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 Virtual Calc 97    Features
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 THE MOST POWERFUL CALCULATOR IN THE WORLD!!!
 For Win 95.  The Win 95 calculator replacement.

 FREE DOWNLOAD! at http://www.edepot.com/phl.html

 Read this FAQ to the end.  It will shock you!!!

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Q: What is so special about Virtual Calc?
A: It supports infinite digits.  

Q: How many digits is infinite?
A: 2147483645 digits. 
   To give you an example of how BIG 10^2147483647 is...
   Number of books in Library of Congress: 10^8
   Number of people in the world: 10^9
   Number of particles (smaller than atoms) in universe: 10^79 
   
Q: Is that all that is special about Virtual Calc?
A: NO!, it also supports unconstrained bases.  YES! UNCONSTRAINED.
   That means you are no longer limited by the common bases
   (binary,octal,decimal,and hexadecimal).  Virtual Calc supports
   ANY!!! base from 2 on up.  (whole number increments of
   course)  Try base 3, 4, 5, 20, 30, 40, 50, or ANY base you 
   desire!  No limits!!

Q: Is that all that is special about Virtual Calc?
A: NO!, it also supports "decimal" point, "binary" 
   point, "hexadecimal" point, "octal" point, and
   ANY!! floating point from base 2 and up.  Did you 
   know that all the calculators in the world support 
   ONLY the decimal point?  Virtual Calc FREES you from 
   this constraint!  Calculate floating point numbers 
   in ANY base you choose!  2, 3, 4, 64, etc. NO constraints!

Q: Is that all that is special about Virtual Calc?
A: NO!, it also supports infix expressions.  Do you hate it when
   you are calculating a lot of numbers, and have to start
   over if you make a mistake?  With Virtual Calc, you can
   type the whole expression (77.632+(55/0.41)*333-2222.3+888
   -12345.67*(987+345)) BEFORE you calculate.  You can then go
   back and modify a few numbers, punch calculate to see the
   results instantly!  No retyping!

Q: Is that all that is special about Virtual Calc?
A: NO!, it also supports customizable symbols for ALL
   digits of ANY base, and ALL arithmitic operators!!
   Example, you can customize digits 1234567890 to 
   abcdefghij, and +-*/ to !@#$, or ANY symbols you desire.
   When you input abc!def, Virtual Calc will output egi.  
   (123+456=579)  Virtual Calc frees you from symbolic
   constraints!  

Q: Is that all that is special about Virtual Calc?
A: NO!, Virtual Calc is FAST!  So fast, it will shock
   you.  Try Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, Dividing
   100000+ digit numbers.  No kidding.  And it will get faster.
   Virtual Calc 97 is NOT optimized.  Future registered
   versions will get even faster (We are talking many
   times faster, not a few percents).

Q: Is that all that is special about Virtual Calc?
A: NO!, Virtual Calc is a GUI calculator!  It runs on
   Windows 95.  Fully 32-bit.  This is a Win95 calc.exe
   replacement.  Upgrade from the limited calculator in Win95!

Q: Is that all that is special about Virtual Calc?
A: NO!, it also supports file loading and saving, clipboard
   copying, and memory storages.  That means you can edit the
   numbers from any editor, and Virtual Calc can import it from
   the clipboard or file, or store it locally in memory.  It
   can also export it to your favorite editor by saving to a
   file or copying to the clipboard.  This is useful because
   Virtual Calc can handle HUGE numbers!!

Q: I'm excited!  I want to download it!!!
A: HERE IS THE HOME WEBSITE:  http://www.edepot.com/phl.html
   The latest version can be downloaded from there.
   Do it now!!

Q: Why is this calculator so great?
A: The calculator uses state of the art algorithms
   created from scratch.  (It had to be, no other calculator
   supports unconstrained bases and floating point, and ALSO
   supports infix expressions and infinite digits!)

Q: Who can use this calculator?
A: Virtual Calc is useful to many people in different areas.
   Because it supports INFINITE precision, unconstrained 
   ARBITRARY base, infix EXPRESSIONS calculator,
   FLOATING point, and GUI calculations, there are many uses
   for it.  Example:

   Students, scientists:
   You are adding numbers together, and the numbers use 
   more than 8 or 10 digits.  You could either enter it by 
   hand, or use Virtual Calc 97.   Other infinite precision 
   calculators require that you use them on unix derived 
   editors like emacs (Forcing you to memorize obscure keyboard
   combinations phrases in order to use them).  Virtual Calc 97 
   is a user friendly graphics user interface (GUI) calculator.
   Edit, calculate, save your calculations like a regular 
   WhatYouSeeIsWhatYouGet(WYSIWYG) editor.  

   Laymen, tax preparers, grocery shoppers, etc:
   Use Virtual Calc for infix expressions...
   (123+345+567+678+234+456+678+(56*2)+345.45+45)

   What if you enter this in a regular calculator and made a 
   mistake at the middle somewhere?  You would have to enter the 
   whole thing.  Virtual Calc 97 lets you enter the whole 
   expression.  If you make a mistake, just change the wrong 
   number like any text editor.  No need to reenter the whole 
   sequence of numbers that you need to calculate.


   Mathematicians, researchers:  Probe numbers in different 
   bases...  Base 3, base 20, base 50, base 100, any base.

   This calculator can be used to explore dimensions that are
   hard to do based on our decimal base number system.


   Cryptographers:
   The calculator can be used in cryptography engines that
   use bases other than 10 for number generation.  This would 
   make it harder to crack, because most decryption algorithms
   assumes base 10.  Also, in order to find greater number of 
   prime numbers, the numbers get increasingly large.  A 
   calculator that supports big numbers are needed.  It is 
   also needed if you want to model and view primes in 
   different bases.

Q: What is the download site again?
A: Virtual Calc 97 can be downloaded from the homesite:
   http://www.edepot.com/phl.html

   Or direct ftp sites:
   WUArchive
   ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/WINDOWS_UPLOADS/WIN95/vcalc97.zip

   edepot
   ftp://edepot.com/uploads/vcalc97.zip

   Simtel.Net
   ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/win95/calc/vcalc97.zip

   Winsite
   ftp://ftp.winsite.com/winsite/pc/win95/desktop/vcalc97.zip

   Coast.net
   ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win95/calc/vcalc97.zip


Q: How can I reach the author?
A: phlin@ix.netcom.com