"COMMSN.BAS"
                        Robert S. Blacher
                        Washington, D.C. 

                          August, 1983



     Th� purpos� o� thi� progra� i� t� calculat� an� compar� th� �
commission� charge� b�� Merril� Lync� an� Charle� Schwa� fo� �
transactions involving common stocks.

     The program is written in Microsoft Basic-80, Version 5.

     Th� progra� i� self-prompting��  Th� progra� wil� as� yo� t� �
ente� � o� � fo� whethe� yo� ar� buyin� o� selling� th� numbe� o� �
shares�� an� th� pric� pe� share��  Th� progra� wil� the� d� th� �
rest.
      Th� fee� calculate� fo� Merril� Lync� ar� fo� transaction� �
involvin� 1,00� share� o� les� i� an� dolla� amount�  Fo� Schwab� �
th� progra� i� accurat� u� t� $56,00� regardles� o� th� numbe� o� �
shares.

     Th� autho� o� thi� progra� i� no� associate� i� an� wa� wit� �
eithe� Merril� Lync� o� Schwa� an� take� n� positio� o� whethe� �
o� no� yo� shoul� trad� wit� � discoun� broker��  Commissio� fee� �
ar� onl�� on� facto� t� conside� i� makin� you� choic� o� �
brokerag� houses.