AMDAHL 470 V/7 EMAS Packhelp information on 02/09/86 at 15.16.04
GENERAL:
A package is invoked by (optionally) defining a
number of files, and then typing the package name followed
by an (optional) parameter list e.g.
SPSSX CONTROL=SCOMM, LISTING=.LP
The parameterless command PACKLIST will print a list of
all available packages, including pre-release versions.
Information necessary to run any package or PLU utility is
printed by the command
PACKHELP <package>,<output>
where <package> is a package or utility name (default GENERAL to list
this file), or .ALL (for all help information)
and <output> (default .OUT) is the name of the output file or device.
E.g. PACKHELP GENSTAT
PACKHELP .ALL,.LP
A general description of the means of passing parameters to
PLU packages is obtained by:
PACKHELP PARAMETERS
Further information may be obtained from PACKHELP for the
following packages and PLU utilities:
ASPEX BMDP CAMAPED CAMAPGB CAMFRAME
CAMGRID CATALOG CENSUS CLUSCOM CLUSTAN
DATAC DATALIB FAMULUS GAZ GAZF
GENSTAT GINO GPCP MINITAB SPIDER
SPSSX SYMAP SYMVU TSP
ASPEX (PLU Release 1)
Automated Surface Perspectives (ASPEX) is a package for producing oblique
perspective views of three dimensional surfaces. Input data for ASPEX
consists of a matrix of data values, and the user describes the desired
characteristics of the output image by means of user-oriented keywords and
phrases. The program originated at the Laboratory for Computer Graphics,
Harvard University.
Access to this package is via the command ASPEX
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 5
Keyword: LISTING (Line printer output file or device)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 6 (DCB: ,1023,C)
Keyword: PLOTTER (Graph plotter output file or device)
Default: .GP23
Type: Graph plotter file
Unit: 20 (DCB: ,1023,F80)
Keyword: OBJECT (File containing object code of FLEXIN subroutine)
Default: PLULIB:ASPEX.DUMMY
Type: Object file
Unit: 0
Reserved channel numbers: 5, 6, 20
BMDP 1985 (PLU Release 1)
The BMDP statistical program package was developed in the Department of
Bio-mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. The package is
widely used in scientific and educational establishments around the world. The
letters 'BMDP' stand for 'Biomedical Programs', but the package covers a wide
range of standard statistical techniques and is not intended for use only in
medical applications.
For details of each of the individual programs, see the BMDP Statistical
Software manual, 1985 printing; this is so little different from the 1983
edition that there is no need for users of that version to update. The control
language is simple and powerful; beginners may get an impression of it from
examples on pages 237 and 105 of the 1985 manual. The language is completely
free format (manual p. 25-34).
The programs now in service consist of all the programs described in the 1985
manual. The BMDP85 release is essentially an updated and corrected version of
BMDP83.
In the EMAS BMDP command the program names are abbreviated to two (or three)
characters, e.g. 2V, AR, or P2V, PAR, etc.
Access to this package is via the command BMDP
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: PROGRAM (Name of BMDP program to be run)
Default: None
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing BMDP control statements)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: LISTING (Line printer output file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Reserved channel numbers: None
CAMAPED (PLU Release 2)
CAMAPED is a program which holds a framework for Edinburgh
ED's 1971 boundaries such that the user can initiate square
grid mapping on user selected data.
CAMAPED can be accessed by the following command:
CAMAPED(CONTROL=...,LISTING=...,MAP=...,RESULTS=...)
where
Default Unit
------- ----
CONTROL= file containing parameter cards .IN 1
LISTING= file for output of statistics .OUT 2
MAP= file for output of map .OUT 10
RESULTS= file containing results to be mapped .NULL 15
Access to this package is via the command CAMAPED
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 1
Keyword: LISTING (Output file for statistics)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 2
Keyword: MAP (Output file for map)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 10
Keyword: RESULTS (File containing results to be mapped)
Default: .NULL
Type: Input file
Unit: 15
Reserved channel numbers: 20, 2
CAMAPGB (PLU Release 2)
CAMAPGB1 is a program which holds a framework such that the
user can initiate square grid mapping on selected parish data
which has been input to the program. The data may have been
extracted from the Population CENSUS or the Agricultural
CENSUS or may be from any other source at Parish level.
CAMAPGB1 is written in IMP, is fast and is recommended for the
BUSH environment. (See also PACKHELP CAMAPGB2).
CAMAPGB1 can be accessed by the following command:
CAMAPGB1(CONTROL=...,LISTING=...,MAP=...,RESULTS=...,PARISHES=...)
where
Default Unit
------- ----
CONTROL= file containing parameter cards .IN 1
LISTING= output listing file .OUT 2
MAP= file for output of map .OUT 10
RESULTS= file containing results to be mapped .NULL 15
PARISHES= UPTO75 for parish boundaries before - 20
reorganisation in 1975
76TO79 for parish boundaries after
reorganisation
FROM80 for parish boundaries after the
1980 amendments
Access to this package is via the command CAMAPGB
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 1
Keyword: LISTING (Output listing file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 2
Keyword: MAP (Output file or device for map)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 10
Keyword: RESULTS (File containing results to be mapped)
Default: .NULL
Type: Input file
Unit: 15
Keyword: PARISHES (Parish boundary dates - UPTO75, 76TO79 or FROM80)
Default: None
Unit: 0
Reserved channel numbers: 18, 21, 22
CAMFRAME (PLU Release 2)
This program accepts a framework (and data in suitable format to
relate to the framework), both supplied by the user, and then provides
square grid mapping facilities.
CAMFRAME can be accessed by the following command:
CAMFRAME(CONTROL=...,MAP=...)
where
DEFAULT UNIT
------- ----
CONTROL= file containing parameter cards .IN 1
MAP= file for output of map and statistics .OUT 10
Access to this package is via the command CAMFRAME
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 1
Keyword: MAP (Output file for map and statistics)
Default: .NULL
Type: Output file
Unit: 10
Reserved channel numbers: None
CAMGRID (PLU Release 2)
This program accepts co-ordinates for a square grid framework
and data of format suitable to the grid; this then provides
square grid mapping facilities. One example of such use is for
survey type data.
CAMGRID 3 Version 1 can be accessed by the following command:
CAMGRID(CONTROL=...,LISTING=...,MAP=...,RESULTS=...)
where
Default Unit
------- ----
CONTROL= file containing parameter cards .IN 5
LISTING= file for listing of parameter cards and .OUT 6
histogram output
MAP= file for map output .OUT 10
RESULTS= file containing results to be mapped .NULL 15
Unit 20 is automatically defined as a work file.
Documentation is available from
CAST Data Library Services,
18 Buccleuch Place,
Edinburgh EH8 9LN
Access to this package is via the command CAMGRID
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File of CAMGRID control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 5
Keyword: LISTING (Control command and histogram listing file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 6 (DCB: ,,C)
Keyword: MAP (Map output file or device)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 10
Keyword: RESULTS (File containing results to be mapped)
Default: .NULL
Type: Input file
Unit: 15
Reserved channel numbers: 6, 5, 10, 15, 20
CATALOG 7 (PLU Release 1)
CATALOG
Catalog is an interactive system for the management and
retrieval of text information in "catalogue" form: that is, the
type of information which could be stored in a card-index system.
Catalog is a system of general application, and is a powerful
tool for ordering text information which has a regular record
structure. The obvious application for it is bibliographic
retrieval, and it has also been used for telephone lists,
circulation lists and general cataloguing.
The functions provided by Catalog can be summarised as
follows:
- store information.
- re-order the information alphabetically by keyword.
- search and extract subsets.
- classify and tabulate by subject.
- print a "catalogue".
Access to this package is via the command CATALOG
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters: None
Reserved channel numbers: None
CENSUS (PLU Release 2)
1971 Population CENSUS DATA
---------------------------
(Scotland) EDs
1971 Population CENSUS DATA small area statistics (Enumeration
Districts) Scotland (100% and 10% samples), mounted for users of
the Edinburgh University Library.
(Scotland) Parishes
100% and 10% data from the 1971 Population CENSUS DATA, Scotland
aggregated to Parish level. A user written program is required
to extract data, which may then be input to other programs,
e.g. CAMAPGB.
Agricultural CENSUS DATA
------------------------
(Scotland) Parishes
For Scotland, the DATA is available for the years in the range 1969
to 1976. Permission to use the DATA must be obtained from DAFS.
A user written program is required to extract data which may
then be input to other programs e.g. CAMAPGB.
(England and Wales) Parishes
As above for England and Wales, permission for access to Data to be
obtained from MAFF.
CSO Data Base
-------------
See PACKHELP CSODATA and PACKHELP DATAC
Access
------
CENSUS DATA can be accessed by the interactive package DATAC.
See PACKHELP DATAC
Access to this package is via the command CENSUS
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: PROGRAM (Census program required)
Default: None
Unit: 0
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 5
Keyword: LISTING (Output listing file or device)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 6 (DCB: ,,C)
Keyword: OUTPUT (Data output file)
Default: .NULL
Type: Output file
Unit: 11 (DCB: ,,V4096)
Reserved channel numbers: 5, 6, 11
CLUSCOM 4.0 (PLU Release 1)
Cluscom is an interactive program which helps the user to set up a file
of control statements for Clustan, a cluster analysis program. When
Clustan is used directly the user must create a file of cryptic, non-
mnemonic codes at particular positions in the records. Cluscom issues
a series of English language prompts to which the user replies in
English and then it writes the file of Clustan statements. An added
advantage of Cluscom is that it makes some checks on the consistency
of the Clustan commands and affords the user the opportunity of changing
them before entering Clustan.
Cluscom has full interactive help facilities and there is no further
documentation for the program. It was written by John Illingworth of
York University.
Access to this package is via the command CLUSCOM
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (Responses to program prompts)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: LISTING (Prompts and messages)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Keyword: CLUSFILE (Output file of CLUSTAN statements)
Default: None
Type: Output file
Reserved channel numbers: None
CLUSTAN 2.1 (PLU Release 22)
CLUSTAN is an integrated package for performing various methods of
cluster analysis and other multivariate methods. Full details of the
program are given in "CLUSTAN User Manual" (Third Edition) by
D Wishart, Program Library Unit IU/RC Series Report No 47
(January 1982), Price $7.50.
Access to this package is via the command CLUSTAN
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File of CLUSTAN control statements)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: DATA (Raw Data file, if not embedded in control statements)
Default: .NULL
Type: Input file
Keyword: LISTING (Printed results file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Keyword: SAVE (File to save CLUSTAN data, for a subsequent restart)
Default: .TEMP
Type: Output file
Keyword: CARD (File to receive CARD output from DUMP, TREE, etc.)
Default: .TEMP
Type: Output file
Keyword: CLUSDECK (CLUSDECK file (see page 5 of manual))
Default: .TEMP
Type: Output file
Keyword: USER (Source file containing user subroutine)
Default: .NULL
Type: Input file
Keyword: PLOTTER (Graph plotter output file or device)
Default: .GP23
Type: Output file
Keyword: SPSSFILE (Name of SPSS saved file if CLUSTAN procedure SPSS is used)
Default: .NULL
Type: Output file
Reserved channel numbers: None
DATAC (PLU Release 2)
DATAC Data Access Facility
--------------------------
This program provides a friendly, interactive interface to
the PLU data facilities which are available on the ERCC 2988 EMAS
and Amdahl EMAS-A installations only.
Entry to the program is via the call:
DATAC
The program has its own 'HELP' facilities, and introductory
information about DATAC can be obtained by responding with the
character 'Y' to the initial 'INTRODUCTION?' prompt.
Access to this package is via the command DATAC
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters: None
Reserved channel numbers: None
DATALIB (PLU Release 1)
Data Library VIEW Facility
--------------------------
Current information on the Data Library Service is available by typing
DATALIB
or VIEW PLUDAT.DATAVIEW
Access to this package is via the command DATALIB
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters: None
Reserved channel numbers: None
FAMULUS 77 (PLU Release 1)
FAMULUS 77
-------------
A pre-release version of FAMULUS 77 is now available for use. This
program is a new program which incorporates all the features of FAMULUS
and provides many new features to assist the management of
bibliographies, catalogues and any similar databases. The facilities are
oriented to the processing of textual material although limited
facilities are available for the inclusion of dates and numeric data.
It is designed to be easy to use and no knowledge of programming
is required. Data is divided into 'citations', where each citation
consists of a number of 'fields'. Typically the fields consist of
author, title, publisher, date of publication, accession number, cross
references etc.
Facilities exist for selection of subsets, printing in a variety
of formats, sorting on the contents of the fields, index production,
generation of key fields and editing of citations. A draft manual fully
describing the program has been prepared at Oxford University Computing
Service and is available on application to CAST 1 Roxburgh Street
Telephone 031-667-1011 Extension 4203.
Access to this package is via the command FAMULUS
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing FAMULUS 77 commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 5
Keyword: LOG (Listing file giving details of this run of FAMULUS)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 6 (DCB: ,,C)
Keyword: REPORTS (File to contain output from FAMULUS programs)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 8 (DCB: ,,C)
Reserved channel numbers: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 31, 32, 33, 34
GAZ (PLU Release 2)
GAZ is an interactive facility, which provides grid reference
information about places in Great Britain. The information is drawn
from a machine-readable copy of the Quarter Inch Gazetteer, supplied by
the Ordnance Survey in February 1983. Two facilities are provided, as
follows:
GAZ - This is the simpler facility, and it is used to obtain grid
reference information about placenames entered interactively by the
user. It may also be used to obtain distance measurements between
places, 'as the crow flies'.
GAZF - This facility is a more elaborate version, enabling the user to
submit his placenames from a character file. GAZF takes each placename
from the file, obtains the appropriate grid reference information and
writes it out to a second file in a user-specified format.
These facilities are initiated via the commands GAZ and GAZF, respectively.
Instuctions for using the facilities are provided in the GAZ User Guide,
available from the Program Library Unit, price $1.50.
Access to this package is via the command GAZ
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters: None
Reserved channel numbers: 8, 9
GAZF (PLU Release 2)
GAZ is an interactive facility, which provides grid reference
information about places in Great Britain. The information is drawn
from a machine-readable copy of the Quarter Inch Gazetteer, supplied by
the Ordnance Survey in February 1983. Two facilities are provided, as
follows:
GAZ - This is the simpler facility, and it is used to obtain grid
reference information about placenames entered interactively by the
user. It may also be used to obtain distance measurements between
places, 'as the crow flies'.
GAZF - This facility is a more elaborate version, enabling the user to
submit his placenames from a character file. GAZF takes each placename
from the file, obtains the appropriate grid reference information and
writes it out to a second file in a user-specified format.
These facilities are initiated via the commands GAZ and GAZF, respectively.
Instuctions for using the facilities are provided in the GAZ User Guide,
available from the Program Library Unit, price $1.50.
Access to this package is via the command GAZF
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters: None
Reserved channel numbers: 8, 9
GENSTAT 4.04B (PLU Release 1)
GENSTAT is a computing language for data manipulation and statistical
analysis. Many standard procedures are provided, so that routine
analyses can be simply specified. The language can also be used to
program more complex or unorthodox procedures. If such procedures
are frequently required, they may be stored in a 'macro library'
and subsequently retrieved and used by a few simple instructions.
The standard GENSTAT macro library is available in the file
PLULIB:GENSTAT.MACROLIB. Any backing store files (including the Macro Library)
should be connected to any channel from 10 - 16 inclusive. Note that in
GENSTAT 4.04 the use of the FILE= option for PUT,GET,SAVE etc. is different
from GENSTAT 4.03. For example FILE=3 does NOT point to channel 3, but points
to the 3rd channel in the above range, i.e. channel 12. (See GENSTAT User
Manual Part I Chapter 9:1.2)
Up to four input and output streams may be open simultaneously using
the GENSTAT commands 'INPUT' n and 'OUTPUT' n. The corresponding EMAS
channel numbers for various values of n are as shown in the table below.
'INPUT' n Channel 'OUTPUT' n Channel
--------- ------- ---------- -------
1 5 1 6
2 7 2 8
3 1 3 2
4 3 4 4
Primary and secondary input and output may be specified using the CONTROL=,
DATA=, LISTING= and OUTPUT2= parameters respectively in the GENSTAT command.
If it is required to create a GENSTAT Backing store file of a
size greater than the default, this can be done using the VDEFINE
command prior to running GENSTAT. The command takes the following form:
VDEFINE DDNAME=FTnnF001,DSNAME=(Emas File Name,Size,E5996),
RECFM=VBS(5996,6000),DISP=NEW
where nn is a channel number in the range 10-16 (see above).
E.g. To create a file FRED to be 2Mbytes in size, on channel 12, the
command would be
VDEFINE DDNAME=FT12F001,DSNAME=(FRED,2048,E5996),RECFM=VBS(5996,6000),DISP=NEW
If the file already exists, it must be DESTROYed first, otherwise
it will retain the characteristics of its original definition.
To make use of the third and fourth input/output channels (1-4, as
described above), the commands would be, for input,
VDEFINE DDNAME=FT01F001,DSNAME=File,RECFM=F(80,80),DISP=OLD
and for output,
VDEFINE DDNAME=FT02F001,DSNAME=File,RECFM=F(133,133),DISP=NEW
A set of GENSTAT Worked Examples is available in the partitioned file
PLULIB:GEN404EXAMP
Documentation: GENSTAT - A General Statistical Program
Published by
Statistics department,
Rothamsted Experimental Station,
Harpenden,
Herts.
Copies of the above manual can be obtained from
Numerical Algorithms Group Limited,
NAG Central Office,
Mayfield House,
256 Banbury Road,
Oxford OX2 7DE
GENSTAT is available for user service.
Access to this package is via the command GENSTAT
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing GENSTAT control statements)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: LISTING (Lineprinter listing file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Keyword: DATA (Secondary input file)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: OUTPUT2 (Secondary output file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Reserved channel numbers: None
GINO:
A preliminary version of GINO is now available. For details type
VIEW PLULIB:GINOHELP
GPCP 1.0 (PLU Release 1)
GPCP is a stand-alone program which draws contour diagrams
on a graph plotter or other graphical device. The input typically
consists of randomly spaced data points from which a smooth
surface is derived and plotted. There are numerous options to
allow for such things as missing data, constraints, stereo-
scopic output, machine-readable output, output of cross-
sections through surfaces, trend surface analysis and so on.
The program, which is developed and distributed by Calcomp Ltd,
has been used for example on seismic, demographic, geological,
thermal and pressure maps and diagrams.
Access to this package is via the command GPCP
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 5
Keyword: LISTING (Line printer output file or device)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 6 (DCB: ,,C)
Keyword: PLOTTER (Graph plotter output file or device)
Default: .GP23
Type: Graph plotter file
Unit: 9 (DCB: ,1023,F80)
Keyword: CARDS (Punched card output file)
Default: .NULL
Type: Output file
Unit: 7 (DCB: ,,F80)
Keyword: SCALE (Scaling factor for tektronix only)
Default: 1.0
Type: Real
Unit: 0
Reserved channel numbers: 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14
MINITAB 5.1 (PLU Release 1)
Minitab is a package of statistical methods available in batch
or interactively. It is extremely simple to use, even for those with
limited computing experience and has a wide range of facilities,
ranging through most statistical techniques, including multiple
regression, time series and simulation.
It is well documented by the Minitab Reference Manual and
the Minitab Student Handbook. The Minitab Reference Manual may be
obtained from the program library unit (price $6.00), but the Minitab
Student Handbook must be ordered from the publishers at the following address.
Duxbury Press
North Scituate
Massachusetts
USA
There is also a very comprehensive 'help' faciltity
within the package. To find out more about this, simply type the
command 'help' to Minitab.
Any faults should be reported to Brian Fletcher, CAST,
(031-667 1011 ext 4322 or via the packtell facility).
many of the sample data sets quoted in the Student Handbook are
available for use. the Minitab 'news' command gives details
of how to access them.
Access to this package is via the command MINITAB
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing MINITAB control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: LISTING (File or device for MINITAB output)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Reserved channel numbers: None
PARAMETERS:
The PACKHELP information for any package includes a list of
parameter descriptions and a list of fixed file definitions.
There are a variety of ways in which the user may specify the
required parameters or modify the file definitions.
The package entry command may be typed exactly like any other
EMAS command, with a number of positional parameters separated
by commas e.g.
GENSTAT GENIN,,,OUTB
The above command enters GENSTAT with the input file GENIN and
file OUTB specified as the secondary output file. The PACKHELP
text gives the relative position of the parameters and the
default values for omitted parameters.
As some packages have a long and complicated list of parameters,
only some of which will be required in any run, the neccessary
parameters may be specified by keyword:
GENSTAT INPUT=GENIN,OUTPUT2=OUTB
This method helps to avoid errors when a positional list would
contain numbers of consecutive commas indicating defaults. This
also saves having to remember the order in which the parameters
appear in the PACKHELP text - keyword parameters may be typed in
any order. The PACKHELP information includes the keyword for
each parameter. Note that positional and keyword parameters may
be mixed randomly in the same command - the implied position
being derived from the most recent keyword parameter.
Most parameters specify the name of a file to be connected to a
particular channel, as indicated by PACKHELP. Such parameters may be
set by typing appropriate DEFINE commands before entering the package
itself. Existing channel definitions corresponding to file type
parameters will be treated as the 'primary' default value for the
parameter, and will not be overwritten by the system unless the user
explicitly supplies a value in the package command. The default value
given in the PACKHELP text is used only when no value is given in the
package command and the channel is undefined on entry.
This means of supplying parameters is particularly useful when the
default 'DCB' characteristics (maximum file size and format parameters
to the DEFINE command) are not suitable. This also applies to the fixed
channel assignments required for some packages.
Note that, on exit from the package, the system will CLEAR any
definitions which it has set up itself (e.g. in the course of
interpreting the parameter list) but will not disturb any pre-existing
definitions.
Parameters can also be entered in a conversational mode, whereby the
system uses the keywords to prompt the user. This will happen if any
error is found (except in batch mode), or if the package is entered
with a question mark in place of the parameter list e.g.
GENSTAT ?
In the formar case, the system prompts for a replacement value for the
parameter which caused the error, in the latter case, all parameters
are prompted for in turn. The reply may consist of any valid
parameter list (keyword and/or positional), allowing the user to
respecify earlier parameters or to speed up the process by entering
several parameters in reply to one prompt. The default value may be
accepted by replying with a 'return'. A brief description of the
parameter and its default value (derived from the PACKHELP information)
may be printed by replying with a question mark.
There is also available a shorthand method of entering a package
repeatedly with the same parameter list:
GENSTAT ..
This sets up the same parameter list as was used for the last call
of GENSTAT in this session. The generated parameters include any
modifications entered in conversational mode - i.e. the parameters
which were actually effective for the last call, rather than those
entered in the last parameter list. This form is useful when a run
fails due to an error in a data file - the file can be altered and
the package re-entered without typing the entire parameter list again.
This can also be done using the EMAS-3 Command History Mechanism
(see Computing Newsletter (January 1986) page 4).
SPIDER:
SPIDER (Subroutine Package for Image Data Enhancement and Recognition)
was produced at the Electrotechnical Laboratory in Japan. It is available
on EMAS as a library of 442 subroutines, both in Fortran source and object
form.
In order to access SPIDER you must first become a registered user.
Applications for registration should be made to Joyce Anderson, CAST,
1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh, tel. 031-667 1011 ext. 4423.
Queries on the technical content of the package should be addressed to
Mike Worling, CAST, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh, tel. 031-667 1011 ext.4289
A SPIDER Users' Manual is available from Joyce Anderson at the above address
and costs 25 pounds.
SPSSX 2.1 (PLU Release 1)
The major difference between the EMAS-A version of SPSSX and the
EMAS2900 version is the use of the FILE HANDLE command which is NOT
supported on EMAS-A. To allocate File Handles on EMAS-A, you must use
one of the new SPSSX parameters FH1, FH2 or FH3. The syntax is very
similar to that of the FILE HANDLE command as the following example
illustrates.
If your SPSSX control file contained the command
FILE HANDLE FRED/NAME='EPAQ19.FREDDY'
then on EMAS-A this line would have to be removed and replaced by a
parameter on the SPSSX command i.e.
SPSSX CONTROL=..., FH1=FRED/EPAQ19:FREDDY
Up to 3 File Handles may be specified in this way by making use
of the other two parameters, FH2= and FH3=.
Note that for reading raw input data from a file, i.e. using
DATA LIST FILE=JIM...
the parameter DATA=JIM/filename should be used instead of one of
the FH's. Any user who has any difficulty with File Handles should
contact Brian Fletcher at CAST for help (telephone 031-667 1011 x 4322).
If it is required to create an SPSSX system file of a size greater
than the default, this can be done using the VDEFINE command
prior to running SPSSX. The command takes the following form:
VDEFINE DDNAME=File Handle,DSNAME=(Emas File Name,Size,E1024),RECFM=
V(1024,1028),DISP=NEW
E.g. To create a file FRED to be 2Mbytes in size, which will be referenced
by File Handle FFF inside SPSSX, the command would be
VDEFINE DDNAME=FFF,DSNAME=(FRED,2048,E1024),RECFM=V(1024,1028),DISP=NEW
If VDEFINE is being used, then the File Handle and File Name must not
be specifed in an FH-type parameter to SPSSX, which would cause the
file to be redefined with default size. Note also that if the file
aleady exists, it should be DESTROYed before issuing the VDEFINE
command, otherwise the file will retain its original maximum size.
The SPSSX User's manual may be ordered from PLU, by phoning extension
4423 (on 031-667 1011) or by calling at 1 Roxburgh Street.
Access to this package is via the command SPSSX
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing SPSSX control statements)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: LISTING (Lineprinter listing file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Keyword: FH1 (File Handle/EMAS File Name)
Default: NONE/NONE
Keyword: FH2 (File Handle/EMAS File Name)
Default: NONE/NONE
Keyword: FH3 (File Handle/EMAS File Name)
Default: NONE/NONE
Keyword: DATA (File Handle/Raw data input file)
Default: NONE/NONE
Keyword: SIZE (VSS REGION SIZE)
Default: 1024
Type: Integer
Reserved channel numbers: None
SYMAP 5.20 (PLU Release 2)
SYMAP is a general purpose graphics display program for mapping
spatially disposed quantitative or qualitative data. Maps are printed
on a standard lineprinter, using varying shades of grey (produced by
overprinting) to represent data value classes. Five different types
of map may be produced: conformant, contour, trend surface, residual,
proximal (thiessen polygon). SYMAP can also be used to prepare data
for input to the SYMVU program.
Note that the arrangements for output to a SYMVU file differ
from the description given in the manual, in the case where more than
one SYMVU file is produced in one SYMAP run. It is only possible to
save a single data set in one EMAS file. The SYMVUFILE parameter
may thus contain a list of files (separated by ampersands), one for
each map which specifies elective 21 (SYMVU output):
SYMAP . . .,SYMVUFILE=FILEA&FILEB&FILEC
Documentation: SYMAP User's reference manual
Laboratory for computer graphics;
Graduate school of design;
Harvard university; 520 Gund hall; 48 Quincy street;
Cambridge Massachussetts 02138.
Access to this package is via the command SYMAP
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing SYMAP control cards)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 5
Keyword: LISTING (Lineprinter output file)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 6 (DCB: ,,C)
Keyword: OBJECT (File containing object code of subroutine FLEXIN)
Default: PLULIB:SYMAP.FLEXINY
Type: Object file
Unit: 0
Keyword: SYMVUFILE (Output file(s) for subsequent input to SYMVU package)
Default: .NULL
Unit: 0
Reserved channel numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
SYMVU (PLU Release 1)
SYMVU is a mapping program which uses the graph plotter to draw
a representation of a three dimensional surface. The data input
consists of a matrix (up to 130 x 130) of values, giving e.g. height
above sea level. The plotter output shows the surface viewed from
any given angle. There are a variety of options including scaling,
annotation, truncation and tilting of the surface. Data may be
input in a standard format or may be read (or generated) by a user-
supplied subroutine. Data in the standard format may be prepared
by the SYMAP program, particularly if the available data is
irregularly spaced and requires interpolation.
A number of data files may be produced by SYMAP, using a call
of the form:
SYMAP . . .,SYMVUFILE=FILEA&FILEB&FILEC
(See PACKHELP SYMAP) and subsequently plotted by:
SYMVU . . .,DATA=FILEA&FILEB&FILEC
Where the SYMVU control cards specify an FDATA option of 1, 2, 3 to
plot the successive data sets. This technique is especially useful in
conjunction with the SAMEH option, to plot each file with the same
vertical scale.
Documentation: User's guide to SYMVU (PLS 24)
CAST, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh EH8 9TA
Access to this package is via the command SYMVU
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing SYMVU control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Unit: 5
Keyword: LISTING (Line printer listing file or device)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Unit: 6 (DCB: ,,C)
Keyword: DATA (File(s) of data from SYMAP package)
Default: .NULL
Type: Input file
Unit: 0
Keyword: PLOTTER (Graph plotter output file or device)
Default: .GP23
Type: Graph plotter file
Unit: 4 (DCB: ,1023,F80)
Keyword: OBJECT (File containing object code of subroutine DATA)
Default: PLULIB:SYMVU.DUMMYOBJ
Type: Object file
Unit: 0
Keyword: SCALE (Scaling factor for plot (0.5 gives half-size plot))
Default: 1.0
Type: Real
Unit: 0
Reserved channel numbers: 1, 4, 5, 6
TSP 4.0E (PLU Release 2)
TSP Version 4.0E is available for use on the Amdahl EMAS-A service.
The specification is as for the corresponding IBM release documented in
'Time Series Processor Version 4.0 Users Manual' and 'Time Series
Processor Version 4.0 Reference Manual' both by Bronwyn H. Hall.
Currently the DATABASE feature is not implemented in this release
of TSP, but it is hoped that this facility may be provided at a
future date.
Access to this package is via the command TSP
A description of the parameters (if any) for this command appears below
Parameters:
Keyword: CONTROL (File containing TSP control commands)
Default: .IN
Type: Input file
Keyword: LISTING (Line printer listing file or device)
Default: .OUT
Type: Output file
Reserved channel numbers: None