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              | Qmath 3.03 Readme Information 		 	   |
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     CONTENTS
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     I.   Introduction
     II.  Changes in this version
     III. System Requirements
     IV.  Installing/Using Qmath
     V.   Updating Qmath
     VI.  Contacting the Author
     VII. Credits/Thanks

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     I. Introduction
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          Thank you for trying Qmath 3.03. Qmath 3.03 is FreeWare.
          
          Qmath is a mathematical application for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME. It
          contains a full-featured decimal and hexadecimal calculator with more
          than 25 different arithmetic, trigonometric and logarithmic functions.
          It also features a new conversion engine for conversion between
          measurement units, supporting 21 conversion groups and over 190
          measurement units. Qmath also features new Plug-Ins interface which
          can be used to extend Qmath's functionality by using plug-ins to
          accomplish. Accompanied with this distribution are plug-ins to
          factorize positive numbers, solve quadratic equations, do arithmetic
          and logical operations on binary numbers, perform arithmetic
          calculations with fractions, solve mathematical expressions in
          RPN(Reverse Polish Notation), and convert numeric values between
          different bases (binary, decimal and hexadecimal). Developers can also
          create and distribute their own plug-ins for Qmath with the help of
          the accompanied Qmath-Engine Library and documentation.
                    
          Qmath uses multi-threading to accomplish time-consuming tasks quickly
          and also to prevent hanging during such tasks (like factorization).
          It has been written in pure assembly language to give it maximum
          speed, stability, compatibility and efficiency in the Windows 32-bit
          environment.

     II. Changes in this version
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          1) Fixed the reciprocal (1/x) function in the calculator module.
          2) Fixed the division bug in the Fract-Calc (calculator for fractions)
             Plug-in.
          3) Added a new feature to the Factorizer  Plug-in which lets you find
             prime factors only and factorises significantly faster. A copying
             feature was also added.
          4) Fixed the Windows NT compatibility bug for the Quadratic-Eq-Solver
             Plug-in.

          For a full list of version changes till date, please view the Qmath
          Help after installation.

     III. System Requirements
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          1) Intel 486 with 487 FPU, or Intel Pentium, P2, P3, P4 or Celeron
             100 MHz, or compatible.
          2) 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
          3) Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME

     IV. Installing and Using Qmath
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Extract the QMSETUP.EXE file from the distributed ZIP archive to any
          convenient folder and run it. Follow the easy steps in the
          installation program to install Qmath. You will have to select between
          English(US) and English(British) languages, as the names of some
          measurement units differ greatly in these two languages.

          After installation, select Start > Programs > Qmath 3 > Qmath to run
          Qmath.

     V. Updating your version of Qmath
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          I am constantly working on newer plug-ins for Qmath and to expand the
          Qmath conversion library. Please visit the Qmath Web-site
          (qmath.cjb.net) to get the latest versions and updates for Qmath.

     VI. Contacting the Author
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          If you want contact me for reporting bugs, difficulties, giving
          suggestions or to simply express your views regarding Qmath, then you
          can e-mail me at :-
          
          arijit1985@yahoo.co.in

     VII. Credits/Thanks
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          *    Thanks to Steve "hutch" Hutchesson for creating the MASM32
               assembly language package which helped me a lot in coding my
               assembly language programs including Qmath.
          *    Thanks to Iczelion for writing his Win-32 assembly programing
               tutorials which helped me in learning the tricks and
               techniques.
          *    Thanks to Randal Hyde for writing his 'Art Of Assembly' book on
               Win-32 assembly language. It helped me in understanding all the
               fundamentals of assembly language and performing floating-point
               arithmetic using the x87 FPU.
          *    Some of the code in Qmath uses the functions in Steve
               Hutchesson's MASM32 Library.
          *    Some of the code in Qmath has been taken from Roger Moser's
               QUAD-32 Signed Integer Arithmetic Routines Library.

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     All rights reserved by the author.

     Arijit De,
     India.
     <arijit1985@yahoo.co.in>