Tellagraf

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ISSCO's [1] Tellagraf is an early software package designed to allow end-users to "turn out full color, professional quality charts" with initial results displayed on a screen, modified as needed, and then "a final 'hard-copy' can be made .. or made into 35mm color transparencies for projection onto a screen."

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Users of Tellagraf often had access to CueChart and Disspla software. [2]

Terminals with varying degrees of graphics, such as the DEC's VT100 and Tektronix's Tektronix 4xxx family of text and graphics terminals. [3] were supported, and the software ran on popular computing platforms. [4] [5]

History

Four years are important to Tellagraf's early history: [6]

Tellegraf was eventually acquired by Computer Associates and renamed CA-Tellegraf. [7] [8] SAS users found it helpful. [9]

Universities, [10] research institutes [11] and financial services firms were among early users. [12]

Tellagraf, CueChart and Disspla were separate software packages, but often computer sites having one had all three. [13]

Disspla

Disspla is a package of data plotting subroutines that can be used from high level languages. [14] It was also acquired by Computer Associates.

ISSCO Graphics

ISSCO Graphics (Integrated Software Systems Corporation), [15] [16] [17] vendor of Tellagraf, CueChart and Disspla, had considered acquiring [18] Breakthrough Software, whose software focus involved PC DOS, as a means of getting into the PC arena, [19] but backed off when Computer Associates made an offer to acquire ISSCO. [20]

By early 1987 it was reported that "Issco users breathe sigh of relief" that all was well. [21]

The ISSCO User's Group was founded in 1976. [22]

ISSCO, which was founded in 1970 [1] by Peter Preuss, [23] was acquired by Computer Associates in 1986. [24]

Tellaplan

In 1983 ISSCO introduced "Tellaplan, a project planning, report and schedule charting system for Tell-A- Graf users in IBM MVS or CMS or Digital Equipment Corp. VAX computers" [25] atop which they built "two visual project management software packages" three years later. [26]

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References

  1. 1 2 James C. Condon (March 27, 1983). "Charts on computer graphics are trending upwards". The New York Times .
  2. ↑ "Guide to using Cuechart, Tellagraf, and Disspla at ANL". Guide to Curchart, Tellagraf, and Disspla at ANL provides information necessary for using the three ISSCO graphics packages at Argonne
  3. ↑ Judith Bird (1986). "Mainframe graphics for business presentations". Data Processing. 28: 26–27. doi:10.1016/0011-684X(86)90188-7. ... software such as Issco's Tellagraf at. &6500, input device like a VT100 screen or Tektronix 4702 costing. E2 000-4000 and an output device, such as an HP
  4. 1 2 D Michalopoulos (1982). "nbin proucs - IEEE Xplore". doi:10.1109/MC.1982.1654116.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ Cuechart with Tell-a-Graf is machine- and device-independent, permitting it to operate with most major computers and ...
  6. ↑ "Tellagraf graphics software". Computerworld. September 27, 1982. p. 28.
  7. ↑ CA-TELLAGRAF User's Guide. 1987. Title, CA-TELLAGRAF User's Guide, Volume 2. CA-TELLAGRAF User's Guide, Computer Associates International.
  8. ↑ "CA Tellagraf Overview".
  9. ↑ Dorothy Hu Huang. "Utilizing SAS Software to generate ... CA-Tellagraf as an example" (PDF). Utilizing SAS Software to generate command language programs, using CA-Tellagraf as an example
  10. ↑ Some even wrote their own quick-start guide: Computing Center Memo. University of Michigan Computing Center. 1983. The reason for this is that the color set for the background is generated by the camera, and then the picture generated by *TELLAGRAF is drawn on top.
  11. ↑ David L. Huston; David MacArthur Miller; Denise A. Wiltshire (1983). "Arizona's Industrial Rock and Mineral Resources: Workshop Proceedings". The box plots were prepared by using CA–TELLAGRAF to generate the linework and text.
  12. ↑ TELLaGRAF & CueChart (LBKL). October 1983.
  13. ↑ "Merging Graphics". February 25, 1998. The plots can be created with any of the available graphics packages on VM/CMS-- DISSPLA, TELLAGRAF, etc.
  14. ↑ Jukka Kiijarvi. "Lunowa - Programming - Data Plotting Software".
  15. ↑ "capture retro*graphics on your dectm terminal. - IEEE Xplore". ... ISSCO. DISSPLA and TELLAGRAF are registered trademarks of Integrated Software Systems Corp
  16. ↑ a proprietary conversational graphics program from ISSCO of San Diego, CA.
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  19. ↑ "Issco agrees to buy maker of Time Line". InfoWorld. October 13, 1986. p. 31.
  20. ↑ "Breakthrough to Withdraw from Merge Plans with ISSCO". InfoWorld. December 15, 1986. p. 16.
  21. ↑ following what was reported as "frosty reception by users." "Issco Sigh of relief". ComputerWorld. March 2, 1987. p. 8.
  22. ↑ "Dave Lavery - Program Executive for Solar System Exploration (NASA)". February 1987. Proceedings of the 12th Annual ISSCO Users Group Meeting, Los Angeles California,. February 1987
  23. ↑ "About Peter and Peggy Preuss".
  24. ↑ Calvin Sims (June 2, 1987). "Software giants plan merger". The New York Times .
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