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- Scientific Command Line Calculator Q, ver 1.91
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- Distribution
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- This is a shareware. Please see below how to register.
- You may freely distribute the package as a whole provided no changes
- are made.
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- Features
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- Q.EXE is a command line calculator. That is, you type q and your
- expression and after the calculation is done, you are back at the DOS
- prompt. e.g. type q 1+2 to obtain 3.
- Command line calculator enables to use all DOS resources, and especially
- to use batch files.
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- Q.EXE plots graphs, solves equations, outputs tables of data, does
- statistics, reads and writes to files and printer. Q knows how to do
- bitwise (64 bits) and logical operations and to change bases (2-36).
- And of course it knows simple math like 1+1...
- Also, it includes predefined constants with state of the art precision.
- Results are displayed with up to 17 digits precision.
- The program includes many help screens.
- To get help type q or q ? and follow instructions.
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- The package comes with a tutorial batch file (tutor.bat).
- To run the tutorial type tutor.
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- Installation
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- The program works slowly from diskettes, therefore for good performance
- copy the files to a directory on your hard disk.
- For fastest long computations, include a line in your autoexec.bat
- to copy q.exe into a ram drive and include the ram drive in the path.
- The reason is that the program is NOT resident and it reloads every
- time you invoke it. The advantage is that it does not use your memory
- after the calculation is done.
- To display graphics, an EGA/VGA driver is included. if your screen
- is using a different format you should add an appropriate Borland C++
- BGI driver. The program looks for the BGI graphic driver in the current
- direcory or in \clc.
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- If you have a black and white screen, add SET Q=W to your autoexec.bat,
- this will indicate to the program to write only in black and white
- and improve your screen visibility.
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- If you run into any problem, please send a message to the author.
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- Files in this package: (clc191.zip)
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- * README.1st - this file.
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- * Q.EXE is the calculator (ver 1.91).
- This version will run on 286 or a higher processor.
- For graphics you need a VGA or EGA display. You may use other displays
- provided you place the right turbo c++ graphic driver in directory \clc
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- * EGAVGA.BGI Turbo C++ 3.5 (Borland) video driver.
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- * TUTOR.BAT is a tutorial batch file. Run it to see how Q.EXE works,
- then you may edit your own batch files to run complicated calculations.
- Q.EXE itself includes many help screens.
- During the tutorial session some outputs are written to text files
- having the extention *.q and may be deleted later.
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- * A.dat and B.dat are files used by tutor.bat
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- How to use q.exe
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- How to use the calculator is described in the help screens and the
- tutorial batch file. Here are some highlights.
- The program works as a command line. To do something you enter q and
- an expression separated with a space. e.g. q 1+2 will result in 3...
- If you type just q or q ? you will be referenced to a list of help
- screens.
- For example q ?u will display a getting started screen, q ?k is a
- reminder of all keywords etc.
- As a command line program q.exe may run from a batch file to perform
- sequence of related computations. The accompanying tutorial batch file
- (tutor.bat) is used in this way. You may edit it or write your own
- batch files or use script files (see the tutorial).
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- How to get help from the author
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- You may get help directly from the author in several ways.
- Send a message to:
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- Alex Lepek
- internet: 100264.565@copuserve.com
- compuserve: 100264,565
- Please describe your hardware and the version of the program.
- The version of the program is displayed when you enter "q" or "q ?r"
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- Registration
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- Finally, if you like the calculator and decide to keep it, your
- registration fee will be appreciated.
- For your convenience this message is repeated when you enter q ?r when
- running the program.
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- Enjoy,
- The author.
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