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From: cloos@acsu.buffalo.edu (James H. Cloos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: (HP48SX) CONVERT Replacement, Standalone Version  (LONG)
Keywords: HP48SX, hp48sx, CNVRT, CONVERT
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Date: 5 Apr 91 23:44:47 GMT
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Please find enclosed  the standalone version of  my  replacement for the
buitlin CONVERT command. This is version A. I have included both ASC and
uuencoded   listings. A rplc style  srs  file will be  posted next week,
after I can  get  it into the SPARCstation here.  (I wrote this on paper
and hand compiled it.) It is Copyright (C) James H. Cloos, Jr. 1991, and
is covered by the provisions of  the GNU  General Public License. Please
refer to the  GPL for the preceise  restrictions; I have included a copy
at the end of this article.

You can use this  command anywhere you  would use CONVERT. Additionally,
either or both of  the  arguments may be a  list of unit objects, all of
which must  coexist dimentionally. An example of  such use will be  more
informative than a description, so.....

INPUT_STACKS			OUTPUT_STACKS
----------------------		----------------------
2: 		2.5_ft		2:
1:		  1_in		1:		 30_in
----------------------		----------------------
2:		2.5_ft		2:
1:	 { 1_ft 1_in }		1:	 { 2_ft 6_in }
----------------------		----------------------
2:	 { 2_ft 6_in }		2:
1:		  1_ft		1:		2.5_ft
----------------------		----------------------
2:{ 2_yd 1_ft 4.5_in }		2:
1:	 { 1_ft 1_in }		1:     { 7_ft 4.5_in }
----------------------		----------------------

Please note that as written, this program is 670 bytes long on the stack
(crc is #DBB1h, btw). The version that will be included in my soon to be
posted library of interesting and useful utilities  will be smaller as a
significant amount  of code is repeated  thrice in  this version. Please
also noe that the error messages are not nice

I hope that it is found to be useful.


========================---Start CNVRT.ASC---===========================

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50726627F6D6D6E20307247F6B76509545079470B2130A0E46173F0B21301BBD"

========================++++End CNVRT.ASC++++===========================


========================---Start CNVRT.UUE---===========================

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========================++++End CNVRT.UUE++++===========================


========================---Start  COPYING---============================

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	Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

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free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
terms.

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attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey
the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
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    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
when it starts in an interactive mode:

    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19xx name of author
    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.

The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the
appropriate parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the
commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show
c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your
program.

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
necessary.  Here a sample; alter the names:

  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
  program `Gnomovision' (a program to direct compilers to make passes
  at assemblers) written by James Hacker.

  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
  Ty Coon, President of Vice

That's all there is to it!

========================++++End  COPYING++++============================

-JimC
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