Plotting and summary routines for TASK8

Plotting and summary routines available for the TASK8 microprobe operating system are able to accept both spectral and quantitative data. All of the routines are able to be run as subroutines from within the TASK8 program or as stand alone programs. Additionally, the spectral plotting routine can be run from within a modified version of SQ. The quantitative routines currently in use with TASK8. Quantitative output can be sent by the summary program to a serial port that is connected to a VAX or PC in addition to printing it. The plotting codes have been written so that either a Tracor Northern TN2000 or a TN5xxx analyzer may be used with either a Hewlett Packard HP7221 series or a HP7470/HP7550 series plotter. The plotting routine for spectra incorporates a user definable usual was'' option to simplify most input procedures. The quantitative plotting routine offers numerous options including scale expansion, smoothing, auto-labeling, special symbols, and multiple pens. 5 refs., 5 figs.