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- This file (README.NOW) contains supplemental information and/or corrections
- to the
- LS-1.00 Plus Scientific Calculator PROGRAM REFERENCE MANUAL.
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- D E S C R I P T I O N
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- The LS-1.00 Plus Scientific Calculator is a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident)
- program that, when "asleep" will use only 11K bytes of DOS memory (it would
- take 5 calculators loaded RAM resident to use as much memory as 1 SideKick).
- The program has three options for becoming RAM resident or, it can be loaded
- and run as any non-resident utility.
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- The calculator features three types of logarithms, trigometric functions,
- including inverse and hyperbolic functions, angle conversions, date math,
- time math, fixed decimals to 15 significant digits, a full statistical
- package that includes an array that will accept 500 numbers, three types of
- random numbers, automatic computations of standard deviations, permutations,
- combinations, printer output, disk file output, a user configurable look-up
- table, and it supports binary, octal, hexidecimal, and complex number math,
- among other features.
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- The LS-1.00 Plus Scientific Calculator will work with any number in the range
- of -1.79 x 10^308 to 1.79 x 10^308 (depending upon the number type).
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- F A S T E R P O P U P a n d P O P D O W N
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- When the calculator pops up and pops down, it opens and closes like a wallet.
- When closed, the calculator will hold it's screen image for approximately
- 2 1/2 seconds, displaying the copyright notice. You can speed this process
- up so that the calculator opens only once and closes only when it is removed
- from memory. To speed it up, you must register the program. In other words,
- if you find this program useful and are using it but, you are irritated by
- the delay during opening and closing of the calculator - then you should
- consider registering it.
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- B U T T O N S v s K E Y S
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- The calculator contains 72 "buttons". Your computer's keyboard contains
- "keys". They are not one and the same. For example, the "End" button will
- remove the calculator from memory. The "End" key will send the highlight to
- the right-most button of the calculator. To actuate the "End" button and
- remove the calculator from memory, first highlight the "End" button then press
- the spacebar (mouse users simply send the mouse cursor to this button and
- click either the right or left mouse buttons).
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- It cannot be stressed enough. The Enter key and the spacebar key are not one
- and the same and perform two very different functions. The Enter key will
- actuate only the equal key - nothing else. The spacebar key will actuate any
- button that has been highlighted. To actuate a highlighted button, use your
- spacebar key. As you become used to this, you will appreciate this design
- and the operational speed it affords you.
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- M O U S E U S E R S
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- The LS-1.00 Plus Scientific Calculator has been programmed to work with any
- mouse that is 100% Microsoft mouse compatable. A suprising number of mouse
- products are not 100% compatable. If your mouse is NOT 100% Microsoft mouse
- compatable then several, undesirable effects may result from it's use. Even
- users of the Microsoft mouse may experience problems if they are using older
- versions of the mouse driver. Problems you may encounter are:
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- You may see ghost, mouse cursors when the calculator is popped up then
- popped down over an application in which the mouse is active. This is
- not a critical problem - just unsightly.
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- You may experience a keyboard lockup if you move the mouse cursor while
- the calculator is opening or closing. This would require that you re-
- boot your computer. If your mouse is not 100% compatable to the Micro-
- soft mouse, then don't move it while the calculator is opening or while
- it is closing.
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- You may discover that your mouse cursor never appears. This is not a
- critical problem.
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- Many non-Microsoft mouses can work perfectly with the LS-1.00 Plus Scientific
- Calculator when installed with the Microsoft MOUSE.COM driver. The LS-1.00
- Plus Scientific Calculator includes the latest version of the Microsoft
- MOUSE.COM mouse driver (version 6.25). Users of the true, Microsoft mouse
- will definitely benefit by installing MOUSE.COM, supplied with this program.
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- MOUSE.COM (c) Copyright
- Microsoft corporation
- 1989, 1988, 1987
- All Right Reserved
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- A B O U T T H E M A N U A L
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- It is HIGHLY recommended that you print the accompanying PROGRAM REFERENCE
- MANUAL (LSRGCALC.DOC). This manual contains many useful tips to quickly
- make you proficient with your calculator, whether your computer system has
- a mouse installed or not. The manual also contains a wealth of information
- concerning Laws of Mathematics, Cosines, Logarithms, etc., and, it explains
- some of the calculator features that are not found in any other calculator.
- Read the manual from start to end, you'll be glad you did.
-
- The PROGRAM REFERENCE MANUAL contains many symbols found in the extended
- ASCII character set (ASCII 127 to ASCII 255). If your printer is capable
- of emulating an IBM printer's character set 2, then you should have no
- trouble printing the manual. If you are unsure whether your printer can
- print the ASCII extended character set, have your printer print the ASCII
- test file called, ASCII.TST. If this one page file prints ok, then proceed
- with printing the manual. If the test file prints but, replaces the ASCII
- characters with other characters, you can still print the manual but some of
- it's meaning may be lost. If all else fails, pre-printed manuals are
- available with the registration of this program.
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- P R I N T I N G
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- To test your printer, at the DOS prompt, type the command:
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- PRINT ASCII.TST > PRN
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- To print the manual, have 44 sheets of paper ready and, at the DOS prompt,
- type the command:
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- PRINT LSRGCALC.DOC > PRN
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- L O A D I N G T H E C A L C U L A T O R
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- If you wish to immediately see what the calculator looks like on your monitor,
- at the DOS prompt, type the command:
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- LSRGCALC
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- You can make the calculator RAM resident with the following commands:
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- LSRGCALC EMS Uses LIM EMS 4.0 or compatible
- LSRGCALC DISK Uses disk swapping technology
- LSRGCALC DOS Becomes resident in DOS
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