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From: cthomas@athena.mit.edu (Michael T Ford)
Subject: Re: Newbie Programming Question: Help!
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:35:00 GMT

In article <10JAN199316445615@scsuc.ctstateu.edu> makovsky@scsuc.ctstateu.edu (MAKOFSKY,STEVEN) writes:
>Hello All.... Just picked up my HP48sx 2 days ago, and, wow, what a 
>machine. Anyways, I was wondering, what do I need to start programming for
>it. Ive seen several compilers.. So, what do I need to get me off and running?

Unless you are going to program in ML or something like that, you don't
need anything.  Just open up the manual and start reading.  There is a built
in language that is really nice to program in.
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From: James_Cook@nesbbx.rain.COM (**)
Subject: Re: Tricorder simulator
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.27b beta (Jan 02 1993)
Date: 10 Jan 93 17:16:07 PST
Organization: NESBBX Bulletin Board System


Lutz, do you have a list of Amiga programs for HP-48 development work?  I
use a PC at work and loath having to touch the damn thing...  Little Amy,
at home, is much more pleasent to work with and a lot more fun!  If you
have any HP-48 development tools or support programs I'd like to take a
look at them!
     
     Jim

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From: mheiskan@hut.fi (Mika Heiskanen)
Subject: Re: wow!!!(new software from overseas)
Reply-To: mheiskan@vipunen.hut.fi
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: 08 Jan 93 23:19:52 GMT


In article <2b4de162.2606comp.sys.hp48@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.spacecadet@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (David Cho) writes:

>If you all havent done so, check out the Uploads directory
>at seq.uncwil.edu....
[..]
>The latest batch of stuff came yesterday: runway2, Xenon, and some
>utilities...go check it out.  If there is enough interest maybe some
>of us (or I) can leave an asc or uuencoded copy of it here on sys.hp48
>for the unftpable.

Stringwriter.lib seems to be corrupt, I tried getting it several times before
emailing the address in the readme file.
(Everything else seems to be ok although I haven't tested Xenon II yet.)

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From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: J is for Joke...
Date: 10 Jan 1993 22:22:47 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In article <2b4fb7d3.2612comp.sys.hp48@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.mmorgan@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Buckminster was crazy) writes:
>Why I don't believe in Rev. J.....
> 
>80186, 80286, 80386, 80486...
> 
>A, B, C, D, E, J??????

so what's your point? Is this little exercise in inductive reasoning 
supposed to prove something?

It's pretty common knowledge about HP's development cycles that after
they ship one version, E for example, they increment to the next letter,
so F would have been the version of software HP would have worked on;
then HP tested it, made revisions and then went to the G ROM versions,
then H, and maybe J (some places won't make a version I or version O,
for letter-number confusion reasons). So obviously the ROM went through
versions F G H J or F G H I J before actually being released TO THE PUBLIC.

The HP 28S was a version BB, and the version AA never existed in production,
just as the HP48S ROM versions F through H/I existed only in test batches.

> 
>Anyway, three of my friends just bought HP 48 SX's from a place that
>does a brisk business, Calc. Inc.  The place is usually out of
>calculators and is continuely getting  new shipments in.  Not one of
>these three calculators is a rev. J, which isn't all to surprinsing.
> 
this anecdotal evidence doesn't prove much.

besides there have been confirmed sightinhs of the J ROM...

> 
>Mike Morgan
>M00012@KANGA.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: cthomas@athena.mit.edu (Michael T Ford)
Subject: Re: Major Meltdown
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:55:42 GMT

In article <725652918detlef.detlef@dmhh.hanse.de> detlef@dmhh.hanse.de (Detlef Mueller) writes:
>In article <19921228.135559.164@almaden.ibm.com> heavy-metal@vnet.ibm.com writes:
>> Well, I've got my calculator working, but it doesn't acknowledge my TDS
>> 512K card. It recognized my 128K HP card fine, though. If I perform the
>> calculators built in RAM test, it gives me an error code of 00001. The
>> manual basically says if it doesn't pass, buy a new one.
>Remove the TDS card, execute a ON-A-F NO or a reset. Reinstall the TDS card
>and the switch library, then switch to bank 1. If it'll work, maybe bank 3
>was damaged. If not, replace the card battery and give it another try. You
>may also try to install the TDS card to the other port.
>If you can't get the card back to work, it or the 48 itself was damaged :(.

I own a 256K RAM card from TDS for my 48.  Every once in a while
I have the problem where the calculator won't recognize the card.  What
I have to do is turn the calculator off, remove the card and then put it
back in.  My only guess is that possibly the fingers on the card aren't
quite in alignment.  Maybe one of those cards should be checked with
a card from HP.

Hope this helps...

Mike WZ0C
From: jcook@cryo.rain.com (James Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: wow!!!(new software from overseas)
Date: 9 Jan 93 02:29:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: cryo.jcook.0nbh
Organization: Cryogenic Software - Portland, OR USA
X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.27b beta (Jan 02 1993)


Many of us don't have FTP access but the mail server has always worked
well for me (Thanks, Chris!).  Thr problem with the mail server is that
you have to know the exact directory and filename and Chris Spell can nly
update the INDEX occaisionally...  If you could post the exact location
and file names at seq.uncwil.edu those of us without FTP could easily
mail a request...
     
Thanks!
     
          Jim

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: mzundel@vx9000.weber.edu (Matthew Zundel)
Subject: Memory Card Wanted
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Weber State University CS Department
Date: 12 Jan 1993 13:14 MST  

I am looking for a 128K memory card.  If any one has one that they want to
sell, tell me how much you want for it to mzundel@vx9000.weber.edu

From: akcs.kirkland@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Daniel B. Kirkland)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:40:01 GMT
Subject: Re: SYSEVAL #CEEAh (disable clock)
Message-ID: <2b4b9293.2560.5comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Keywords: xoff

WOOPS!

After some careful reading of the manuals, I have found
that XOFF only works with the serial port.

Still,
If anyone knows how to get it to work using the Ir (without
to much trouble) I would still try it.

Although it probably would not be any faster than the method
that i am using now.

thanks 

dan k

Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
Subject: Re: Exam mode in version J (var lock?)
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 8 Jan 93 11:37:15 CST

In article <Zei3wB2w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> csmith@student.business.uwo.ca (chris smith) writes:
>Someone said something about locking out the variables menu
>in exam mode but what happens to program that produce their 
>output by putting them in vars?
>Can anyone elaborate futher?
>Is this mode only found in version J?

Before this thread gets going any further...

THE EXAM MODE IDEA WAS A J-O-K-E!  Really!  It's NOT in version J, nor any
other versions!

Do you really think that anyone would still _bother_ to bring their HP-48
to an exam if it was going to be turned into something less capable than a
HP-32S II?  

And do you really think that, in a lecture hall with 50 students with
HP-48's, a professor's really going to go around and put all the HP-48's
into exam mode?

Well, I guess the only solution is to have RF ACTIVATED EXAM MODE -- a
teacher, with a special tranmitter sold to him or her by HP upon proving
that he or she really is a GENUINE PROFESSOR, presses a magic button that
causes the HP-48 system software, which reads a RF RECEIVER every 244.1us, to
turn on EXAM MODE until the button is released.

Look for it in revision K...

						---Joel Kolstad
From: s106275@ee.tut.fi (Anssi Saari)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Ni-Cad batteries in HP48s ???
Date: 5 Jan 93 23:15:57 GMT
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Computing Centre
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ee.tut.fi

In <sLBXwB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> csmith@student.business.uwo.ca (chris smith) writes:

>What would happen if Ni-Cad batteries were use instead
>of regular ones?  
>Any ideas?

Nothing out of the ordinary. The voltage is a bit lower (3.6 vs 4.5) but that's
not too low.

Anssi
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Tampere University of Technology 
Finland, Europe
From: heavy-metal@vnet.ibm.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 09:26:40 CST
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Frigid HP48/Red Screen

Well, my HP gets more of a pretty purple color in the cold. It does always go
away. In fact, I left it in my briefcase in my car last night and it was
quite purple this morning. Does the HP48 run a little slower in the cold too,
or is it just the screen? I was playing with it while hunting in November and
it seemed to slow down. I didn't time any functions, though, to verify it.

Bob Crowley
From: grant_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Fly,
Date: 6 Jan 1993 09:16:36 GMT
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
Reply-To: grant_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

article <2b488143.2437.1comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>, akcs.sfm@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (S.F.Mauser) writes:
>Somehow, the goodies disk picked up a bum version of FLY.  I suggest you
>download the library from HP Corvallis BBS in User.programs.
I think that the file in the HP BBS is different to fly, the program in 
files.hp48 is infact flight.lib not fly, (I think). I assume we are talking
about fly on horn7.



    BigAl Grant


From: akcs.levenson@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (william j. levenson)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:40:03 GMT
Subject: Re: Running Library from User Keyboard
Message-ID: <2b4c8c68.2580.2comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

Here's the way I put SCHED (from the SCH48 library) on my "4" key:

Type:  { SCHED } 1 GET 72.1 ASN

That eliminates the need for the program delimiters( << >>) which saves a
couple of bites and probably speeds the initial entry, too.

Of course, to ASN to another user key, use that keys "number" in place of
72.1 in the above example.  BTW, I used the "4" key because that is where
the HP TIME utility is located which makes it easier to remember.

I hope this helps

Bill Levenson
From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Using the 48 as a stop watch.
Date: 7 Jan 93 10:08:49
Organization: University of Oregon Chemistry Stores
NNTP-Posting-Host: miser.uoregon.edu
In-reply-to: mox@vpnet.chi.il.us's message of Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:33:19 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.043319.8532@vpnet.chi.il.us>
mox@vpnet.chi.il.us (William Moxley) writes:

   I would like to use my 48 as a stopwatch in the lab.  Most of my times
   are less than a minute, but once inawhile their greater.  I tried using
   the "time" function, but it seems to based on a 100 or something.  After
   looking in the manual I tried converting it using ->HMS but I still got
   incorrect values.  How do I do this?

The TIME command returns the current time of day in the form:

H.MMSSss

That is, the hours past midnight, two digits for the minutes, two
digits for seconds, and two digits for hundredths of seconds.
You would want to use HMS\-> to convert the time to decimal
hours, and perhaps multiply that by 3600 to get the time of day
in seconds.

A better command to use, both in terms of accuracy and
convenience, would be the time returned by TICKS.  TICKS returns
a binary integer representing the current time in units of 1/8192
second since midnight, January 1, 1900.  This might not seem
convenient for normal use but for timing applications it is more
accurate.  Taking two successive values of TICKS, subtracting the
first from the second, converting the difference to a real using
B\->R, and dividing by 8192 will give you elapsed time in seconds
accurate to less than a millisecond (although one should count
the overhead for calling TICKS and doing other computations in
your timing application if you need extremely accurate timing).
When using TICKS also make sure that the binary integer wordsize
is 52 or greater (use STWS to set it).
--
Steve VanDevender 	stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu
"Bipedalism--an unrecognized disease affecting over 99% of the population.
Symptoms include lack of traffic sense, slow rate of travel, and the
classic, easily recognized behavior known as walking."
From: mheiskan@hut.fi (Mika Heiskanen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Calculus package
Date: 07 Jan 93 11:54:35 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Distribution: inet
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In-reply-to: akcs.mcannon@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com's message of Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:40:07 GMT


In article <2b4be38f.2559.1comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.mcannon@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Matthew A. Cannon) writes:
>The package he purchased was made by SPARCOM not HP so if any of
>you own the Calculus Package by SPARCOM I would appreciate your
>review.

Calculus? I have Math Card made by SPARCOM. After some use a big
disappointment, after learning system rpl and machine language I'd be ashamed
to publish such a thing even as PD. User rpl all over the place and it shows
on the speed. Just a couple functions, most of the card is taken by the
browser and data for integration tables etc. Atleast I expect functions from a
good math package, tables are ok too but not if the browser stinks.

So far I haven't seen any good SparCom card worth the money , but I know
they've hired atleast one good programmer so I can't condemn them forever.

Better check out seq.uncwil.edu:/hp48/math. Some of the programs in there are
very good.

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From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Library Trouble
Date: 8 Jan 93 10:52:45
Organization: University of Oregon Chemistry Stores
NNTP-Posting-Host: miser.uoregon.edu
In-reply-to: sweet@ug.cs.dal.ca's message of Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:56:33 GMT

In article <C0JLMA.EsE@cs.dal.ca> sweet@ug.cs.dal.ca (garth r sweet) writes:

	   My 2nd bit of trouble is that unless I attach a libarary from my
   HOME directory I absolutly cannot get rid of it, is there a special trick?

   IE I'm in a direcotory called MATH, and I have a library (# 1234) here's
      what I do (I hope I don't screw this up because I'm writing from 
      memory).

      Level 3 ...actual library
      Level 2 :0:1234
      Level 1 :0:1234

      I do an ATTACH, and then a STO, then a OFF/ON.
      Now by library should be attached to the directory MATH.

You cannot ATTACH a library before it has been initialized by
turning the calculator on or warm-starting.  Most libraries these
days seem to auto-attach themselves to HOME as part of their
initialization (a library author can write a custom configuration
routine for his library).

To attach a library to a particular directory, first turn the
calculator off, then on, then go to the desired directory and
ATTACH it.
--
Steve VanDevender 	stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu
"Bipedalism--an unrecognized disease affecting over 99% of the population.
Symptoms include lack of traffic sense, slow rate of travel, and the
classic, easily recognized behavior known as walking."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Quetzal)
Subject: Re: vector root finder, etc
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:42:54 GMT

In <C0qvCv.Hr@news.iastate.edu> twh18@isuvax.iastate.edu (Phoenix) writes:

>	Hi, I was looking a standard trig book yesterday, and some a
>problem like "take the cube root of (-1, SQRT 3).  I tried to type
>it in, then discoverd that I cannot put the SQRT in there no matter
>which mode I use(vector or complex, () or []).  The only way I can
>get a put the SQRT sign in the vector is enter it as (-1, 3), then
>edit it.  Does anyone know any way to enter SQRT 3 directly in there?

Since there is a symbolic in the complex number, you'll need to enclose
the whole thing in 'these' to get it through the parser.  I don't know
if it works for SQRT signs, my calc isn't with me, but it that doesn't
work (you *need* the comma between the two components), you'll have to
enter it as '-1+SQRT 3*i' then do ->NUM on it.

Tim Pickett
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Quetzal)
Subject: Version J - um, What?
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:05:08 GMT

Look, I missed this completely.  Can someone please bring me up to date?

Tim Pickett
From: darrylo@sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: 3 Re: AAA Lithium batteries with the HP-48SX
Date: 12 Jan 93 00:55:08 GMT
Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Center for Primal Scream Therapy
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1]

Mike Burr (mnb@mira.ca.boeing.com) wrote:

> In article <2b500d1d.2539.6comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.jwtrav@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (John Wettroth) writes:
> >>what good would -40c batteries do in a calc with lcd...
> >Good point Steve.  I design a lot of military equipment with LCD's.  You
> >can design LCD's that work at such temps but the 48 display would
> >probably go away at zero c or so.  I'll modify my last post to say that
> >they are totally useless.
>
> Wait a minute, not so fast.  I found the information about the batteries
> quite informative.  Isn't is possible that they could be useful if one
> were using their calculator as an unattended data collector or control
> device in a cold environment?  Who says you're _always_ interested in
> looking at the display?

     Although I do not work for the HP division that makes calculators,
I'd be really surprised if the HP 48SX worked at -40 deg.C.  I doubt
that the semiconductors will function properly at that temperature.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the
little green men that have been following him all day.
From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: HP 48 LX ?!?!
Date: 8 Jan 93 10:48:24
Organization: University of Oregon Chemistry Stores
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In-reply-to: Markus.Ebel@bcomp.hamm.sub.org's message of 08 Jan 93  11:34:00 +0100

In article <726492943.1@bcomp.hamm.sub.org>
Markus.Ebel@bcomp.hamm.sub.org (Markus Ebel) writes:

   Hello All!

   Has anyone heard about the HP48 LX ???
   Comments ?

You are confused.  There is an HP 48SX and an HP 95LX.
--
Steve VanDevender 	stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu
"Bipedalism--an unrecognized disease affecting over 99% of the population.
Symptoms include lack of traffic sense, slow rate of travel, and the
classic, easily recognized behavior known as walking."
From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Upgrading HP48 series (related to release of version J)
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 16:58:02 EST
Keywords: HP48 upgrade
Summary: What are HP's policies on calc. upgrades
Distribution: na
Organization: Private UUCP "Twig" Node
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00

        I was wondering what HP offers as far as upgrades are concerned... 
I have had my HP48SX rev E for about a year and I would be interested in
the new revision J if only for speedups.  What is HP's policy on upgrades?
(in general)  Can I take advantage of this?  I haven't had a 48 and read
this group long enough to hear this from any other upgrade (d->e) but I
have heard of people simply upgrading (not simply sending away for repair
and getting a new rev back).

        Thanks in advance,

--
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 clemon@lemsys.UUCP clemon%lemsys@xenitec.on.ca  | 1B Electrical Engineering
 TCP/IP: ve3xcl@ve3xcl.ampr.org [44.135.84.51]   |  University of Waterloo
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From: akcs.fatri@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (fatri)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:40:03 GMT
Subject: SounderKit for hp48
Message-ID: <2b4c275a.2582comp.sys.hp48@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48


Hi,

For those who found Joe Ervin's sounderkit usefull,
I wrote a library that does nearly the same on the HP48.

I put it at seq.uncwil.edu in the hp48/Uploads directory.

Hope you'll enjoy it.
From: akcs.spacecadet@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (David Cho)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:40:03 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Boulder DasHP HELP!!!! REVISITED Please READ!!!
Message-ID: <2b51da16.2584.6comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

I have downloaded the programs with no problem.
I used XferIt on a Macintosh and it seemed to work fine.
Try setting the server for binary transfer as well.
Make sure that both your computer and se.uncwil is set for
binary transfer.  (I think the command is something like
set binary, or just binary)

-dave
dcho@engin.umich.edu
From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Exam mode in version J (var lock?)
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:32:04 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

In article <2b51298e.2609.2comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Joseph K. Horn) writes:
>> The exame mode idea was a joke!
>
>Not so.  Despite the obvious silliness of the idea, it's on its way in a
>future machine.  -jkh-

Sheesh.  Ok, what the heck.  (Now who's going to be the first to go out and
buy a HP-48 that does nothing more than the regular models other than
having the artificial stupidity mode?  Not me!)