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- A Memory Resident Financial Calculator
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- (C) Copyright 1991,92 Insight Software Solutions
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- FINCALC Page 1
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- About Insight Software Solutions
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- Insight Software Solutions is located in Bountiful Utah. Please
- send any inquiries, questions, suggestions or comments to the
- following address:
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- INSIGHT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
- P.O. BOX 354
- BOUNTIFUL, UT 84011-0354
- Phone/Fax: (801) 295-1890
- Support BBS: (801) 963-8721 (Rocky Mountain Software BBS)
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- Disclaimer
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- Insight Software Solutions makes no warranties or representations
- of any kind, expressed or implied, including any implied
- warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular
- purpose. Insight Software Solutions shall not be liable for any
- errors contained herein or for any loss of profit or for
- incidental or consequential damages or for any other damages.
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- Program Overview
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- FINCALC is a Memory Resident (TSR) Financial Calculator. When not
- being used, FINCALC only takes about 6.5K of memory. It consists
- of 3 calculators. They are a four function calculator, a present
- value / future value / solve for missing value calculator and a
- loan / solve for missing value calculator.
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- The four function calculator allows one of the four basic math
- functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to be
- applied to two numbers. The resulting number becomes the first
- number of the next math operation.
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- The present value / future value calculator allows for seven
- inputs of which five can be solved for. The inputs are Deposit
- Mode, Compound Method, Present Value, Deposit Amount, Duration,
- Interest Rate and Future Value. The last five items can all be
- solved for.
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- The loan calculator allows for six inputs of which four can be
- solved for. The inputs are Payment Mode, Compound Method, Loan
- Principal, Payment Amount, Duration and Interest Rate. The last
- four items can be solved for.
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- Installation
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- FINCALC comes with an installation utility called INSTALL. It
- installs FINCALC onto a hard disk by copying the appropriate
- files. It also gives the option of having FINCALC loaded into
- memory each time you boot up your computer. To run the
- installation program, insert the FINCALC diskette into drive A:
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- and at the A> prompt, type INSTALL.
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- Loading FINCALC
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- FINCALC is loaded into memory by typing "FINCALC". A prompt
- appears telling you if the load into memory was successful or
- not. It also indicates what key sequence is required to active
- FINCALC.
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- FINCALC has several command line parameters which can be used at
- the time FINCALC is loaded into memory. Listed below are the
- available parameters and the function they perform.
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- /C1 This tells FINCALC that you wish to use the first
- alternate startup key sequence for the 4 function
- calculator only. It is <ALT><BACKSPACE>.
- /C2 This tells FINCALC that you wish to use the second
- alternate startup key sequence for the 4 function
- calculator only. It is <ALT><RIGHT-SHIFT>.
- /C3 This tells FINCALC that you wish to use the third
- alternate startup key sequence for the 4 function
- calculator only. It is <ALT><RIGHT-SHIFT><BACKSPACE>.
- /E This tells FINCALC not to use EMS memory when swapping
- itself out of memory.
- /F This forces the use of Monochrome Colors. This is
- useful for laptops.
- /M This tells FINCALC not to display the messages that
- occur when swapping in and out of memory occurs.
- /N This tells FINCALC to turn on the NumLock Key when it
- is called up. The status of the NumLock Key is returned
- to what it was before invoking FINCALC.
- /T1 This tells FINCALC that you wish to use the first
- alternate startup key sequence. It is <ALT><TAB>.
- /T2 This tells FINCALC that you wish to use the second
- alternate startup key sequence. It is
- <ALT><LEFT-SHIFT>.
- /T3 This tells FINCALC that you wish to use the third
- alternate startup key sequence. It is
- <ALT><LEFT-SHIFT><TAB>.
- /U This unloads FINCALC from memory.
- /? This displays the list of command line options for
- FINCALC.
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- Activating FINCALC
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- By default, FINCALC is activated by holding the <ALT> key down
- and pressing the letter "F" at the same time. If you want to use
- only the 4 function calculator, then by default, it is activated
- by holding the <ALT> key down and pressing the letter "C" at the
- same time. It is possible to use other key sequences to activate
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- FINCALC. These are possible by use of command line options. See
- Loading FINCALC above for more information.
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- Moving Around in FINCALC
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- When FINCALC is activated, a menu consisting of a list of choices
- appears. This list consists of the four function calculator and
- nine solve for values. One of the items will always be
- high-lighted. By using the arrow keys, you can highlight anyone
- of the items. Pressing the enter key activates the calculator
- for the highlighted item. To exit a calculator, press the <ESC>
- key and control returns to the menu. To exit FINCALC, press the
- <ESC> key while in the menu. It is possible to move around the
- financial calculators by use of the arrow keys and the return
- key.
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- Function Key Usage
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- Active function keys appear at the bottom of the FINCALC screen.
- After each function key is a brief description of what each key
- does. Function keys F1, F2 and F3 are always active. A brief
- description of what each key does follows:
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- F1 is a help key. When F1 is pressed, it toggles the help
- mode off or on. When the help mode is activated, a box
- below the calculator appears which give additional help on
- what you can do or what information is required for the
- field you are working on.
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- F2 is a solve for missing value key or a number of decimal
- places key. When in the financial calculators, you press the
- F2 key after you have entered all the other values you want.
- After pressing F2, the value is displayed up in the top box
- of the calculator. When in the 4 function calculator, it
- lets you change the number of decimal places to be used.
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- F3 is a registration screen. It shows how to register the
- product with INSIGHT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS and allows you to
- print a registration form.
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