Predictor version 1.0
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INTRODUCTION:

	Predictor is an interpolation program that can be used to indicate
the possible evolution of a curve made up of a correlated set of points.
This set of point can represent anything fitted to be shown as a graph i.e.
your personal budget, your bank account, the value of an action in the stock
market, the trajectory of a planet in the sky... and ad infinitum.


THE REQUIREMENTS:

	- An IBM-PC with more than 128K (Perfect for laptops...)

	- One 3-button mouse (but a 2-button will do given that the click
	  on both buttons will be equivalent to the activation of the
	  "middle" MB). The one from Logitech or Microsoft will be OK.

	- A CGA card, critical since everything goes on in Hi-Res...


HOW TO USE:

	- To start, read this and type "PREDICT" in the appropriate directory

	- The program is (I hope) enough user friendly to be easily used
	  without the need of a complicated manual. (Only the mouse button
	  "categories" below have to be memorized)

	- The left mouse button is always used to select something
	  (A function in a menu, a point on the screen, the new position
	   of a menu,...)

	- The middle mouse button is used to change the position of a menu.

	- The right mouse button is always used to exit from something
	  (the editor). But to exit from the program, use "Exit" from the
	  main menu.

	- When selecting "DOS Shell", use "exit" to go back to the program.

	- To save your points select "Save data" from the "File" sub-menu.

	- To load a file of points, do the same thing with "Load data"...
	  More specifically, to load example.pts, some sample points,
	  click on "File" in the main menu, then select "Load data", enter
	  "example.pts", then select "Edit" to view them and interpolate.

	For those that don't have any mouse, the cursor keys can be used to
move the cursor (8 pixels at a time), and the function keys F1,F2 and F3
stand for the left, middle and right mouse buttons respectively. But it's
not a very efficient method to use the program, so you're strongly advised
to get this kind of peripheral.


DISCLAIM AND OTHER LEGAL CURIOSITIES:

	Predictor cannot be liable for anything that happens in consequence
for its use. This package should be distributed and used "as is". You should
not modify or reverse engineer this program. Everything, and especially
the menu drivers, is copyrighted.


CONCLUSION AND COMMENTS:

	So I think that's it. The program has a very sophisticated menu
management routine that should make it usable by a 12 year old (As one of my
profs was always telling me). Just go in the editor, click on the right 
points, and select "Interpol" from the menu there. The "Insertion-Deletion" 
routine enables you to either add or delete points: To delete one, put it 
inside the small square and click the LMB.

	- By default, a linear interpolation is displayed all the time.

	The method of interpolation has the best effects when there isn't
too much wild variations in points that are entered (i.e. very broken
linear interpolation). And in fact nothing can be surely predicted when
there is too much variation...

	Right now, the points can only be entered in graphical form i.e.
you click where the cursor arrow is pointing, and the window is 100 units
wide and high.

	You can note that there can be (inevitably) some bugs in this first
version, although no overflow was indicated when I did an interpolation on
more than a hundred points. Exiting to the DOS shell with DOS 3.3 and above
is at your own risks (you might not be able to go back... I'm working on it
right now).

	You can send me a small compensation (Minimum $ 50.00 please for
all those months of hard work...) to pay my tuition fees :-) . In return, 
I'll send you version 1.1 that has a modifiable window (automatic or manual 
adjustement) and a full precision point addition routine.


MY ADDRESS (COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, MONEY...):

			Mark Sokolowski

			P.O. Box 372

			Outremont, Quebec

			Canada H2V 4N3