31 Aug
2006
31 Aug
'06
3:15 p.m.
--- M H Stein <dm561 at torfree.net> wrote:
Well, of course you'd use whatever you like and ru
ns
in the OS of your
choice, but it's interesting to note how many peop
le
still use a "real"
calculator when there's probably one on the screen
in front of them,
not to mention a spreadsheet program; every office
user I visit still
has a calculator on his/her desk...
Yeah, but it's often hidden.
Until a few months ago I had no idea there
was a Calculator available on Windows 2K
(the company I work for generally uses
Windows from 5 years ago as we have loads
of computers to pay licenses for?). A work
colleague who's into computers (mainly
modern stuff, but I did get a twinkle in his
eye when I mentioned about the Dragon 32
once and he went on about how he used them
at college/university in the 80's) showed me
how to find it.
It's hidden (along with other applications) in
the "sys32/" (?) directory somewhere in the
OS files (I'm no windows expert, though I
know W95 beta version inside out from when
I went on work experience).
Now whenever I need it and it's not listed
under applications (we move about alot in the
lab and use diff computers each week), I just
do a quick filesearch, dump it on the desktop
and on the main drop-up (?) menu that appears
when you click on the Start button, incase
I have a screen full of windows.
Now almost everyone uses it (largely because
calc's are so hard to find in the lab).
The "scientific" mode includes binary, octal,
hex and decimal, aswell as proper maths
functions.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk