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- Short: V1.21 convert numbers (roman also)
- Uploader: stoecker@amigaworld.com (Dirk Stoecker)
- Author: stoecker@amigaworld.com (Dirk Stoecker)
- Type: util/conv
- Version: 1.21
- Kurz: Konvertiert Zahlen (auch roemisch)
-
- This program can convert numbers between decimal, hexadecimal, octal,
- binary and roman number format. Additionally also ASCII chars are printed,
- so ASCII to dec/hex and reverse is also possible. It supports negative
- numbers for input as well. It displays ten number conversions together.
-
- You have buttons, menus and mx radio buttons to select the wanted input
- type. (A=ASCII, B=Binary, D=Decimal, H=Hexadecimal, O=Octal, R=Roman).
- For CLI start you have same characters as keywords. Multiple inputs are
- allowed for CLI start.
-
- To enter more than one number in one pass, you need to sperate the numbers
- by a | (123|454 enters both 123 and 454). More than 10 inputs are useless,
- as ConvertNum only shows ten lines.
-
- ConvertNum also prints a negative form for decimal numbers. USE THIS WITH
- CARE. The results are useful only for real negative numbers! For computer
- variables the negative numbers are marked by setting their first bit to 1.
- But because the first bit may be the 8th, 16th or 32nd, it is not easily
- possible to find the negative number. ConvertNum takes the first bit it
- finds as negative marker. For positive numbers the output is useless
- thus. :-)
-
- Roman numbers are read in any possible format, but printed in shortest
- format always. So an input numbers needs not to be printed as same in
- output (XIIII is printed as XIV). Roman numbers cannot exceed 3888, as only
- 3 chararcters are allowed and M (=1000) is the highest. ConvertNum prints
- roman number part below 3888 and adds a decimal number before that showing
- number of missing M's.
- So 3³MMMC means decimal 6100, which may be written as MMMMMMC.
-
- Disadvantages:
- - it wont run on NTSC HiRes, as it needs at least 234 pixels window height
- - it always uses Topaz8-Font
-
- Please contact me:
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