Basic calculator!

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-03-93 (17:22)             Number: 375
From: MICHEL BERTLER               Refer#: NONE
  To: GEOFFREY LIU                  Recvd: NO  
Subj: Basic calculator!              Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
Hello Geoffrey!

I've found this old but still working basic calculator with arithmetic,
trig and log operation. Here it is in a Postit script:

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------ Example: To solve 8/2 you enter: 8 <CR> 2 (The operation must always be entered at last) The final result will reside in the first stack while the second, third and fourth are used for shifting values <cr> upward or <d> downward. So, entering 8 <cr> followed by 2 will make the display look as follows: use <CR> for enter * for multiplication / for division Q for square root 0.00000000000 S for sine 0.00000000000 C for cosine 0.00000000000 T for tangent 8.00000000000 E for e to the x N for log(e) x 2 L for log(10) x D to delete entry <Esc> to end program and pressing / 50 <=== This number appearing at the bottom/left corner of the screen is the scan code of any key beeing pressed. use <CR> for enter * for multiplication / for division Q for square root 0.00000000000 S for sine 0.00000000000 C for cosine 0.00000000000 T for tangent 4.00000000000 E for e to the x ö N for log(e) x L for log(10) x D to delete entry <Esc> to end program Michel --- GoldED * Origin: Blainville, Quebec (1:242/130)
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