject: PLOTING Software

A company named Enercomp sells graphics software
for the CPM user.  I bought a copy two months ago and 
hae the following two major comments:

1)     It works.  You can use your Epson MX-80 or
other dotmatrix printer as if it were a plotter.  It's 
similar to using a SLOW calcomp plotter.  There are
calls for plotting points, lines, 
setting scale, labeling axis etc.
Part of the package is a menu driven option 
for generating pie charts, bar charts and X-Y 
graphs.

2)     The system is "HARD" to use. For example, case is significant 
in commands!  plot <> PLOT.  When it fails (or you
fail  to satisfy its rigid syntax), you get no 
clear indication of the problem.  This program has  a
sort of 1960's feeling about it (It should
be running under IBSYS not CPM).

Nevertheless, it proved valuable and convenient.
It is a low cost way to get printing capability.

regards
chuck