NESC1019 TOP DRAWER.

TOP-DRAWER, Histograms, Scatterplots, Curve-Smoothing

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: TOP DRAWER.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
TOP-DRAWER	NESC1019/01	Tested	03-AUG-1988

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NESC1019/01	IBM 370 series	IBM 370 series

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

TOP DRAWER produces histograms, scatterplots, data points with error bars and plots symbols, and curves passing through data points, with elaborate titles. It also does smoothing and calculates frequency distributions. There is little facility, however, for arithmetic manipulation. Because of its restricted applicability, TOP DRAWER can be controlled by a relatively simple set of commands, and this control is further simplified by the choice of reasonable default values for all parameters. Despite this emphasis on simplicity, TOP DRAWER plots are of exceptional quality and are suitable for publication. Input is normally from card-image records, although a set of subroutines is provided to accommodate FORTRAN calls. The program contains switches which can be set to generate code suitable for execution on IBM, DECX VAX, and PRIME computers.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION:

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

Most of the source is written in the MORTRAN (NESC 678) language. These MORTRAN programs are then preprocessed to generate FORTRAN language source.

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NESC1019/01	03-AUG-1988	Screened

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10. REFERENCES:

NESC1019/01, included references:

- Roger B. Chaffee:
  TOP DRAWER Installation Guide.
  SLAC Computation Group Memorandum  (Received July 1981)
- Roger B. Chaffee:
  Introduction to TOP DRAWER.
  SLAC CGTM No. 189  (Revised November 1980)
- Roger B.Chaffee:
  TOP DRAWER
  SLAC CGTM No. 178  (Revised November 1980)
- Roger B. Chaffee:
  TD3D Drawing Three-dimensional Things with TOP DRAWER.
  SLAC CGTM No. 199  (November 1979)
- A. Strecok:
  TOP DRAWER Implementation Information.
  NESC Note 86-81  (July 16, 1986)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

Around 256K bytes of storage required. The exact memory requirement depends on the graphic device used and the plot complexity.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NESC1019/01	FORTRAN+ASSEMBLER

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: OS/MVT.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

TOP DRAWER uses an early release of the SLAC Unified Graphics system (UG); this software is not included. To bypass the UG system, a switch can be set substituting Calcomp graphics routines.

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

          R.B. Chaffee
          Computation Research Group
          Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NESC1019/01

File name	File description	Records
NESC1019_01.001	Information file	46
NESC1019_01.002	TOP DRAWER source (MORTRAN)	10729
NESC1019_01.003	MORTRAN macros for T.D.	582
NESC1019_01.004	MORTRAN source (FORTRAN)	1608
NESC1019_01.005	MORTRAN macros bracketed keywords	123
NESC1019_01.006	MORTRAN macros reserved keywords	124
NESC1019_01.007	TOP DRAWER sample case input data	947
NESC1019_01.008	source program to generate T.D. manual	4240
NESC1019_01.009	source prog. to gen. 'Introduction. to T.D.'	994
NESC1019_01.010	source prog. to gen. 'TD3D' writeup	576
NESC1019_01.011	duplicate file	947
NESC1019_01.012	T1NARG source (ASSEMBLER)	59
NESC1019_01.013	T.D. utility jobs	531
NESC1019_01.014	T2ATTN (ASSEMBLER) to run under ORVYL	123
NESC1019_01.015	LOGGER (ASSEMBLER) to run under ORVYL	152

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17. CATEGORIES

N. Subsidiary Calculations
P. General Mathematical and Computing System Routines

Keywords: computer graphics, computer output devices, data analysis, diagrams, plotters, programming languages, translators.