Kennedy Calc

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

• CALC.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 219.0 KB

No need to put CALC.HLP, CALC.TXT, CALC.ICO: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 124.7 KB on a 1 MB disk.

1. Copy CALC.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

GETTING STARTED

To begin running the CALC program type the command:

                          <C> <A> <L> <C> <ENTER>


The entire screen can be considered to be divided into three distinct sections.
The very top line on the screen is what is called the Menu Bar.  The very
last line is called the Status Line.  The area of the screen between the Menu
Bar and the Status Line is called the Desktop, and it is within the Desktop
that your numbers will be displayed.  Each number is displayed in a separate
window that is surrounded by a border or what will be called the window frame.
The default configuration has 8 windows labeled as Stack T, Stack Z, Stack Y,
Stack X, Last X, Memory, Clipboard, and Status.  These windows are a working
model of a Hewlett-Packard calculator with a 4-level stack.  With a few
exceptions this model operates exactly as a normal Reverse Polish logic
calculator.  Each window can hold a number except the Status window.  The
purpose of the Status window is to display messages which report on the status
or mode of the calculator.


THE MAIN MENU BAR AND SELECTING SUBMENU ITEMS

Commands are always selected from items on the Menu Bar.  If you have a mouse
then you exercise each pull-down menu by clicking or selecting the text of the
menu titles.  If you do not have mouse you can use the ALT key together with
the highlighted letter of each menu item.  For example, pressing  Alt+M  will
cause the Mode menu item to display its list of contents.  Pressing  Alt+C
will show the items under the Calculate menu.

To further select an item under any menu (what is called a submenu item), use
the down arrow or up arrow keys to move the highlighting to the item you wish
to select and then press the ENTER key to execute the corresponding command.


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Literal excerpt from CALC.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.