Inverse ATASCII

This episode features Enhancements to Graph It, originally released in 1982 by APX.  It was developed by Howard D. Siebenrock.  The main difference here is the ability to save and load the generated graphs.

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Manual and Supplement Scans

Scan of the manual cover:

Ad from APX catalog Fall 1982:

 

Enhancements to Graph It in Action

Before using Enhancements to Graph It, you must first merge the supplied program changes with your copy of the original Graph It BASIC programs.  Once merged and saved to a new diskette that is created as part of the process, you boot the new diskette.  Unlike Graph-It, Enhancements to Graph It equips you with a menu for easy selection.

Loading

 

Menu

 

Bar Charts and Pie Graphs

Menu:

 

Bar Charts

Bar Chart Menu:

 

Viewing the result (Inverse ATASCII season 2 episode sizes):

 

Exit menu with Save option:

 

Entering the save filename:

 

Chart being saved:

 

Using the Retrieve option to load a chart:

 

Entering an * to select deletion instead of load:

 

Viewing the retrieved chart:

 

Pie Graphs

Menu:

 

After entering the information, now viewing the result (Inverse ATASCII season 2 episodes by length category):

 

Exit menu, with Save option:

 

Graph being saved:

 

Loading a Pie Graph using the Retrieve menu option:

 

Two Dimensional X,Y Plots

Menu:

 

New Degrees or Radians menu:

 

Function is displayed while plotting occurs:

 

Viewing result.  Both function and degrees or radians is displayed for reference:

 

Exit menu, with Save option:

 

Entering a Save filename:

 

Plot being saved:

 

Loading a plot using the Retrieve menu option:

 

Two Dimensional Polar Plots

Menu:

 

New menu for choosing Degrees or Radians:

 

Functions are displayed while plotting occurs:

 

Viewing result now has functions displayed as well as radians or degrees for reference:

 

Exit menu, with Save option:

 

Entering filename to save:

 

Selecting a plot to load using the Retrieve menu option:

 

Three Dimensional X,Y,Z Plots

Menu:

 

New menu to choose Radians or Degrees:

 

Viewing result.  Function and degrees or radians is displayed for reference:

 

Exit menu, with Save option:

 

Enter filename to save plot as:

 

Plot being saved:

 

Selecting a plot to load using the Retrieve menu option:

 

Files

Contents

Enhancements Graph It uses Atari DOS 2.0s.  The contents of the Enhancements to Graph It disk can be seen in this screenshot:

 

After the merge and disk conversion process is complete, the new boot disk contents:

 

Saved plot file sizes:

 

Standard APX disk identification file (DISKNAME.DAT) contents:

 

Printing

There is no provision for printing.

 

Instructions

You can find the manual in multiple locations on the internet.  Check the AtariMania site as one example.

 

Show Links:

• Inverse ATASCII S1 E5 APX Decision Maker: https://inverseatascii.info/2014/11/25/s1e5-apx-decision-maker/
• Inverse ATASCII S2 E10 Atari Graph It: https://inverseatascii.info/2016/03/15/s2e10-atari-graph-it/
• Atari Mania: http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-enhancements-to-graph-it_29805.html
• AtariWiki: https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Enhancements%20to%20Graph%20It
• Atari Archives: http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showinfo.php?cat=20074

 

 

Intro music is an excerpt from a chip tune by Wizwars named 8 Bit Raceway.  It is used under Creative Common license Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.