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*                          Base Calculator v1.5                          *
*                  Copyright (C) 1993-98, John Zaitseff                  *
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Welcome to the Base Calculator!  This application was specifically written
for computer programmers.  It provides an integer calculator with not only
the usual operations such as  addition and subtraction,  but also the most
common logical operations.  In addition,  Base Calculator understands that
computers represent integers using different bit sizes, and hence provides
8 bit,  16 bit and  32 bit  numbers,  both  signed and unsigned.   It  can
display these numbers in decimal, hexadecimal, binary or octal.


INSTALLATION
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Base Calculator is a fully  Windows 95/98/NT-compliant  program.  The Base
Calculator  executable  also  runs  under  Windows 3.11  with Win32s  (not
supplied).

To install this program, execute SETUP.EXE.   To remove this program,  use
Control Panel/Add Remove Programs under Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0.

The actual program files (after installation) are as follows:
        BASECALC.EXE   - Main application
        BASECALC.HLP   - Help file
        BASECALC.CNT   - Help file contents
	BASECALC.GID   - Help file contents (compiled)
        README.TXT     - This file
        LICENSE.TXT    - The text version of the License
	HISTORY.TXT    - Release history

As discussed in  LICENSE.TXT,  this program is distributed under the terms
of the  GNU  General Public License.   In particular,  this means that the
source  code  to this program is also distributed.   This  source code may
be installed as an option during SETUP, or obtained as a separate archive.

Please  feel free  to send  any  comments,  suggestions,  corrections  and
enhancements to:

Postal:   John Zaitseff,
          4 McCabe Close,
          Menai, NSW, 2234,
          Australia.

Email:    J.Zaitseff@unsw.edu.au
Web:      http://biosys12.ee.unsw.edu.au/personal/software/basecalc/
