Conversion Copyright (c) 1996 Tan Kok Mun
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This is the documentation for the unit Conversion programs in this package.

The sample conversion programs in this package are :
   - Conversion 1.1 - Temperature (TPRATURE.BAS)
   - Currency Exchange 2.0        (CURRENCY.BAS)
   - Conversion 1.1 - Length      (LENGTH.BAS  )
   - Conversion 1.1 - Weight      (WEIGHT.BAS  )
   - Conversion 2.0 - Volume      (VOLUME.BAS  )

1. History
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   25/11/96 - Code optimisation for Conversion Engine-1.
            - New conversion Engine-2. This allows up to 18 different
              units to be converted among each other. In comparison the
              Engine-1 only allows 9 different units. Engine-1 will be
              retain, because there are occasion where you only require
              9 units or less.

1. Introduction
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   The Conversion Engine enable you to create custom linear conversion from 
   one measurement unit to another. The exception in these case are for the
   Temperature conversion.

   
2. Run
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   To run the BASIC program, after you have selected cbasPad you will see a 
   summary of all the BASIC program that you can run. Select one of them and 
   press "EXEC" to run it.

   For example :
     # Conversion 1.1 - Length

   You will be presented with two columns, the left column indicates the
   unit of measurement, and the right shows the value that is equivalent
   to each other.

   For example :

                km 1.0
             meter 1000.0
                cm 100000.
     naut int mile 0.5399568
              mile 0.62137119
              yard 1093.613
              feet 3280.839
              inch 39370.0

   This shows that 1.0 km is equivalent to 0.62137119 mile, or 39370 inches.

   You can now change any of the value on the right, and press "OK". The
   other unit value will be calculated.

   For example, to find out what is 1.678 mile equals to, change the value
   field of "mile" to 1.678, and press "OK", you will than see the result
   similar to the following.

                km 2.7004792
             meter 2700.479
                cm 270047.
     naut int mile 1.4581421
              mile 1.678
              yard 2953.28
              feet 8859.84
              inch 106318.

   To Quit from the program, press "CANCEL". You will than end up in the
   BASIC editor, press "DONE" to get out of the BASIC editor.

   For Engine-2, which is used in "Currency Exchange 2.0" and 
   "Conversion 2.0 - Volume", pressing button <B> will show you screen 2
   and button <A> will show you screen 1.


3. Customisation
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   Both Conversion Engin-1 and Engine-2 can be customised to your own
   requirements.

   Let me know if you need to customised any of them.