Slide Rule Version History

https://web.archive.org/web/20011217182738/http://www.cobalt.u-net.com:80/slideruleV.htm menu www.cobalt.u-net.com vers SlideRule ...version history SlideRule Site licence costs less v2.7.1 Added golden section constant Phi. SlideRule Uses Appearance Manager v2.7 This version requires a powerPC and system 8.0 or later Most windows now use the Appearance Manager. More features for the Tape window. More options in the Preferences dialog. Most of the code has been modified to prepare for the transition to system X. SlideRule Maintenance Upgrade v2.6.1 Overall, this version should be faster and more robust. Memory management has been improved and the total amount of RAM required has been reduced, especially for the PPC version. Better memory management also makes the program run faster. The Tape window now shows you how long the tape is and how much space is left. Information about the System and SlideRule is now available in the About dialog (for registered users only, unregistered users still get the Register dialog instead). Fixed rounding problem with fractional numbers. 60 seconds was displayed as 60 seconds, it should be 1 minute! Restored some of the brighter colour schemes. 1 sur 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20011217182738/http://www.cobalt.u-net.com:80/slideruleV.htm Added Round and Truncate functions. Added a great deal of internal self-testing. Tidied up some of the older parts of the program, they're cleaner and faster. Improved rounding, some functions are more precise than others and need rounding to match. SlideRule New Number Formats: v2.6 Bigger numbers. Floating point hexadecimal. Engineering exponents. Fractional numbers. Pop-up menu of all formats. Tape can be copied to clipboard. Redesigned appearance. In 2.6 most of the input and output code has been rewritten to allow for different number bases. Rounding is also more sensitive. SlideRule A fix and some polish: v2.5 …