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║ VPCalc - Variable Precision floating decimal calculator ║
║ Version 2.30, last revised: 1993-10-15, 1600 hours ║
║ Copyright (c) 1981-1993 by author: Harry J. Smith, ║
║ 19628 Via Monte Dr., Saratoga, CA 95070. All rights reserved. ║
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VPCalc is a calculator program with the following features:
Variable precision to thousands of decimal places
Transcendental functions
Hyperbolic functions
Greatest Common Divisor function
Boolean functions
Random number generator
Algebraic notation (not reverse polish)
If-then-else statement
Goto statement
Can run VPCalc code from file
Hot Help from F1 key
Written in Object-Oriented Turbo Pascal 5.5/6.0
Recommended by Dr. Clifford A. Pickover's in his books
COMPUTERS AND THE IMAGINATION page 380, and
MAZES FOR THE MIND pages 388 and 412.
File name | What it is for (Files on distribution disk)
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! . | Information on version
AutoExec.VPC | VPCalc startup commands file
B .VPC | VPCalc code file sets up a = -Big, b = Big, c = Small, d = -Small
B .VPN | Big constant, can be read by VPCalc I command
Code .VPC | VPCalc code file to test VPCalc's J command
Code2 .VPC | VPCalc code file to test VPCalc's J command
e .VPC | VPCalc code file, computes e to over 10000 decimal digits
e .VPN | Constant e, can be read by VPCalc I command
Echo .VPC | VPCalc code file to test Echo, Rem and Pause commands
Fac .VPC | VPCalc code file, tests code file processing by computing N!
FastFib .VPC | VPCalc code file, computes Fibonacci numbers using a fast formula
Go .Bat | Execute this if you forget all else
Ln10 .VPC | VPCalc code file, computes Ln(10) to over 10000 decimal digits
Ln10 .VPN | Constant Log base e of 10, required by VPCalc.Exe
Ln2 .VPN | Constant Log base e of 2, can be read by VPCalc I command
LogE .VPN | Constant Log base 10 of e, can be read by VPCalc I command
N! .VPC | VPCalc code file computes an approximation to N! for large N
Pi .VPN | Constant Pi to 10003 decimal places, required by VPCalc.Exe
READ-ME . | Information for legal ownership
Test .VPC | VPCalc code file, tests GoTo and GoUpTo label
VPCalc .Doc | Online documentation for VPCalc
VPCalc .Exe | Variable Precision floating decimal calculator
VPCalc .Ico | MS Windows icon for VPCalc
VPCalc .PIF | MS Windows PIF file for VPCalc
WhatFor . | This file, volume table of contents for the operational disk
WriteFac.Bat | DOS batch file to run WriteFac.VPC
WriteFac.VPC | VPCalc code file, tests the Write and WriteLn Procedures of
| VPCalc by printing a table of factorials
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