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Introduction

iMalc is a fully featured scientific calculator designed to replace the standard Apple calculator. It offers more functions and allows you to customise its appearance to complement your flavour of iMac, iBook, PowerBook, G3, G4 or platinum Mac.

iMalc features include 18 mathematical functions in addition to the basic operators and a saveable memory.

Functions available:

Base10 (common) logarithm and inverse, 10x

Natural logarithm and inverse, ex

Sine, cosine, tangent and their inverses arcsine, arccosine and arctangent

Square root, x 2, yth root of x, x y, 1Úx

Percent, ¹ (Pi) and +/- keys

iMalc also has memory plus, minus, recall and clear buttons. The trignometrical functions may be calculated in degrees, radians or grads.

iMalc supports drag and drop and copying and pasting to and from the display window.

You can customise iMalc to complement your flavour of iMac, iBook, PowerBook, G3, G4 or platinum Mac. The key and display colours change to your favourite flavour.

Choose between Bondi Blue, Blueberry, Grape, Lime, Strawberry, Tangerine or Graphite Special Edition.

iBook owners can choose between Blueberry, Tangerine and Graphite, PowerBook owners have the choice of the original Charcoal or the new Bronze keyboard Lombard, while G3 and G4 owners are catered for as well as those with an original Platinum Mac.

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iMalc Manual

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Contents Calculate Different Eyecatcher IMalc Conventions System requirementsAssumptions Contents List of illustrations Introduction Introduction Calculator operation Quick StartDisplay Hidden functionsError codes Using the keyboardChanging the appearance Preferences file Icons InterfaceWindows Interface Interface Interface Interface Interface Interface Menus Interface Interface Calculator Operation Calculator OperationCalculator Operation Keys Operation Log natural ln becomes e Display Using the keyboard Preferences File Flavours Bondi iMalc Strawberry iMalc G3Calc Blueberry iBookCalc How computers handle maths Technical ConsiderationsTechnical Considerations Careful Rounding =x2, x=Ãy y=375x, x=yÖ375About the Fpce Technical Report Exception HandlingAbout Floating-Point Data Formats PowerPC Numerics Versus SaneInterpreting Floating-Point Values Normalized Numbers Infinities Denormalized NumbersZeroes NaNsRange of numbers RangesRanges of functions Technical Considerations Trigonometry units Error codesThird release, 12th October Version HistoryProposed future enhancements Where to get the latest versionShareware RegistrationPricing Registering Online RegisteringRegistering by email, fax or post Payment Instructions Using Register iMalcRegistration Payment by cash or US$ check/money order Payment by credit card or First VirtualAfter you have registered USASupport@kagi.com Technical SupportContacting Eyecatcher About EyecatcherCopyright Legal InformationTrademarks Software License Legal Information Legal Information Bibliography Other InformationCredits Eyecatcher@kagi.com Useful contactsHttp//hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html Ansi IndexIndex Sign change key Index