[Coco] Calculating large numbers using string functions

[K. Pruitt]

I copied the original text and program listing from the scanned copy of the 
magazine and put it in a text file and stuck it on dropbox.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1dirlkt0g6qzwfl/CoCo%20Multipication.txt?dl=0

And thanks to:

Richard Turk
Overland Park, KS

Wherever you may be 31 years after your contribution to Hot CoCo.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K. Pruitt"
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:43 PM
Subject: [Coco] Calculating large numbers using string functions


>A while back a discussion was had here on the list concerning calculating 
>file sizes under Basic09.
>
> I found a little file listing in the December 1984 issue of Hot CoCo which 
> can multiply large numbers, negative or positive, using the CoCo's 
> standard string functions. This method could be easily adapted for use in 
> Basic09 to calculate large file sizes.
>