01/20/89
                          EXPLANATION OF FILES ON DISK

       The  family  of  files to be distributed as SHAREWARE on this disk
       should be distributed as a package.  A good name for  the  package
       would  be:   COGOWARE,  and  I would be pleased if this convention
       were followed.  The files that should go together are as follows:

       COGO.EXE (version 5.3) is the  executable  program  that  performs
       surveying  calculations.   The  name COGO is taken from CoOrdinate
       GeOmetry.   This latest version is dated 12/24/88 in the disk dir-
       ectory, hence there should be no reason to  confuse  it  with  any
       earlier version.

       COGO.DOC  and  BALANCE.DOC  are ASCII files comprising the user's
       manual documentation (version 5.3b), and  instructions  for  `bal-
       ancing the survey', of interest to land surveyors.

       README.1ST is an ASCII file being a short starting instruction.

       WHATS.NEW  is  an  ASCII file telling what is new in this up-date.
       This is an optional file, and you may include it at your option.