THE RETIRE PROGRAM IS A RETIREMENT PLANNING TOOL.

         To run the program, type: RETIRE (press enter) 
         
         To read the documentation, type: DOC (press enter)

         After personal data has been entered and suitable analysis reports 
have been obtained on the monitor, the PRINTOUT program may be used to obtain 
hardcopy yearly detail reports on the option of your choice. type: PRINTOUT 
(press enter)

         Files required on disk are tax schedules MARTAX.SCH SINTAX.SCH 
10YRTAX.SCH and an actuarial file named ACTTAB.DAT. 

         Personal data is stored in files PERDAT.DAT and PERSTR.DAT which are 
initialized at first program use. 

         Besides knowledge of his personal assets the user is expected to have 
a list of the pension plan options offered by his employer and a projection of 
the monthly payments that each plan would offer at retirement. 
Incomplete data entry will cause errors in the integrated analysis. A token
amount must be entered for at least one pension option to obtain results.
Do not start calculations with a zero (0) inflation factor.