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Readersoft/Converter/!Converter/!Help
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| Filename: | Readersoft/Converter/!Converter/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 04CC bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Desktop Converter
By Thomas Baldwin
February 1995
See the manual in the 'What-To-Do' directory for more information or load
!Help.
Desktop Converter should be run from an unprotected disc if you wish to
save any changes made via the options window.
Acknowledgement:
Program developed with routines written by A.P.Senior as provided with the
book BASIC Wimp Programming published by Dabs Press.
Disclaimer & Notes on Accuracy
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that all data in this application
is accurate it should not be taken for granted that a conversion is correct,
especially in important situations. I shall not be held responsible for the
outcome of the use of any data obtained through the use of this software nor
any information contained in the accompanying documentation.
The level of accuracy varies from one conversion to another, and whilst a
result may seem very accurate it is probably accurate only to a few
significant figures. There is really no avoiding this, but results should at
least be accurate to 3 significant figures. If you have a suitable
spreadsheet then you could perhaps use it to reduce the number of significant
figures shown in the data.
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If you h| 00000450 61 76 65 20 61 20 73 75 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 0a |ave a suitable .| 00000460 73 70 72 65 61 64 73 68 65 65 74 20 74 68 65 6e |spreadsheet then| 00000470 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 70 65 72 68 61 | you could perha| 00000480 70 73 20 75 73 65 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 72 65 64 |ps use it to red| 00000490 75 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f |uce the number o| 000004a0 66 20 73 69 67 6e 69 66 69 63 61 6e 74 0a 66 69 |f significant.fi| 000004b0 67 75 72 65 73 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 |gures shown in t| 000004c0 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 2e 20 20 20 0a |he data. .| 000004cc
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