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RELEASE

BULLETIN

B19-09S000-328

GraphPlan

Model

~:

APC-S29

1.0

INTRODUCTION:

GraphP1an

is

an

integrated

software

package

that

includes

an

electronic

spreadsheet,

graphics,

and

database

management

capabil-

ities.

Data

is

entered

into

a

table

either

one

value

at

a

time

or

by

an

entire

row

or

column. The

user

can

edit

data,

perform

mathematical

and

statistical

computations,

do

·what-if

Y

analysis,

and

perform

numerical

ranking

of

data

and

alphabetic

sorting

of

rows

and

columns.

A

versatile

report

formatter

is

provided

to

generate

printed

tables.

By

using

the

graphing

commands,

data

from

the

table

is

transposed

into

charts.

Charts

can

be

.displayed

on

the

APC

screen,

printed

to

a

dot

matrix

printer,

or

output

to

a

multi-pen

plotter.

The

user

can

select

from

eight

colors

(color

APC

only),

six

shading

patterns,

and

six

symbols.

The

various

types

of

charts

include:

o Column

chart

(vertical)

o Bar

chart

(horizontal)

o Segmented

bars

(vertical

and

horizontal)

o

Clustered

bars

(vertical

and

horizontal)

o

Pie

chart

o

LiJ,echart

o

Bar/Line

combination

o

'Scattergrams

Tables

and

charts

can

be

saved

to

disk

(ette)

so

they

can

be

retrieved,

altered,

or

used

for

printing

at

a

later

time.

An

on-screen

meny

an~

the

HELP

command

provide

fast

and

easy

refer-

ence

to

all

the

GraphPlan

~o~m~nds.

GraphPlan

is

fully

compatible

with

MicroPlan.

Tables

can

be

interchanged

directly

between

GraphPlan

and

MicroPlan.

2.0

CONTENTS

Q[

~

RELEASE:

2.1

Disttjbution

Media

PART

NO.

819-076029-0100

2.2

Documentation

PART

NO.

819-095000-328

Advanced

Personal

Computer

DESCRIPTION

GraphPlan

Diskette

DESCRIPTION

GraphPlan

Release

Bulletin

NfEG

,

NEe

Information

Sv~ems,

Dne.

819-000105-3001

158-020000-153

GraphPlan

User's

Guide

GraphP1an

Template

3.0

HARPWARE/SOFTWARE

REQUIREMENTS:

3.1

Minimum

Hardware

ReQuirements

APC~H01

-Monochrome

APC

with

single

FDD

Graphics

Subsystem

Board

Total

256K

RAM

Memory

3.2

Minimum

Software

Reguirements

APC-S01 -CP/M-86

Operating

System

Version

1.1

(1.107:0l5;A)

or

greater

4.0

INSTALLATION

PROCEDURE:

REPLACE

Chapter

1

of

the

GraphPlan

User's

Guide,

with

the

following

installation

procedure.

Before

using

the

GraphPlan

(distribution)

diskette,

carefully

follow

these

procedures

to

make

a

working

copy

of

the

GraphPlan

diskette.

To

do

this,

you

need

the

CP/M-86

Operating

System

[version

1.1

(l.107:015;A)

or

greater],

the

GraphPlan

diskette,

and a

blank

diskette.

PLEASE

~:

The

following

terms

are

interpreted

as:

"Type"

means

to

input

the

information

as

described.

"Enter"

is

a

two-step

process

of

typing

the

response

and

pressing

the

<RETURN>

key.

Flopey

Diskette-Based:

1.

Formatting

Diskettes

a)

Boot

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

from

drive

A.

b)

Enter

FORMAT.

When

the

utility

is

loaded,

this

prompt

appears:

***VOLUME

INITIALIZER

Vl.l

(CP/M)···

INITIALIZE

DEVICE

[A,B,C,Dl:

c)

Remove

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

from

drive

A.

Insert

a

blank

diskette

into

drive

A.

Type

A.

This

prompt

will

appear:

MEDIA

TYPE

FD-2D

READY?

[R:READY

A:ABORT]:

d)

WARNING

-The

FORMAT

utility

destroys

all

existing

information

on

the

diskette.

Before

proceeding,

make

sure

that

the

diskette

in

drive

A

is

the

one you want

to

format.

Type

R

to

start

the

formatting

process.

e)

If

a damaged

cylinder

is

detected,

a

prompt

will

be

displayed.

Abort

the

procedure,

use

another

blank

diskette,

and

start

the

FORMAT

utility

again.

When

all

cylinders

on a

diskette

are

successfully

formatted,

the

following

prompt

appears:

.

*NORMAL

END

[A:AGAIN

E:END1:

f)

Remove

the

formatted

diskette

from

drive

A.

Type

B

to

end.

The

itA>"

prompt

appears.

g)

Refer

to

the

CP/M-86

User's

Guide

for

further

informa-

tion

on

the

FORMAT

utility.

2.

Making a Working Copy

A

utility

called

COPYDISK

is

supplied

on

the

CP/M-86

operat-

ing

system

diskette,

which

will

be

used

to

copy

all

informa-

tion

from one

diokette

to

another.

Use

this

utility

to

make

a

working

copy

of

GraphPlan.

Then

store

-the

original

disk-

ette

in

a

safe

place

in

case

the

working

copy

is

damaged.

Also,

use

COPYDISK

per

iodically

to

make bac·kup

copies

of

often

u~ed

diskettes.

Refer

to

the

CP/M-86

User's

Guide

for

further

information

on

the

COPYDISK

utility.

a)

Insert

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

into

drive

A.

b)

Enter

COPYDISK.

When

the

utility

is

loaded,

this

prompt

appears:

Full

Disk

Copy/Verify

Utility

Vl~l

Copy

or

Verify

or

Copy &

Verify

(C,V,B)?

c)

Remove

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

from

drive

A.

Insert

the

original

GraphPlan

diskette

into

drive

A.

Type B

to

copy

&

verify.

d) Type A

to

respond

to

the

prompt:

Source

Disk

Drive

(A-D)

?

e)

This

prompt

appears:

Destination

Disk

Drive

(A-D)?

o

If

you

have

a

dual-drive

APC,

insert

the

formatted

diskette

into

drive

B,

type

B.

o

If

you

have

a

single-drive

APe,

type

A.

f)

The

following

prompt

names

both

the

source

and

destina-

tion

drives

to

allow

you

to

review

your

entries.

Copying

Disk

A:

To

Disk

B:

Is

This

What

You

Want

To

Do

(YIN)?

g)

WARNING

-The

COPYDISK

utility

replaces

all

existing

information

on

the

diskette.

Before

proceeding,

review

the

entries

and

make

sure

the

source

diskette

is

in

the

proper

drive.

Type Y

to

start

the

disk-copying

proc-

ess.

h)

What

happens

next,

depends

on

the

type

of

APC

you

have.

o

If

you

have

a

dual-drive

APC,

the

contents

of

the

diskette

in

drive

A

will

be

copied

and

then

verified

to

the

diskette

in

drive

A.

o

If

you

have

a

single-drive

APC,

the

utility

reads

a

portion

of

the

source

diskette,

then

prompts

you

to

remove

the

source

diskette

and

insert

the

destination

diskette.

The

utility

then

writes

to

the

destination

diskette

and

prompts

you

to

rein~ert

the

source

diskettec

This

procedure

is

repeated

until

the

entire

source

diskette

is

copied

and

verified.

i)

When

verification

is

completed,

the

following

prompt

appears:

Copy/Verify

Another

Disk

(YIN)?

Remove

the

diskette(s)

from

the

drive(s).

Type

R.

j)

At

the

"A>"

prompt,

store

the

original

GraphPlan

disk-

ette

in

a

safe

place.

You

will

be

using

your

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette

from

now

on.

Label

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette.

3.

PIP-ing

files

to

the

GraphPlan

Working Copy

Diskette

Before

you

can

use

the

working

copy

diskette

of

GraphPlan,

you

must

copy

several

files

from

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

to

it.

Refer

to

the

CP/M-86

User's

Guide

on

how

to

use

the

Peripheral

Interchange

Program

(PIP

or

PIPl).

If

you

have

a

dual-drive

APe,

use

PIP;

if

you

have

a

single-drive

APC,

use

PIPl.

a)

The

following

files

must

be

copied

from

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

to

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette:

o

CPM.SYS

o

SUBMIT.CMD

o

KEY.CMD

o

SETCOM.CMD

o

CRTDUMP.CMD

o

GRAPHICS.CMD

o

DDNECAPC.SYS

o

DDOKID.

SYS

.

o

DD7470.SYS

o

Any

other

DDxxxxx.SYS

files

that

apply

to

your

printer/plotter

configuration

b)

If

you have a

dual-drive

APC,

insert

the

CP/M-86

operat-

ing

system

diskette

into

drive

A.

Insert

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette

into

drive

B.

Press

the

<CTRL>

and <C)

keys

simultaneously.

At

the

-A>u

prompt,

enter

the

following

command,

substituting

the

individual

filenames

listed

above:

PIP

B:=filename

If

you

have

a

single-drive

APC,

insert

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

into

drive

A.

At

the

hA)"

prompt,

enter

the

following

command,

substituting

the

individual

filenames

listed

above:

PIPl

filename=filename

The

system

will

prompt you

to

swap

the

source

(CP/M-86

operating

system

di~kette)

and

the

destination

diskette

(GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette)

back

and

forth

in

drive

A.

Follow

the

directions

on

the

display

screen.

4.

Putting

the

Loader on

the

GraphPlan

Working

Copy.

Diskette

The CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

includes

a

'utility

called

LDCOPY

which moves

the

system

loader

routine

to

other

diskettes.

If

you

put

the

system

loader

routine

on

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette,

it

will

automatically

load

CP/M-86

into

the

APC

whenever you

turn

on

the

power and

insert

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette

into

drive

A.

a)

Insert

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

into

drive

A.

b)

Enter

LDCOPY.

When

the

utility

is

loaded,

this

prompt

appears:

LDCOPY

VERS

1.0

Source

Drive

Name

c)

Enter

A.

d)

This

prompt

appears:

Source

on

A,

Then Type

Return

Press

<RETURN>.

The

loader

routine

is

read

from

drive

A.

e)

This

prompt

appears:

Function

Complete

Destination

Drive

Name

(Or

Return

To

Reboot)

f)

Remove

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

from

drive

A.

Insert

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette

into

drive

A.

Enter

A

as

the

destination

drive.

g)

This

prompt

appears:

Destination

On

A,

Then Type

Return

h)

Press

<RETURN>.

The

loader

routine

is

read

to

drive

A.

i)

This

prompt

appears:

Function

Complete

Destination

Drive

Name

(Or

Return

To

Reboot)

j)

Press

<RE'l'ORN>

to

end

the

utility.

The

"A>"

prompt

appears.

5.

Installing

the

Function

KeyCSoft

Key)

Table

You

must

perform

one more

step

before

you

can

use

the

GraphPlan

work~ng

copy

diskette.

This

step

updates

the

function

key

table

in

the

CPM.SYS

file

with

specific

GraphPlan

commands.

a)

Insert

the

GraphPlanworking

copy

diskette

into

drive

A.

Press

the

<C'l'RL>

and

,(c>

keys

simultaneously.

b)

Enter

KEY.

c)

This

prompt

appears:

UPDATE

OR

LOAD

(U,L)?

Type U

for

update.

d) The

system

will

ask

for

the

input

file.

Enter

GP.KEY.

e)

The

system

will

ask

for

the

output

file.

Enter

CPM.SYS.

f)

This

prompt

appears:

Start?

(YIN). Type

Y.

g) At

the

menu,

enter

L

to

load.

h)

This

prompt

appears:

SOFT

KEY

TABLE

HAS

BEEN

LOADED.

Enter

E

to

end.

i)

The

system

will

ask

to

update

the

CPM.SYS

file;

type

Y

for

yes.

j)

This

prompt

appears:

YOUR

A:CPM.SYS

HAS

BEEN

CONFIGURED.

The

MA>N

prompt

appears.

You

are

now

ready

to

run

GraphPlan,

using

the

function

keys.

6.

Loading

the

GraphPlan

Diskette

To

load

the

GraphPlan

diskette,

turn

on

the

APC

and

insert

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette

into

drive

A.

Place

the

function

key

template

on

the

keyboard.

The

following

appears

as

the

autostart

routine

begins:

NEe

Advanced

Personal

Computer CP/M-86

Version

1.1

Copyright

(C),

Digital

Research,

Inc.

A>SUBMIT

AUTSTRT

A>SETCOM

600,8,N,2

A>CRTDUMP

CRTDUMP

now

loaded.

A>GRAPHICS

GSX-86

Graphics

System

Extension

09

Feb

83

V1.0

Serial

No.

5006-0661-654321

All

Rights

Reserved

Copyright

(c) 1983

Digital

Research,

Inc.

GSX-86

installed;

GIOS

is

nnnnn

bytes

long

at

nnnn:nnnn

A>GPLAN

The

initial

GraphPlan

display

screen

then

appea'rs.

li.a.U1

Disk-Bas~:

Complete

the

following

steps

if

the

execution

programs

are

to

reside

on

the

hard

disk.

1.

Follow

steps

1

through

3

as

outlined

in

the

Floppy

Diskette-based

section.

2.

Use

the

PIP

utility~o

copy

the

complete

contents

of

the

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette

to

the

selected

hard

disk

drive

(disk

drive

E:).

Then,

all

the

GraphPlan

execution

files

will

reside

on

the

hard

disk.

3.

Follow

steps

4

through

5

as

outlined

in

the

Floppy

Diskette-based

section.

4.

Alter

the

file

AUTSTRT.SUB

on

your

GraphPlan

working

copy

diskette

using

the

ED.CMD

file.

You

need

to

change

GraphPlan's

default

drive,

so

that

the

hard

disk

is

used

automatically.

Insert

a

new

first

line

to

the

AUTSTRT.SUB

file.

The

first

line

should

read

"E:M

(the

default

hard

disk

drive).

Refer

to

the

CP/M-86

User's

Guide

for

further

infor-

mation

regarding

the

ED

utility.

5.

To

load

GraphPlan,

follow

step

6

as

·outlined

in

the

Floppy

Diskette-based

section.

Even

though

all

your

GraphPlan

files,

tables,

and

charts

are

on

the

hard

disk,

you

still

need

to

boot

from

drive

A.

Additional

Information:

1.

You

may

want

to

alter

the

AUTSTRT.SUB

file

to

accommodate

other

settings

for

SETCOM.

Use

the

line

editor

provided

on

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

(ED.CMD).

Refer

to

the

CP/M-86

Userls

Guide

for

further

information

regarding

the

ED

utility.

2.

The

following

example

of

tables

and

charts

are

provided

on

your

diskette:

FORECAST,

FORTUNE,

PIEDEMO

and

PRODUCT.

You

can

use

these

as

test

examples.

Use command 106

(LOAD

ALL),

enter

the

table

name,

and

then

execute

command

61

(DISPLAY

CHART).

If

you

have

a

color

APC,

use

command 63

(CHART

OPTIONS),

select

option

2

(DEFINE

CHART

OPTIONS)

and

specify

COLOR=Y.

Then

resave

your

chart,

using

command 121

(SAVE

CHT).

5.0

ENHANCEM~:

None.

6.0

CAUTION~:

1.

It

is

recommended

that

no more

than

one

application

package

reside

on

any

given

floppy,

because

the

application

packages

may

require

soft

key

setups.

2.

The

GraphPlan

Userls

Guide

recommends a

system

containing

64K

RAM

Memory. Your

APC

must

have

a minimum

of

256K

RAM

Memory

in

order

to

load

CRTDUMP

and

GRAPHICS.

3.

GraphPlan

is

already

configured

for

the

APC.

Appendix

B

of

the

GraphPlan

Userls

Guide

is

for

reference

only.

4.

Use

the

following

keys

on

the

APC,

in

conjunction

with

these

symbols

in

the

GraphPlan

Userls

Guide:

En

<BREAK/STOP)

<BACK/SPACE)

<INS)

<DEL)

<PRINT)

<CLEAR/HOME)

ACTION/COMMAND

<CANCEL)

BKSP

17

(INSERT)

18

(DELETE)

5

(pr

int:)

199

(HOME)

Places

row

1,

column I

at

the

top

left

of

the

table.

5.

Use

the

line

editor

provided

on

the

CP/M-86

operating

system

diskette

(ED.CMD)

to

alter

the

ASSIGN.SYS

file.

Only

change

the

device

driver

files

for

the

printer

and

plotter.

Do

not

change

the

device

driver

(DDNECAPC.SYS)

for

the

screen.

6.

The

PLOT

CHART

option

has

been

tested

using

an

HP

7470A

plotter.

THE

PRINT

CHART

option

has

not

been

tested

(see

caution

10).

7.

Use an

industry

standard

null

modem

to

connect

the

APC

to

the

HP

7470A

plotter.

8.

GSX

does

not

allow

you

to

escape/cancel

from a

plot.

9.

If

you

are

using

a monochrome

APC,

be

sure

to

select

COLOR=N,

in

the

CHART

OPTIONS

(command

63),

DEFINE

CHART

OPTIO~S

(2).

10.

The

PRINT

CHART

option

cannot

function

with

an

NEC

8023

dot

matrix

printer,

because

there

is

no

device

driver;

instead,

use

the

CRTDUMP

utility.

When

the

chart

is

displayed

on

the

APC,

press

the

<FNC><PRINT>

keys

simultaneously.

Remember

to

run

CONFIG

before

using

the

CRTDUMP

utility.

Refer

to

the

CP/M-86

Operating

System

Release

Bulletin

(Rev 06)

for

further

information

on

the

CONFIG

and

CRTDUMP

utilities.

11.

To

define

a

pie,

follow

these

steps:

a)

Set

the

row/column

range

using

commands

92

and

93.

b) Use

command

63

(CHART

OPTIONS)

and

select

option

2

(DEFINE

CHART

OPTIONS),

enter:

o Main

Title

o X

Axis

Title

o Graph

1,

Type=Pie

o

Color

(Y/N)

c)

Use

command

63

(CHART

OPTIONS)

and

select

option

4

(DEFINE

PIE OPTIONS). The

first

segment

will

correspond

to

the

first

non-zero

row/column

within

your

row/column

range.

Enter

the

shades,

colors

and

explode

specifica-

tion

for

each

segment.

12.

The

DISPLAY

CHART

option

will

show

pie

shade

6

as

crosshatch

(dense)

and

pie

shade

7

as

crosshatch

(vertical/horizontal).

13.

To

change

default

drive

assignments

for

loading/saving

tables

and

charts

(file

extensions

.TBL and .CHT),

use

command

108

(SET

DRIVE). The

GraphPlan

execution

programs

can

reside

on

a

different

drive

than

the

user

tables

and

charts.

When

erasing

a

table

or

chart

(commands 117 and 122) on a

differ-

ent

drive,

the

file

gets

deleted;

however,

the

entry

in

TABLE.DIR

or

CHART.DIR

remains

•..

14.

Do

not

run

GraphPlan

from

drive

B

without

a

formatted

floppy

diskette

in

drive

A.

15.

Pressing

the

combination

<FNC><PF16>

keys,

performs

an

action

equivalent

to

command

9

(STOP)

and a Yes

response,

exiting

to

CP/M-86.

7.0

PROBLEMS

FIXED:

None.