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- The following information is from the Table of Contents of OPT312.HLP,
- the Application File included with the OPT312.ZIP package. It
- summarizes topics used to demonstrate the versatile
- spreadsheet/calculator program AstroFormulaCalculator 3. This
- application file is read by the program. Follow the instructions at
- the end of this file to get started.
-
- ┌─────────────────────────┐
- │╒════════════════════════╧╕
- ││ Application File ├─────────────────────────────────────
- ││ └──────────────────────────────────────
- ││
- ││ Interactive Problem Solving in
- ││
- ││ GEOMETRICAL OPTICS
- ││
- ││ Using AstroFormulaCalculator 3
- ││
- ││ Application File Version 3.12 03-01-1994
- │
- by P. DuBois Murphy, Ph.D.
-
- (c) Copyright 1981, 1994 PC SuperComputer Capital, Inc.
-
- All rights reserved.
-
- ╒══════════╕
- │ CONTENTS └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- 0.00 Table of Contents
-
- SECTION TITLE PAGE│LINE
-
- 0.00 ... Table of Contents ................................... 1 29
- 1.00 ... Introduction ........................................ 2 85
- 2.00 ... An Introduction to Calculations Using ............... 4 148
- AstroFormCalc 3.
- 3.00 ... Electromagnetic Radiation: The IR Source ............ 6 264
- (Blackbody)
- 4.00 ... Circumference of an Ellipse: Calculation by ......... 7 315
- Series and Integration
- 5.00 ... Behavior of the Aspherical Refraction Surface ....... 9 369
- (Cartesian Ovoid).
- 6.00 ... Behavior of the Spherical Refraction Surface ........ 9 394
- (Paraxial Rays).
- 7.00 ... Thin Lenses, Lensmaker's Formula, Gaussian ......... 11 461
- Formula and Newtonian Formula.
- 8.00 ... Thin lenses, Focal Planes and Lateral or ........... 13 553
- Transverse Magnification.
- 9.00 ... Compound Thins Lenses, Effective Focal Lengths ..... 14 622
- and Dioptric Power.
- 10.0 ... Thick Lenses, Principal Planes and the Paraxial .... 15 658
- Approximation.
- 11.0 ... Compound Thick Lenses, Principal Planes and ........ 15 684
- Effective Focal Lengths.
- 12.0 ... Reflections from Planar, Aspherical and ............ 16 719
- Spherical Mirrors.
- 13.0 ... Finding Best Values of Transistor Parameters ....... 18 783
- from Experimental Data by Nonlinear Least
- Squares.
- 14.0 ... Shooting a Marble into a Moving Ferris Wheel ....... 23 1023
- Car: Solution of Simultaneous Nonlinear
- equations
- 15.0 ... Resource Allocation in an Instrument Company: ...... 28 1280
- Solving Simultaneous Linear equations
- 16.0 ... Glossary of Terms .................................. 32 1460
- 17.0 ... Product License and Warranty. ...................... 33 1496
- 18.0 ... User Support. ...................................... 34 1562
- 19.0 ... Product Information and How to Order Complete ...... 35 1582
- Package.
- 20.0 ... Software Included in Astro 3 Registration .......... 37 1672
- 21.0 ... Order/Registration Form ............................ 39 1757
- 22.0 ... Instructions for Manually Installing Package. ...... 40 1822
- 23.0 ... Interested in Becoming the Author of Your Own ...... 41 1861
- Interactive Application File?
- 24.0 ... Help File: Summary of File Viewing Commands ........ 41 1882
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Shareware Policy
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- This file contains information for anyone who uses OPT312.ZIP. PCSCC,
- Inc. will follow the published guidelines of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals and will attempt to maintain its policies and
- documentation consistent with their guidelines. Published guidelines
- of the Association of Shareware Professionals will take precedent over
- any current policies or documentation.
-
- Shareware is "Try-Before-You-Buy" software, it is not free. We urge
- all parties who distribute Shareware to help educate the public about
- the true nature of Shareware distribution. Information on registering
- can be found in the file REGISTER.DOC which is part of this package
- (OPT312.ZIP)
-
- Information on distribution of the OPT312.ZIP package can be found in
- the file VENDOR.DOC which is part of this package.
-
- Detailed information on licensing policies is found in the file
- LICENSE.DOC which is part of this package.
-
- A discussion of ASTRO 3 software products can be found in the file
- ABOUT_IT.DOC which is part of this package.
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Product Description for AstroFormulaCalculator 3
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- AstroFormulaCalculator 3 Product Description 10-1-1993
-
- AstroFormCalc 3 is a unique and innovative mathematics tool
- which offers productivity enhancements not found in any other
- software package either retail or shareware. This hands-on
- program combines the functions of both a spreadsheet and
- calculator; but it is better. Why? Because it is right
- between the two: Easier than a spreadsheet and more powerful
- than a calculator. With its special format-free interface,
- formula or equation-based iterations are much easier to set up
- than in a spreadsheet. It is designed to be "smarter" which
- makes it very user-friendly for Professionals of all levels,
- especially for the infrequent or "computer-shy" user.
- AstroFormCalc 3 should be your choice when the results of
- calculations are most important, not the math!
-
- Broad applications exist in many disciplines where calculations
- with formulas, equations or other math recipes are required
- such as in Economics, Genetics, Chemistry, Electrical
- Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics &
- Hydraulics, Finance, Physics, Statistics and even Nursing.
- Features include:
-
- ■ DOS or Windows as non-Windows application. Runs on all PC
- compatibles. DOS 2.1+, Monochrome display, <256K RAM, floppy
- or disk.
-
- ■ DOS command line support for any direct calculation such as
- addition, multiplication, subtraction and division.
-
- ■ Format-free entry of up to 63 equations with at least 256
- independent variables and 256 constants. Smart and
- "hassle-free" interpreter.
-
- ■ Equations and formulas are written according to the BASIC
- conventions. Versatile library of built-in functions.
-
- ■ Advanced calculator functions including many automated
- numerical methods such as:
-
- ∙ Newton-Raphson for solving x in y=f(x)
- ∙ Advanced simplex for solving x at W=Y=Z... in W=f(x), Y=g(x),
- Z=h(x)...
- ∙ Numerical integration (two methods)
- ∙ Numerical differentiation
- ∙ Finding maxima and minima
- . Summation on integer index
- ∙ Plotting equations
- ∙ Saving/retrieving data files with full file management
- support
- ∙ Screen dumps as DOS text files for inclusion in documents
-
- ■ Highly-structured documentation, on-line with Table of
- Contents, Glossary and search function. Help file
- is interactive with program.
-
- ∙ On-line helpfile. Comprehensive summary of
- commands/functions with step-by-step examples on uses of all
- advanced functions.
- ∙ On-line user manual. A "learn by example" document which
- illustrates the universal nature of problem-solving with many
- step-by-step examples from Science, Engineering and Finance.
-
- ■ Full support for ACTION21 and ACTION11 data sets.
-
- ■ Comments from users:
-
- ∙ "... calculate circuit board drilling and routing speeds...easy to
- use, versatile and powerful with good documentation."
- J. L. New York
- ∙ "...used the integration capability to determine defect density...do
- not have any tool (either PC or host based) that does for me what
- ...(AstroFormCalc 3)...does."
- J. R. Virginia
- ∙ "...for Electrical Engineering practice it is better than a
- spreadsheet and a calculator..."
- C. B. Florida
- ∙ "...used to do frequency spectrum work and calculations on circuits,
- ...of real value and a productivity tool."
- E. S. California
- ∙ "...one of a handful of scarcely available packages...in the types
- of numeric problems they solve."
- W. C. Chile
-
- This productivity-enhancing tool has been developed by the team at PC
- SuperComputer Capital, Inc. Order the complete version of
- AstroFormulaCalculator 3 today!
-
- PCSCC, Inc. Dept. OPTC
- P. O. Box 173
- Botsford, CT 06404 USA
-
- Support ONLY, Call 1-203-270-9079
-
- [November 1993] Prices subject to change without notice.
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Support and Arbitration Policies
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- The author will remedy the deficiencies of the program in accordance
- with the published guidelines of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals <ASP>. The Support and Arbitration Policies can be found
- in the on-line help file ACAL3HLP.HLP which is accessed from the
- program ACAL3.EXE by the (F1) key.
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Manually Installing Instructions
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- The following are minimal instructions for manually installing
- AstroFormulaCalculator 3.
-
- ■ Minimum distribution files: README.1ST, ACAL3.ICO, ACAL3.EXE,
- ACAL3HLP.HLP, OPT312.HLP and *.EQU files. These files may be
- distributed in compressed formats such as OPT312.ZIP.
-
- ■ Create a DOS directory named ASTRO3 and change to it:
-
- cd\ (enter) md\astro3 (enter) cd \astro3 (enter)
-
- ■ Copy distribution file(s) into this directory.
-
- ■ If necessary, decompress OPT312.ZIP as follows:
-
- pkunzip OPT312 (enter)
-
- ■ Add these statements to AUTOEXEC.BAT in the base directory:
-
- ∙ SET ASTRO3=C:\ASTRO3
- ∙ append to existing PATH statement ;C:\ASTRO3;
- · reboot the computer (ctrl alt del).
-
- ■ Running Under Windows as a Non-Windows Application
-
- Follow the installation instructions and install on the hard drive C.
- Start WINDOWS (tm, MicroSoft). Click on FILE then click on PROPERTIES.
- Enter the following information for each of the fields. Description:
- AstroFormCalc 3, Command: ACAL3.EXE, Working Directory: \ASTRO3.
- Click on CHANGE ICON. Enter Filename: C:\astro3\acal3.ico. Click on
- OK to exit and click on OK to exit FILE. The AstroFormCalc 3 icon
- should appear in the accessory window. Click on it to run ACAL3. At
- "Get file" prompt type YES (enter) and at filename prompt type (end
- esc) OPT312.HLP (enter).
-
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Running AstroFormulaCalculator 3
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ■ To begin with the 'Optics' application file, type:
-
- cd\astro3 (enter) demo (enter) or OPT312 (enter)
-
- ■ To start from DOS with any Application Manual (ends in .HLP) like
- OPT312.HLP, enter DOS commands:
-
- cd\astro3 (enter) acal3 OPT312.HLP (enter)
-
- ■ To start from DOS with the ACAL3 on-line helpfile, enter DOS
- commands:
-
- cd\astro3 (enter) acal3 ? (enter)
-
- ■ To start from DOS with a listing of *.equ files in directory \ASTRO3,
- enter DOS commands:
-
- cd\astro3 (enter) acal3 \astro3 (enter)
-
- ■ To start from DOS with a formula like y=m*x+b, enter DOS commands:
-
- cd\astro3 (enter) acal3 y=m*x+b (enter)
-
- ■ To start from DOS with a one-shot calculation, enter DOS commands:
-
- cd\astro3 (enter) acal3 55.72+16.34+21.32-48.45 (enter)
-