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From: blh+@cs.cmu.edu (Bruce Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Loaded HP48SX & accs. for sale
Keywords: HP48 sale
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:37:30 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

For sale:
						Educalc price, new
1 HP48SX, rev. E				274.95
2 HP 128K RAM cards				249.90
1 HP48 Handbook by Donnelly			 19.95
1 HP48 Programmer's Toolkit (Mac) by Donnelly	 49.95
1 HP48 Programmer's Reference Manual		 19.95
1 HP48 Insights, part 1 by Wickes		 25.95
1 serial cable (Mac) w/Kermit software		 49.95
2 soft cases					------
						690.60

Hardware in excellent condition; some books a bit used-looking
(just the covers!)

$400 + shipping or best offer.

Please contact Bruce Horn at:
	home 	(412) 422-9174
	fax  	(412) 422-2039
	email	Bruce.Horn@cs.cmu.edu.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: tlspurli@athena.mit.edu (Terry Spurling)
Subject: HP48sx
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 05:48:17 GMT

Rev E HP48sx calc for sale
Owner's manuals
Soft case
Some software(including ->ASC and ASC->) installed

$200 +shipping from MIT in Boston price is negotiable, shipping is not!
I need to get rid of it before I leave on the 20th.
terry spurling
tlspurli@athena.mit.edu

Also I have a homebrew cable with a female RS-232 connector on the end and all
original manuals that came with the calculator.
From: justice@dao.nrc.ca (Gerald Justice)
Subject: Is the HP95 any good for HP48 development?
Keywords: HP48 ML SYSRPL DOS HP95
Reply-To: justice@dao.nrc.ca
Organization: DAO/CADC
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 02:25:52 GMT

I have the opportunity to purchase a used HP95 and do not already own a DOS
machine.  As there seems to be no tools for HP48 development (machine language
or SYSRPL) on the Macintosh, I am wondering if anyone has tried running any of the
DOS-based tools for HP48 code development on the HP95 and how they have found it?
Is it workable with the standard amount of memory (512K) on the HP95?

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From: mheiskan@hut.fi (Mika Heiskanen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: sasm.opc, compile syseval
Date: 13 Nov 92 18:57:53 GMT
Reply-To: mheiskan@vipunen.hut.fi
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland


>Because SYSEVAL is a user-rpl command, and it's address is not known
>by the compiler.  You can include this command yourself, calling it
>xSYSEVAL, but I do not know the procedure to do this.  It's not enough
>to add a line 
>#xSYSEVAL 1A52Eh * 
>(syntax right?), 1A52Eh being SYSEVAL's address, to entries.a.  I
>would be glad if someone would describe the exact procedure to do
>this!

You can either put this in the source:
ASSEMBLE
xSYSEVAL EQU #1A52E
RPL

or put this into entries.a:
=xSYSEVAL EQU #1A52E *

Nore that you still have to sasm entries.a to get entries.o, *which* is the
file used to resolve tokens.

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From: akcs.levenson@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (william j. levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: String for ->RPL routine???
Date: 4 Nov 92 21:40:03 GMT

Regarding your trouble with sys-RPL on the HP48.  I'm not sure about why
you have a program object and not a string.  Your other problem regarding
editing the sys-rpl string sounds familiar.

I have had similar problems when a string contains imbedded quote
marks(").  In this case, the HP48 understands the "C$ xxx" or C$ $
structure(where xxx is the length of the string).  This is documented
briefly in the manuals.  If you edit a string that shows a C$ xxx at the
very beginning (this will only show up in the editor), any addition text
you add to the string must be accounted for in the C$ xxx statement.  in
other words, change xxx to a number greater that or equal to the new
length of the string.  Alternatevely, chenge xxx to $ and that should
take the entire command line as a string.  Maybe you can use this to
change the thing that the HP48 thinks is a program to a string.

Hope this helps

Bill levenson

P.S.  To this point, I have done virtually all my sys-RPL programming
directly on the HP48.  The RPL library is great!
From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Joseph K. Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: TRON, how do you play it?
Date: 12 Nov 92 06:40:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: hpcvbbs.2b01fbd4.2125.1comp.sys.hp48.1

> ... and I didn't find TRON.DOC.

That's because there isn't any.  Please read !FRANCE!.DOC and FILES.DOC
for the reason why.

Regarding TRON, my students insist that you can steer into tiny
passageways that are very difficult to navigate through, and from there
go to other playing fields or screens or levels of some such thing. 
Personally, I've never had the patience to try.  Good luck.

-jkh-
From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: log scale
Date: 12 Nov 92 19:58:46 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon Chemistry Stores

In article <40916@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> ee52fas@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (DAMN
RS/1!!!!!!) writes:

   is there any way to plot graphs on my hp48 with the x axis on
   a logarithim base 10 scale?

Sure.  Just apply

{ X 'ALOG(X)' } \|^MATCH to the original function, then plot the
new function.  If you are using an independent variable other
than 'X', use its name instead.

Applying LOG to the function will put the Y-axis on a logarithmic
scale as well.
--
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"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."
Xref: sparky comp.sys.hp48:5686 comp.sys.handhelds:2387 comp.sys.palmtops:3602
From: akcs.jasonsewell@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Jason Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Uncompressed RPLMAN document
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:40:02 GMT

William,
The problem that you're having integrating on the HP stems from the fact
that intergrals, unlike differentials, are very difficult and in some
cases impossible even for human beings (as you will soon learn if you are
a Calculus student).
 The HP48 can only integrate by pattern matching. Look on page 429 of
your user's manual to see what the HP can and can't integrate.
 Here's a quick run-down. It can integrate:
      Built in functions whose antiderivatives are also functions
      Sums and differences of those functions
      Derivatives of all built-in functions

>>>Jason Sewell (ifcb411@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
From: fee@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: String for ->RPL routine???
Date: 6 Nov 92 08:35:19 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand


> I have had similar problems when a string contains imbedded quote
> marks(").  In this case, the HP48 understands the "C$ xxx" or C$ $
> structure(where xxx is the length of the string).  This is documented
> briefly in the manuals.  If you edit a string that shows a C$ xxx at the

> Hope this helps
> 
> Bill levenson
> 
Yes, I think this is the answer - I now understand why Detlef's RPL->
decompiled routines show this C$ xxxx in the editor. I wonder why he
didn't change it to C$ $ so editing wouldn't affect the ->RPL input?

Thanks,
Conan.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: bas@wam.umd.edu (Bryan Adam Slavin)
Subject: FTP sites for Hp48SX programs
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:34:42 GMT

	Can anyone tell me if there are any FTP sites containing programs,
games, etc... for the HP48SX? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
-B
From: charliep@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Charles Patton)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:42:13 GMT
Subject: Re: Passing Functions as Parameters
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
From: wa2cs252@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Guardian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Want programs! Can you help?
Date: 10 Nov 92 20:06:57 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Hi, I am posting this for a friend, and he would like a program listing to 
make his hp48 into a tv remote control. Can you help?
Thanks in advance.
								-- Dave
From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Complex roots for 3rd and 4th order equations
Date: 7 Nov 92 23:31:05 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In article <1992Nov6.123748.4019@news.uni-stuttgart.de> TOBIAS@bonnie.physik.uni-stuttgart.de () writes:
:In <1992Nov4.003713.11346@coe.montana.edu> nate@nate.oscs.montana.edu writes:
:
:> Forgive me if this is a simple question, but a friend of mine has a TI-68
:> which can solve 3rd and 4th order equations, and I can't get my 48SX to
:> give me more than one solution to the equation, and that root is always real.
:> 
:> Is there an easy way to do this, or even a difficult way to do this?
:> 
:> It's kind of embarassing to be outdone by a $35 calculator.
:> 
:> Thanks,
:> 
:
:No problem. You only have to put the formulas for the roots into your 
:computer. They can be found in every mathemtical standard lexica. 
:I think the 4th order case is labeled "formula of ferrari".
:
:But if you need them (of course they are a little bit long) in 
:a executable HP format i can send you (or post) the 2 programs. I use them
:in order to get the eigenvalues of 3 and 4 dim. matrices. 
:


Or you could just download Bill Wickes' PROOT numerical root finder.
It will quickly find real or complex roots of any real polynomial.

This is one the Classic HP programs. I think the machine code FFT program
is another classic util.
:Bye. Tobias.
:


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: charon@underdog.ee.wits.ac.za (Mail Gateway)
Subject: HP48SX US Prices
Organization: Wits Electrical Engineering (Undergrads).
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:42:33 GMT

Can anyone please tell me where is the cheapest place in the US to buy a 
48SX and how much it will cost. I'm actually from South Africa and here the 
price is about $500 (Rip off!!!)

I'm going to try to get it from the US. So far, the best price I've seen is 
in New York (Was $250). I hear though that universities sell the 48SX cheap. 
Is this true ?

Please mail me with any useful info.

Thanks !!
Steve.
From: fee@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: sys_RPL EVAL??? and DEBUGer ???
Date: 12 Nov 92 08:23:17 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <2afec0c7.2091.3comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>, akcs.levenson@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (william j. levenson) writes:
> Conan (and anyone else whose interested):
> 
> I briefly looked into your delemma using COMPEVAL.  Your difficulties
> aren't due to COMPEVAL.  It seems to be due to palparse.  When palparse
> gets a string, it doesn't behave the way you think.  It isn't documented
> very well ...

[stuff deleted]

>I hope I've pointed you
> to the right direction.  Let us know what you discover.
> 
> Bill Levenson

Thanks Bill. Unfortunately I start to get lost when people point to
pointers and prologs, etc... However, the answer to my problem was to
use DOSTR> instead of palparse. Of course I couldn't find DOSTR> in the 
String section of RPLCOMP manual, but that doesn't suprise me!!!

I wonder if, some day, a guru will take time out from doing what he/she
really likes (ie: playing with the 48) and add a bit of their knowledge to
the RPLCOMP manual (and others). I realise that's a lot to ask, so I'm
only floating the idea - not really whining! However, these bits and pieces
of knowledge, and even an index as a start, would be invaluable.

Regards, and thanks again for your help.

Conan.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: O-11@sarpih.no (Student Fellesbruker)
Subject: Re: Help:  Unzip info!
Organization: stfold Ingenirhyskole
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:19:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.142918.60630@cc.usu.edu> slmdj@cc.usu.edu writes:
>Although this seems like a fairly *dumb* (oops) question, :)  I am fairly new
>to all of this!  I did get some of the programs and info off of the seq.uncwil
>FTP site, and am wondering what needs to be done to the programs to be able to
>run.  A friend and I have tried PKUNZIP...to no avail.

>Thanks,

>PaulC
>slmdj@cc.usu.edu
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Those files may look like this ?
*.tar.z or *.z
  am i rigth? If it is so then i've heard that those files is packed
  in UNIX with TAR and COMPRESS. You have to get the PC version of TAR,
  COMPRESS and UNCOMPRESS.
  I have managed to get the program TAR (PC-version) at SEQ.UNCWIL.EDU
  but i have not found the PC program to handle *.Z -files
  If those files look like this: *.zip ,you better find yourself
  a new PKUNZIP.....

  hope this would help...

                        Chris
                        Chris@sarpih.no
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Date: Mon,  9 Nov 92 11:31:12 MST
From: dougc@bert.cs.byu.edu (Douglas R. Cannon)
Organization: BYU, Provo, Utah
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: DIAMONDS 1.0 Beta Testers Needed
Distribution: world


>Well, you've all seen the Diamonds 1.0 Demo, right?
>
>If you're interested, here's your big chance to give some serious input to
>the way this game is being developed, as well as help speed it along.

Thanks for all the replies, I have plenty of beta testers now.

Doug Cannon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: jpthrow@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES PATRICK THROWER)
Subject: Bug in BARPL ??
Originator: jpthrow@wat.ece.ncsu.edu
Keywords: Bug
Reply-To: jpthrow@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES PATRICK THROWER)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:11:50 GMT


I don't know if this is a bug or not,
but when I try to zoom into a BARPLOT in the statistics menu with Z-BOX, the
dang thing just shows the first part of the data in the size box I requested.

Is there a way to zoom into one area without having to edit the data?

JP

jpthrow@eos.ncsu.edu

Wherever you go, don't forget the bread.
From: TOBIAS@bonnie.physik.uni-stuttgart.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Complex roots for 3rd and 4th order equations
Date: 6 Nov 92 12:37:48 GMT
Organization: Physics Dept, University of Stuttgart, FRG
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <1992Nov4.003713.11346@coe.montana.edu> nate@nate.oscs.montana.edu writes:

> Forgive me if this is a simple question, but a friend of mine has a TI-68
> which can solve 3rd and 4th order equations, and I can't get my 48SX to
> give me more than one solution to the equation, and that root is always real.
> 
> Is there an easy way to do this, or even a difficult way to do this?
> 
> It's kind of embarassing to be outdone by a $35 calculator.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

No problem. You only have to put the formulas for the roots into your 
computer. They can be found in every mathemtical standard lexica. 
I think the 4th order case is labeled "formula of ferrari".

But if you need them (of course they are a little bit long) in 
a executable HP format i can send you (or post) the 2 programs. I use them
in order to get the eigenvalues of 3 and 4 dim. matrices. 

Bye. Tobias.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: grabenst@umbc4.umbc.edu (Mr. Michael Grabenstein; ACS (GUEST))
Subject: Revisions...
Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:15:23 GMT

	What is the latest revision to the hp 48sx and how long
has it been out?
	If you could cc the answer to my e-mail I would much
appreciated it. :) Thanks!

Later,
	Mike
	grabenst@umbc3.umbc.edu
	or mikeg@asylum.gsfc.nasa.gov
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From: Wolfram_Sauerteig@hippo.fido.de (Wolfram Sauerteig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Complex Numerical Integration
Date: 3 Nov 92 17:13:16 GMT
Organization: SauerSoft
X-Comment-To: akcs.levenson@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (william j. levenson)

Hello william j. levenson, You wrote to All with subject "Re: Complex Numerical 
Integration" :
wj>
wj> which yeilds the correct numerical result.  Hmmm...why doesn'
wj> t the HP48 recognize that ln(e)=1!   That's a little disappointing!
wj>
It does! Simply enter 'LN(e)' , and press ->NUM.

bye
    Wolfram
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: iwoehr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ivan Woehr)
Subject: TWO-PLAYER GAME!?
Summary: I want them!
Keywords: game, two
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 02:16:57 GMT


	I am looking for two player games (hp48 to hp48). If you have
any knowledge of PD games or shareware games please describe them and let
me know the FTP site.

	Thanks!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: blueeagle@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: SYSEVALS NEEDED
Date: 9 Nov 92 18:22:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: vax1.1992Nov10.002238.2425
Organization: Mankato State University

I would like to get a hold of KEY.SYSEVALS.Z. I've checked the net but it seems
to no longer be around. I am specifically looking for a way to detect what is
being pointed to by the internal catalog syseval ##47BF0. I would also like to
dump out  of the internal catalog function upon a key press. I will also  need
to know what key was pressed. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated.
Jon
From: akcs.mage@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (William H. Blohm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: Uncompressed RPLMAN document
Date: 4 Nov 92 23:40:03 GMT

Since there is math here.....
I have been using my 48SX to evaluate integrals.  I have tried to
follow the manuals, but sometimes what I want to do works and sometimes
not.   I am not that great at integrals yet, so am not sure what I am
doing wrong.

Problem:  I want to evaluate an indefinite integral.  So, I make the
lower bound 0 and the upper bound Y and evaluate it.

I don't quite follow what is going wrong.  Some integrals it will do,
others it won't.  I don't even get the |X=Y - ....|X=0 type result,
which is what I want.  According to the manual, what I am doing should
work.  Could someone enlighten me?

Bill B.
From: ren@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ren Hoek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: getting single dragon to work
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:46:13 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <2afb1da2.2084.2comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.n2kyw@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Paul Smith) writes:
>I loaded the .z files noted in the earlier posting about the Single
>Dragon game, and I'm wondering what the point of BOMB is?  I assume this
>is just a subpart of the game, because there's nothing to bomb.. did I
>miss a file?
>
I too, noticed this.  I can't even bomb.  I can't find any keys for it, except
up and down.

Also, for the game, would it be too big to ask for a sound flag.  I would like
to play it during class, maybe.  You might make something on the screen flash
when a punch or kick has been thrown, so you know you are hitting something.
Sound would be nice to shut off.  Maybe have it check to see if BELL mode is
on or not.  The sound has always been something I didn't like about Joust.  I
can never play it in class.

Keep up the work, pal.  Speed the game up!

-- 
    < Ren Hoek > < a.k.a. Frodo Baggins > < ren@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu >
From: b645zjo@utarlg.uta.edu (Rick Homard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: EQ card with Tetris
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:19:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: utarlg.12NOV199216195961
Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Maybe I have missed a previous post but I was at this new store 
called "Incredible Universe", and they had the EQ card for the HP48SX.
What was interesting about the card was that it included the Tetris game.
Was this why HP did not want the machine code of Tetris posted on the
net?  I recall somebody posting this controversy (about 2 years ago).
Any comments?

Rick Homard
From: p_quinn@pavo.concordia.ca (QUINN, PAUL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Notation
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:20:00 GMT
Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


	This a pretty simple question but I don't know anyone who knows the 
answer.  When you put 48SX into fixed decimal notation you get commas seperating
the numbers.  E.G. four thousand becomes 4,000.  I know that in my 42S there is
a flag that supresses this.  Can the same e done on the 48?


Paul Quinn
p_quinn@pavo.concordia.ca

Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: mheiskan@snakemail.hut.fi (Mika Heiskanen)
Subject: Re: sys_RPL EVAL??? and DEBUGer ???
Reply-To: mheiskan@.vipunen.hut.fi
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
	<1992Nov6.085639.11983@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 06 Nov 92 16:11:47 GMT


>However, the original secondary needs two COMPEVAL's to evaluate it, with
>the first COMPEVAL apparently thinking for a bit and leaving the stack (at
>least the display) unchanged. A second COMPEVAL will evaluate the secondary.

>My secondary was created in the sys_RPL routine by adding strings
>together (including the << and >> symbols) and then "palparse"'d to create
>the secondary and then place it in a list. If I do an OBJ-> then DROP the
>flag, the secondary still requires two COMPEVALs or EVALs. However, doing
>a TYPE on the secondary immediately after the OB-> DROP returns an 8,
>signifying that it is a secondary. Why does it require two COMPEVALs then?
>It seems almost as if the object has to go through some kind of operation
>at least once before it can be evaluated. Has it got some kind of weird
>garbage attached that the HP is removing the first time around?

This is what is executed by OBJ-> when the argument is a string:

14137 :: HP:DOSTR>
14137 @  Internal STR-> (Topmost) (1:$) (Errors if parsing failed, else EVALs)
14137 @  :: palparse case EVAL 2DROP SETSyntaxERR ;

14137:02D9D PROGRAM        |  <<
1413C:238A4 romobj         |    :: HP:palparse
14141:61993 romobj         |    P  HP:case
14146:06F8E romobj         |    P  HP:EVAL
1414B:03258 romobj         |    P  HP:2DROP
14150:10F86 romobj         |    P  NS:SETSyntaxERR
14155:0312B endprog        |  >>

The problem you're having is that palparse places XLIB 1792 15 ie invisible
quote in front of the program you see on stack. (Remember that :: is
invisible too.) EVAL removes it without really evaluating the program.

Thus, use DOSTR> instead of palparse, then COMPEVAL works as you want it to.

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From: jonhiga@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jonathan Tomohiko Higa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: reset
Date: 9 Nov 92 00:14:30 GMT
Organization: Princeton AdTech
Originator: news@nimaster

Where is the reset button?  My HP48 has ROM Revision D.
-- 
Jon (jonhiga@phoenix.princeton.edu)