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 BASECRUNCH VERSION 0.90 MANUAL
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WELCOME TO THE BASECRUNCH MANUAL
Written by Ryan Elisei and Bart Trzynadlowski

* For technical, legal, contact, and other miscellaneous info, refer to the
  README.TXT file.

Thank you for acquiring BaseCrunch v0.90! BaseCrunch converts numbers to
binary, hexadecimal, octadecimal, and back! This file is the manual for
BaseCrunch. Help is also available in the program!

        Table of Contents
        1. Getting Started
        2. The Main Menu
        3. Binary to Decimal
           3.1 8-Bit
           3.2 16-bit
           3.3 32-bit
        4. Decimal to Binary
        5. Hexadecimal to Decimal
        6. Decimal to Hexadecimal
        7. Octadecimal to Decimal
        8. Decimal to Octadecimal
        9. Further Help
        10. Contact and Legal Information

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1. GETTING STARTED
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BaseCrunch must be ran from an MS-DOS compatible system. In the appropriate
directory in DOS, type BASE to start BaseCrunch. In Windows, double click
the BASE file to open it.
        
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2. THE MAIN MENU
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Once you are in the program, you will see a main menu come up. Press up and
down to scroll up and down the list and press enter to make your selection.

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3. BINARY TO DECIMAL
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If you select Bin to Dec you will be asked to type 8, 16, 32 or EXIT. Type
8 if you want to convert an 8-bit binary number to decimal, type 16 to convert
a 16-bit binary number to decimal, type 32 to convert a 32-bit binary number
to decimal, or type EXIT to return to the main menu.
        Remember, binary numbers may only consist of 1 and 0. If you type in
any other value including letters and characters, you will get a bogus answer.
In all Binary to Decimal modes, negative numbers may not be attempted.

3.1 8-BIT

An 8-bit binary number is, in essence, an 8-digit binary number. So 1 in
8-bit is 00000001. Zero in 8-bit is 00000000.
        If you type in a number which is not 8-bit, you will get have to
retry.

3.2 16-BIT

A 16-bit binary number is a 16-digit number. So 1 in 16-bit binary is
0000000000000001 and 0 is 0000000000000000.

3.3 32-BIT

A 32-bit binary number is a 32-digit number so 1 in 32-bit binary would be
00000000000000000000000000000001 and 0 is 00000000000000000000000000000000.

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4. DECIMAL TO BINARY
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Decimal to Binary mode lets you convert any decimal NUMERICAL value to it's
binary equivelant. Once again, do not use letters or any other characters
unless you want to see an error crash or an odd value.
        Negative number can be used and will be converted.

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5. HEXADECIMAL TO DECIMAL
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Type in a hexadecimal value and it will be converted to decimal. Remember that
hexadecimal is BASE 16 so digits here are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B,
C, D, E, and F.
        Negative numbers will not work.

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6. DECIMAL TO HEXADECIMAL
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Dec to Hex mode lets you convert any decimal numbers, including negatives,
into a hexadecimal value. Characters and letters will not work here.

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7. OCTADECIMAL TO DECIMAL
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Oct to Dec will convert octadecimal (base 8) values to decimal. Do not use
negative numbers, letters, or any other characters.

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8. DECIMAL TO OCTADECIMAL
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Type in any base 10 (decimal) number and it will be converted to octadecimal
form. Negative numbers work but characters will not.

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9. FURTHER HELP
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Please refer to the README.TXT file as well for information on technical
support, etc. There is also a good help function in the main menu of the
BaseCrunch program.

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10. CONTACT AND LEGAL INFORMATION
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* Ryan Elisei (ThePlague) Email - Anonymous ICQ: 5573871

* Bart Trzynadlowski (The Good Guy) Email - trzy@powernet.net ICQ: 10127662

* Please DO NOT distribute this program (BASE.BAT, BC090.EXE, README.TXT,
MANUAL.TXT) unless you include all the files intact.
* Please DO NOT claim this is something you made -- give full credit to the
authors.

Thank You,

The Good Guy (Bart Trzynadlowski)
ThePlague (Ryan Elisei)

Created 1998


