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Information about “QUICK CALCULATORS”
Get four memory-resident calculators for the price of one with QUICK
CALCULATORS: a powerful algebraic calculator, a programmer's
calculator, a scientific calculator, and a financial calculator! Get
them all in one program in as little as 10K of RAM with programmable
hot keys.
The programmer's calculator allows you to enter values in either
binary, octal, decimal, or hex formats and automatically convert these
values to the other number systems.
The scientific calculator has access to 31 functions such as inverse
tangent, hyperbolic cosine and sine of an angle.
All of the calculators have on-line help and a scrolling tape that can
hold up to 500 entries, which can be saved when you exit the program.
FILE2244.TXT
Disk No: 2244
Disk Title: QUICK Calculators
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: Quick Calculators
Author Version: 1.0
Author Registration: $19.95
Special Requirements: Hard drive recommended.
QUICK CALCULATORS has full featured algebraic calculator, a
programmer's calculator, a scientific calculator, and a financial
calculator, all in one memory resident program which can be made to
occupy as little as 10K of RAM and has programmable hot keys !
The programmer's calculator allows you to enter values in either binary,
octal, decimal, or hex formats, and automatically converts these values
to the other number systems.
Using the scientific calculator you have access to 31 functions ,
including; inverse tanget, hyperbolic cosine, sine of an angle, and many
more.
All the calculators on-line help, and a scrolling tape that can hold up
to 500 entries that can be saved when you exit the program.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ To print the documentation, type: COPY QCALC.DOC PRN (press enter) ║
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║ To start the program, type: QCALC (press enter) ║
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║ To make the program memory resident, type: QCALC /M ║
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║ Copyright 1990, PC-SIG, Inc. ║
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QCALC.DOC
QUICK Calculators version 1.0
Users Guide
(C)Copyright Phil Faircloth Software, 1989, 1990
All rights reserved
PHIL FAIRCLOTH SOFTWARE
1416 Caracara
New Bern, NC 28560
Page 1
INTRODUCTION
QUICK Calculators are four memory resident calculators in one program.
There is an algebraic calculator, financial calculator, prograammer's
calculator and a scientific calculator.
Here are some of the features of QUICK Calculators:
- Program defaults to disk swapping so that only 10K of the program
remains resident in memory, but allows you to make the entire program
memory resident.
- Allows you to choose your own HOT KEY to pop up the program.
ALGEBRAIC Calculator features:
- Memory resident 4 function calculator (add, subtract, multiply and
divide).
- Memory Store, Memory Clear, Memory Recall and Add, Subtract,
Multiply and Divide to memory.
- Scrolling TAPE feature which holds up to 500 entries and allows
you to send contents to the printer.
- Make number negative feature
- Percentage key
- Clear last entry key
- Edit Calculator Colors
- Help Screens
- Move calculator location
PROGRAMMER's Calculator features:
- Enter values in either DECIMAL, BINARY, HEXADECIMAL, or OCTAL
- When you enter in your values under one of the above numbering
systems, values are automatically converted to the other 3
numbering systems when you press the ENTER key.
- Help Screens
- Move calculator location
- Change calculator colors.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
QUICK Calculators runs on an IBM PC or compatible system with the
following minimum configuration:
- 192K of memory
- MSDOS or PCDOS operating system (DOS 2.0+)
For disk swapping feature you need (DOS 3.0+)
- A monochrome or color computer monitor with 80 column display.
Graphics boards are not necessary.
- A hard disk drive is recommended.
Page 2
INSTALLING QUICK Calculators
First, make a backup copy of QUICK Calculators on another floppy disk.
Insert QUICK Calculators disk in drive A
If using a hard disk, you may want to create a separate
directory for QUICK Calculators type:
md c:\quick
cd c:\quick
copy a:\*.* c:\quick
or just place QUICK Calculators in the root directory.
cd c:\
copy a:\*.* c:\
RUNNING QUICK Calculators
Change to the directory that contains QUICK Calculators and type
qcalc.exe
You may specify options on the command line that allow you to
configure QUICK Calculators differently but the above entry will
install QUICK Calculators using it's default configuration.
Page 3
DEFAULT CONFIGURATION OF QUICK Calculators
HOT KEY (key combination which calls QUICK Calculators)
ALT CTRL C keys (hold down the ALT and CTRL keys and press C)
DISK SWAPPING
By default QUICK Calculators leaves a 10K kernel of the program
in memory and the rest of the program is stored on the disk. This
is a great thing if you are hard pressed for memory! There is a
very slight time delay when swapping the rest of QUICK Calculators
into memory, but you will hardly notice it at all. Trust me, this
is the best way to go!
You will need DOS 3.0 or greater installed on your machine for disk
swapping to work. Also, if DOS is busy when you use the HOT KEY
combination, the program will wait for 2 seconds to see if the DOS
busy flag clears. If it does not clear, the program will "buzz" the
speaker and won't pop up the program.
There will also be two files created in the directory where QCALC.EXE
is located. (QC00 & QC01) Do not erase these files! If you try to
pop up the program and these files have been altered or deleted, you
get the following error message:
"Error during swap with expanded memory or disk file."
Also make sure that there is at least 314K of free disk space on your
disk since both QC00 & QC01 are 157K each. If not, you will not
be able to install QUICK Calculators and some systems have needed
to be rebooted when this error occurs.
CHANGING HOT KEY COMBINATION
To change the HOT KEY combination enter /@key on the command line
after QCALC.EXE.
COMMAND LINE HOT KEYS
i.e. QCALC.EXE /@B ALT CTRL B
QCALC.EXE /@X ALT CTRL X
QCALC.EXE ALT CTRL C (default keys)
Page 4
MAKING ALL OF QUICK Calculators MEMORY RESIDENT
To load all of the program into memory and not use disk swapping
enter /M on the command line after QCALC.EXE.
COMMAND LINE
i.e. QCALC.EXE /M
This will use occupy more memory than when disk swapping is
used, but it is faster than disk swapping.
SOME EXAMPLES
COMMAND LINE
QCALC.EXE HOT KEYS are ALT CTRL C & disk swapping is used.
QCALC.EXE /@H HOT KEYS are ALT CTRL H & disk swapping is used.
QCALC.EXE /@H/M HOT KEYS are ALT CTRL H & disk swapping is not used.
QCALC.EXE /M HOT KEYS are ALT CTRL C & disk swapping is not used.
You may prefer to install QUICK Calculators automatically each time the
computer is booted. To do this, insert the following command(s) in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT batch file.
qcalc.exe [options] or cd c:\quick
qcalc.exe [options]
(if qcalc is in root dir.) (if in quick sub-directory)
A message will be displayed announcing if QUICK Calculators was
successfully loaded into memory and which keys are the HOT KEYS.
Page 5
THE MAIN MENU
When the program is called, the main menu is displayed. To call
the calculator that you want, use the up and down arrow keys to
highlight the option and press ENTER or press the first letter of the
option.
F1-HELP
When this option is chosen, a help window will appear on the screen.
Use the pageup/down keys to scroll through the help pages. Pressing
the Esc key will close the help window and return you to the Main
Menu.
F2-COLORS
This option will allow you to change the foreground and background
colors for each calculator.
Use the left and right arrow keys to select the value for each color.
The TAB and SHIFT TAB keys will move you to each color. The Esc key
will exit this option and the changes will be automatically saved.
Color Values
0 Black 5 Magenta 10 Bright Green
1 Blue 6 Brown 11 Bright Cyan
2 Green 7 Light Gray 12 Bright Red
3 Cyan 8 Dark Gray 13 Bright Magenta
4 Red 9 Bright Blue 14 Yellow
15 White
* Background colors can have values of 0 through 7 only.
ESC
This option will exit you from QUICK Calculators and return you to
where you were when you called the program.
Page 6
USING THE ALGEBRAIC Calculator
Use the algebraic calculator the same way that you would use a normal
calculator.
KEYS
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0-9 . enter a numerical value using the numerical keys and the
period for a decimal place.
BACK deletes the last digit entered.
SPACE
D number pressing the D key and then a number, specifies the number
of decimal places for the calculator to use.
Default is D 2 (two decimal places)
+ Add
- Subtract
/ Divide
* Multiply
= Total or equal
L Clear last entry
C Clear calculator
% Calculate Percent
M then S Store number to memory
M then + Add number to memory
M then - Subtract number from memory
M then / Divide memory by number
M then * Multiply memory by number
M then R Recall number from memory
M then C Clear memory
You can scroll through the tape with the arrow, pageup/down, home and
end keys.
The Esc key will return you to the Main Menu.
Page 7
USING the ALGEBRAIC COMMAND BAR
This is the top line on the screen and contains the following options:
F1-Help
Erase
Print
Move
Quit
If you want to select one of the options on the command
bar, you must press the F10 or SPACE BAR key to highlight the
command bar. Now, use (the right or left arrow keys to highlight one
of the options and then press ENTER) or (type the first capitalized
letter in the option name).
To exit the command bar and return to the algebraic calculator, press
the F10, SPACE BAR or ESC key.
Pressing the F1 key will automatically exit you from the algebraic
calculator, put you on the command bar and also call the help screen
routine.
F1-HELP
When this option is chosen, a help window will appear on the screen.
Use the pageup/down keys to scroll through the help pages. Pressing
the Esc key will close the help window and return you to the command
bar.
ERASE
This option will erase the tape and clear the calculator at the same
time.
PRINT
This option will send the contents of the tape to the printer along
with the date and time. Make sure that your printer is on line
before executing this option.
MOVE CALCULATOR
When this option is chosen, use the arrow keys to position the
calculator on the screen. The up and down arrow keys allow you
to move the calculator up or down one line only. This is because
the tape adds to the height of the calculator.
Press the Esc key to exit this option and return to the command
bar. If you have made changes to the position of the calculator
the changes will be saved automatically when you exit this option.
QUIT
This option will exit you from the Algebraic Calculator and return
you to the Main Menu.
Page 8
USING the PROGRAMMER'S Calculator
After choosing the this option from the Main Menu you
are ready to use the Programmer's Calculator.
The up and down arrow keys allow you to select the numbering system
that you want to enter a value for. The current active numbering
system will be highlighted. There are 4 different numbering systems:
Symbols allowed
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DECIMAL 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
BINARY 0,1
HEXADECIMAL 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F
OCTAL 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Enter the value, using the allowed symbols above, for the highlighted
number system. When you have entered that value, press the ENTER key.
The calculator will show you the converted value for each of the other
three numbering systems.
The Esc key will return you to the Main Menu.
PROGRAMMER'S Calculator COMMAND BAR
The Programmer's Calculator has it's own command bar that has the
following options:
F1-Help
Move
Quit
If you want to select one of the options on the command bar
you must first press the F10 or SPACE BAR key to highlight the
command bar. Now, use the right or left arrow keys to highlight one
of the options and then press ENTER or type the first capitalized
letter in the option name.
To exit the command bar and return to the Programmer's Calculator,
press the F10, SPACE BAR or ESC key.
Pressing the F1 key will automatically exit you from the Programmer's
Calculator, put you on the command bar and also call the help screen
routine.
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F1-HELP
When this option is chosen, a help window will appear on the screen.
Use the pageup/down keys to scroll through the help pages. Pressing
the Esc key will close the help window and return you to the command
bar.
MOVE CALCULATOR
When this option is chosen, use the arrow keys to position the
calculator on the screen. Press the Esc key to exit this option
and return to the command bar. If you have made changes to the
position of the calculator the changes will be saved automatically
when you exit this option.
QUIT
The QUIT option will exit the programmer's calculator and display
the Main Menu.
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REMOVING QUICK Calculators FROM MEMORY
There is a program on the QUICK Calculators disk called REMOVE.COM.
To remove QUICK Calculators from memory you must execute this program
from the DOS prompt (not during a shell) by typing in the following:
REMOVE QCALC
After doing this, QUICK Calculators is no longer memory resident.
IMPORTANT! Before you remove QUICK Calculators you must first make
sure that this was the LAST memory resident program
that you have installed. If there is a an installed
memory resident program loaded after QUICK Calculators
and you try to remove QUICK Calculators from memory, you
will not be successful and could get strange results.
QUICK Calculators is "User Supported Software"
QUICK Calculators currently costs $19.95 plus $2.50 for shipping and
handling and may be purchased from PHIL FAIRCLOTH SOFTWARE
1416 Caracara
New Bern, NC 28560
Why purchase QUICK Calculators?
- You receive a CURRENT copy of the program.
- Notification of updates and upgrades.
- Notification of new products.
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README 2942 5-20-90 3:00p
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