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  1. When entering inches or links into DEEDPLT, use the "/" as a separator.  It is
  2. right there on your numeric keypad.  <SHOOT_EM>.  This also means that things
  3. like 3/4 for three quarters (0.75) are illegal.  You can't have it all.
  4.  
  5. Fractional distances in feet or yards may be output as decimal or inches.
  6. Fractional distances in chains or poles may be output as decimal or links.
  7.  
  8. The following table shows equivalent lengths in various distance units.
  9.  
  10. Feet     Metres      Poles    Ropes    Gunter's    Vara     Yard
  11. /inches              /links            Chains      (New     /inches
  12.                                        /links      Mexico)
  13.  
  14. 1        0.3048      0.060606 0.05     0.015152    0.36464  0.33333
  15.              0/1.515           0/1.515              0/12
  16.  
  17. 3.28083  1           0.19884  0.16404  0.049710    1.19633  1.0936
  18. 3/3.37               0/4.971           0/4.971              1/3.37
  19.  
  20. 16.5     5.0292      1        0.825    0.25        6.0166   5.5
  21. 16/6                                   0/25                 5/18
  22.  
  23.  20       6.0960      1.2121   1        0.30303     7.2928   6.6667
  24.                      1/5               0/30                 6/24
  25.  
  26. Feet     Metres      Poles    Ropes    Gunter's    Vara     Yard
  27. /inches              /links            Chains      (NM)     /inches
  28.                                        /links
  29.  
  30. 66       20.117      4        3.3      1           24.066   22
  31.  
  32. 2.7424   0.83589     0.16621  0.13712  0.041552    1        0.91414
  33. 2/8.91               0/4.155           0/4.15               0/32.91
  34.  
  35. 3        0.91440     0.18182  0.15     0.045455    1.0939   1
  36.              0/4.5455          0/4.5455
  37.  
  38. La vara is 2.78 (variable) in Texas, 2.75 in Missouri.
  39.  
  40. Access to the entire text files is thru <CONTENTS>.
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