We are looking into X-terminal emulators for NT machines, and information about those configurations will be added here when available.

What if my connection software can't do graphics?

Some terminal emulation software doesn't permit graphics output, or doesn't do a very good job. One example is a Mac running NCSA Telnet, which may produce poor-quality graphics that doesn't allow you to read the text or interpret the graphics. Other workstation/software configurations, while producing somewhat better graphics, are still not good enough for publication or for detailed examination of the output. You have a couple of options:

1. Avoid terminal graphics, and go directly to a plotter or printer. If you have a printer capable of postscript output, eps output, or plotter that accepts HP7550 plotter output, you can have the graphics output sent to a file, and then print that file. To do this, choose 'lwpost', 'EPSF' or 'HP7550' as the setplot option (depending on what kind of plotter/printer you have). After the program is run and has produced the output file, transfer that file to your computer and print it.

Note that the graphic output file will be overwritten each time you run a graphic output program. If you want to save the plot, rename the file!.

Sample session:

helix% setplot +----------------------> displaying all of 7 option(s) <---------------------+ |mactek Tektronix -- a Mac-Versaterm-Pro tektronix 4105 screen | |pctek Tektronix -- a tektronix 4014 screen [PC/Kermit] | |colorX Color X Windows Graphics Window | |monoX Monochrome X Windows Graphics Window | |lwpost to generate postscript for a Apple LaserWriter file ->gcgplot.ps | |EPSF to generate encapsulated popostscript file ->gcgplot.epsf | |HP7550 to select a HP7550 plotter file ->gcgplot.gl | |