What is FzzPlot?

FzzPlot is a small program that performs several basic plotting functions. FzzPlot's main advantage over large commercial graphing programs is that it is fast, inexpensive, and easy to use. It is also fully compatible with all models of the Macintosh, ranging from the Macintosh 128K to the Macintosh Plus, as well as machines with third-party memory or processor upgrades or hard disk upgrades.

FzzPlot offers the following basic functions:

• Scatter plots, with the option to connect data points, as well as to plot error bars (for data where standard deviations are supplied)
• Histograms (vertical bar plots)
• Statistical analysis functions: compute mean, standard deviation, and random uncertainty of currently loaded dataset, compute line of best fit, compute chi-squared (for weighted line fit only).
• Plot mean and line of best fit on graph.
• Print graph out on any Macintosh-supported printer (ImageWriter, LaserWriter, or others)
• Copy graph to Clipboard as it appears on the screen for easy pasting into word-processor documents or for further enhancement with graphics editors such as MacDraw_

FzzPlot offers these features:

• Easy preparation of data files using a text editor, wordprocessor, custom-written program or spreadsheet; the file format is documented below.
• Computation is done using the fullest real-number precision available on the Macintosh for maximum accuracy. Extended-precision numbers are also faster on the Macintosh, due to the way that lower precision floating-point numbers are implemented.
• Unlimited data capacity: FzzPlot can load as many data points as available memory can hold; on a Macintosh 512K this is about 10,000 data points if standard deviations are used, or about 25,000 data points otherwise.
• Memory efficiency: FzzPlot maximizes the amount of available data storage by dynamically loading code and resources; this enables FzzPlot to run under Switcher_ with 128K of memory allocated, or with a large Ramdisk installed, and still have room to hold about 200 data points.
• User Interface: FzzPlot closely follows the Macintosh User Interface Standard.
• Compatibility: FzzPlot is fully compatible with the new Macintosh system software, including the Hierarchical File System (HFS).
• User Efficiency: FzzPlot provides a "Transfer" option, so that users can run another program (a word-processor, for example) without having to quit to the Finder_. In addition, FzzPlot is tested and compatible with alternative shells such as Switcher, MultiMac_, and Servant_.

Siegel, Richard M. (1987). FzzPlot ReadMe. Electronic Document.

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Architecture

Motorola 68K

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Mini vMac