IRC Convert  

                        Written by  Michael Brown

                                 FREEWARE
                     (Don't you just love that term)


Introduction

I spend alot of time on IRC and most of my friends are American. As you 
probably know, their temperature system is Farenheit as opposed to the 
UK, and some other countries I believe, who use Celsius.

This program was written to save manual conversion of temperatures to and
from °C. You simply install this set of small programs to the relevant 
places and define an Alias, then you can get a quick translation from
within AmIRC.


Features

Temperature conversion from °C to °F and back.
Simple operation (Not Case sensitive)
Simple installation
Conversion program is a dos command so can be accessed from shell
Can't think of anything else right now ;)


Installation

1. Put the file "Convert" into the C: Directory
2. Put the two scripts "Convert.AMIRX" and "PConvert.AMIRX" to your AmIRC
   Rexx directory. Normally Amirc/rexx/
3. In AmIRC, go into the Lists/Aliases dialogue and enter the following:
   Convert /RX Convert.amirx %p
   PConvert /RX PConvert.amirx %p

Thats it...  All done


Usage

     From AmigaDos
     The command will NOT run from wb.
     From Shell, type "C:Convert 18c" or "C:Convert 78f"

     From AmIRC
     Type /convert 18c  to get a PRIVATE display of results
     Type /pconvert 85f  to get results sent to the channel


Credits

Tested with AmIRC 1.0 Unregistered but should work on all.

Command written in Blitz Basic 2.1, the coolest language there is for this
kind of problem. Easier than learning C or Assembler ;p
I struggled with the Rexx interface, if anyone would like to make a better 
interface in rexx, please feel free.

Current email: michael@amiga1.demon.co.uk
This may not exist in a few weeks, I will attempt to alter this to my 
new email when I get it.
 
I am well known as Michael4 on IRC Net  #Friendly
(irc.stealth.net is a global server for ircnet)


Disclaimer

This is copyrighted by me but freely distributible. It shouldn't be altered
in any way and you should only charge for disks, postage, or packing if you
charge anything.

If it trashes your software, blows up your computer or destroys the fabric 
of the universe or something then consider yourself warned. Use at your own 
risk and all that. But I trust it enough to use it.

This software can't be used as part of anything that's sold for profit 
without my prior authorisation.

© Michael Brown, April 1997



                     LONG LIVE THE AMIGA !!!!!!!!