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- # This file contains product information that can be used by
- # KingFisher 2.0 and other similar tools.
-
- .name
- ExCalc
- .type
- Utility
- .short
- A GUI/CLI compatible calculator with 52 digit exact numbers & equations.
- .description
-
- ExCalc is the first calculator available for any computer which provides
- calculations which can be accurate to over 50 digits! As well all decimals
- are represented exactly so you never loose pennies during a calculation. All
- this power is made more accessible through the choice of a GUI interface or
- command line entry of complete equations -- not just numbers. Any entered
- equation can be recalled just by clicking on a history window. You also have
- access to sixteen memory locations which can store any number.
-
- New features are:
- o On-line help facility via menu or Help key
- o MUCH faster window creation and calculator key creation
- o smaller ExCalc executable useable with V3.0 CanDo library
- o full WYSIWYG entry & history display of exponents and roots
-
- Other features:
- o AREXX interface to calculator functions
- o plotting capability of single-variable functions
- o automatic history logging of both equations and results
- o full scientific, transcendental, power, and logarithmic operations
- o programmer functions like and, or, shift, rotate, etc., on 172-bits!
- o scrolling history window of equations, memory, or results
- o choice of radian, degree, or gradian angle measurements
- o from 8 to 52 digits
- o numbers from -1E9999 to 1E9999
- o exact decimal number representation
- o convenience functions like square and cube roots, reciprocal, etc
- o storage of equations and memory as long as your computer is on
- o custom fonts with square root and cube root characters
- o complete calculator engine source code (in Oberon-2) is included
-
- Includes Oberon-2 source code, CLI and GUI binaries.
- .version
- 1.20
- .date
- 1995.10.07
- .author
- Michael Griebling
- .requirements
- Requires OS 2.0+
- .distribution
- Shareware
- .address
- 150 Clark Blvd., Suite One
- Brampton, Ontario
- Canada, L6T 4Y8
- .docs
- ExCalc.guide
- .described-by
- Michael Griebling (mgriebling@bix.com)
- .submittal
- Submitted via ftp directly by the author.
- .contents
- ExCalc ExCalc is the best GUI/CLI-based calculator for any computer.
- New features include on-line help, WYSIWYG root and exponents
- and MUCH faster calculator window and button creation. As
- well it has an AREXX interface and plotting capabilities.
- Calculations are accurate up to 52 digits with exact decimal
- fractions. Full scientific, transcendental, power, programmer,
- hyperbolic and logarithmic operations. Scrolling history window
- with semi-permanent memory & equation storage. Choice of many
- number formats and much more!
- Version 1.2, OS2.0+, shareware, Oberon-2 source, CLI/GUI binaries.
- Author: Michael Griebling
-