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From: courvill@hydre.enst.fr (Marc Bernard de Courville)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: XLIB 240 xxx functions in hidden rom !
Keywords: hp48sx xlib ml machine langage
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:21:21 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Telecom-Paris, France

I post this for a friend who has no access to e-mail/news
To reply, write to courvill@inf.enst.fr, I'll forward !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

There is a lib 240 (0F0h) in the 48 ! it contains 112 commands
(from XLIB 240 000 to XLIB 240 111)
The link table of this library is in ROM at 3834F. Wen decoding it
you'll find that cmdes addresses are 7E128, 7E1C3, 7E272... (in hidden rom)
note that evaluating the corresponding XLIB object gives a result, as XLIB
"knows" how to exec things in hidden rom...

Does somebody knows what these commands do ?
(Take care, evaluating them on an empty stack always give a Memory Lost !)

If nobody knows the use of these commands, we could try to decode them...
If you're interested in that job, please e-mail me and I'll give you a list of
cmdes number to decode... (it would be stupid if everybody tried to decode
XLIB 240 000, no ?)

		Regards,

					Paul
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: rabagley@uceng.UC.EDU (Ross A Bagley)
Subject: Fast User RPN mkstr (IR Remote)
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:40:53 GMT

As the subject: line says, it's a fast user RPN makestring program that is
useful for those of us who like to screw around with the hp48 as an IR remote.

Times are comparable to the times quoted for the string builder in the tools
library ($50).  My times are:  1500 char string, .8255 seconds (the size 
recommended for the IR remote); 10000 character string, 1.3483 seconds (the 
ML version in the tools lib. quotes "less than a second"); 32750 character
string, 2.9450 seconds (about the largest string I could convince it to make).

I don't know all of the syntax needed in order to make it downloadable (I 
don't know what the header is supposed to look like) and using the PC link
would delay this until Tuesday at the earliest.  If someone in the know would
please edit the header, correct any other syntax errors I make typing this
in and repost it (making sure to keep the copyright notice intact :-)  I 
would greatly appreciate it.

BYTES gives us:
# 53005d
200

Here goes...
----PROGRAM (cut here)------------
\>>
    SWAP 2 / DUP IP DUP
    3 ROLL - NEG
    IF 2 *
    THEN " " "  "
    ELSE "" "  "
    END 3 ROLL DUP
    WHILE
    REPEAT 2 / DUP IP DUP
        3 ROLL - NEG
        IF 2 * 
        THEN 2 ROLL DUP 4 ROLL +
        ELSE 2 ROLL 3 ROLL
        END
        2 ROLL DUP + 3
        ROLL DUP
    END
    DROP DROP
\>>
---END OF PROGRAM (cut here)------------
---COPYRIGHT NOTICE-----------
COPYRIGHT (C) Ross Bagley 7/24/92
(I officially declare this program freeware.  It may be distributed, copied,
modified, etc... I only ask that this notice remain with the program.  If you
feel obligated to send money, contact me at rabagley@uceng.uc.edu to get an 
address.  Thanks)
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From: akcs.jwtrav@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (John Wettroth)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:40:02 GMT
Subject: Re: batteries
Message-ID: <2a6e63b8.1463.3comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Keywords: batteries

Nickel Cadmium batteries put out 1.25 volts when very fresh and quickly
get down to 1.1 volts.  Alkalines put out 1.55 volts when fresh and reach
a working voltage of 1.4 volts for most of their life.  At end of life
they go to about 1 volt (<10% capacity).  HP-48's sense battery voltage
for the low battery icon.  This is at about 3.1 volts or about 1.03 volts
per cell.  Nicads also have about 1/4 the capacity (density) of Alkalines
so the their life would be 1/4 as long right off the bat (excuse the pun)
but considering the low battery detector icon would probably be about
half this much.  If you're using your calculator often and for long
sessions, you would probably get about 1/8 the life out of NiCd's and I
would imagine your low battery Icon would be on about half the time. 
Some other notes of caution if I haven't talked you out of it yet.  The
self discharge rate of NiCd's is very high- a few months at room temp. 
If you left your calculator sitting around for a month or two with NiCd's
in it, it would develop amnesia.  Overall, not a good idea.  As the
previous note said, buy one less donut per week and put the money in your
shoe.  By the time your alkaline batteries die, go into the drug store
and pour out your shoe on the counter- Good Luck.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: dan@math.uiuc.edu (Daniel R. Grayson)
Subject: restore command query
Reply-To: Daniel-Grayson@uiuc.edu
Followup-To: poster
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 22:45:22 GMT

We can't get the RESTORE command to work as described on page 625 of the
manual.  The problem is that there is no variable called AUG1 present, and I
don't know how to simulate putting the object "Backup HOMEDIR" on the stack (is
it a string?).

The manual doesn't say what sort of argument RESTORE expects to find on the
stack, nor what the possible values for that argument are.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
From: akcs.kevinm@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Kevin McCarthy)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:40:01 GMT
Subject: Re: batteries
Message-ID: <2a6f5214.1463.5comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Keywords: batteries

But replacing the batteries in your calculator is NOT a big expense. If
HP says not to use Ni-Cads I won't. I replace the batteries about every 4
months during the school year, and in the summer, I have never had to
replace them.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: lingy@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Danzig Frique)
Subject: Where are your 48sx's made in? Is it singapore like mine?
Summary: Where are the 48sx's made in
Keywords: made, manufacture, 48sx, country
Reply-To: lingy@rpi.edu
Organization: Somewhere Special
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 18:35:14 GMT


The heading says it all 8)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: mheiskan@hut.fi (Mika Heiskanen)
Subject: Re: New entries list in seq.
Reply-To: mheiskan@.vipunen.hut.fi
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology - Finland
Distribution: comp
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:12:36


>   XLIBs after that handle port objects (Purging, storing etc) , but I haven't
>   studied them carefully enough to name them in the entries list. Most of the
>   things can be done from RAM entry points too, including RULES routines, and
			   ^^^^^
Oops. I meant entry points in visible ROM.

   --
   --> mheiskan@vipunen.hut.fi
--
--> mheiskan@vipunen.hut.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: tim@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu (Tim Conrow)
Subject: Re: another battery drainage question...
Organization: California Institute of Technology
	<2a78e90b.1445.9comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:18:35 GMT

akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Joseph K. Horn) writes:

   OK, how's this for a design concept: When first turned on, the machine
   would be in "calculator mode" (no vars, no libs; that's programming,
   that's computers!) and turn on real fast because it wouldn't have to
   do a RAM checksum.  And if you want, you can use it, and turn it off
   again (it'd turn off fast), still in "calculator mode".  But, if while
   it's on, you press VAR or LIBRARY or USER etc., it would ONLY THEN
   pause to do the checksum, and then be in "computer mode".  The fine
   details of memory management in "calculator mode" would, of course, be
   HP's headache, but be transparent to the user.

   Sound like a plan?

   -jkh-    -just brainstormin'-

That sounds cool, and way beyond what I orginally had in mind. I was just 
thinkin' of a 'PAUSE' key to hit when you wanted the `48 to go low
power but not really off. When I have time I'm willing to give it my best
shot, but I'm a LONG way from a wizard on fine control of this wonderous
beast.

But, hey, who am I to argue with JKH? :-) :-)

-- Tim      -you've got good brainstorms-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: flynn@sabrina.dei.unipd.it (Salvatore A. Colomba)
Subject: Re: WANTED: Symbolic Matrices
Organization: D.E.I. Universita' di Padova, Italia
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:55:14 GMT

I'm the author of one of the two recently released packages to handle symbolic
matrices. You can find my library at seq.uncwil.edu in a folder called something
like 'comp.sources.hp48/allposts/volume**' (one of the latest). Its name is 
smhl_sc and it is version 1.0; version 1.1 will be released on August or so.
Hope my work can be useful to you.



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: claudio@chsun.chuug.ch (Claudio Nieder)
Subject: Re: HP Coupon Book
Organization: CHUUG Swiss Unix Systems Users Group
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:24:56 GMT

Do you know, if this is available in Europe too?

				claudio
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: jc@sci.kun.nl (Jan Christiaan van Winkel (ATC))
Subject: array conversion question
Summary: conveting matrix to list of vectors
Keywords: conversion, array, list
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 08:20:43 GMT

Hey y'all,

I have a question regarding matrices:

I want to convert a matrix to a list of vectors, and back again.

So, I want to do:
[[ 2 3 4 ]
 [ 9 5 1 ]
 [ 1 2 6 ]
 [ 2 6 3 ]]

to

{[ 2 3 4 ]
 [ 9 5 1 ]
 [ 1 2 6 ]
 [ 2 6 3 ]}

and back again.

I want to do this because
1) I want to be able to do arithmetic on just a ROW of data, which
is fairly easy in a list (like DAT DUP 1 GET 2 * 1 PUT)
2) I want to be able to edit my data using the matrix editor
3) I want to be able to use the statistics stuff on my data.

At the moment, I convert the array to a string (->STR), replace the [
and ] char's by { and converting it back again (OBJ->). This takes an
awfull lot of time, and may just work because of lucky FIX/SCI/STD
settings.  For conversion from list to array, I do it just the other
way around. This also takes a lot of time.

I have considered using OBJ-> and ->ARRY, but then I must assemble my
row data piece by piece.

I understand that the amount of work to be done for these conversions
inside the HP48 is impressive as the internal datastructures for 
arrays and lists of arrays are totally different, but having to convert
all data to ASCII strings is pushing it just too far.

Thanks for any help.
JC

ps: for those who want to know what I use this for:
My array contains 5 columns, and an arbitrary number of rows. The first
column is a day number, and columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 are meterpositions
for electricity, natural gas, water meters and so on. I want to calculate the 
amount of gas (etc) used per day for each period. So:

   daynr gasmeter watermeter .....
[[    A     B         C         D E ]
      F     G         H         I J ]
      K     L         M         N O ]]

should become
   days  gas/day     water/day ...............
[[  0       0           0           0           0      ]
 [ F-A (G-B)/(F-A) (H-C)/(F-A) (I-D)/(F-A) (J-E)/(F-A) ]
 [ K-F (L-G)/(K-F) (M-H)/(K-F) (N-I)/(K-F) (O-J)/(K-F) ]]
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From: rrd@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ray Depew)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:23:09 GMT
Subject: Re: battery failure in hp48sx
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

In comp.sys.hp48, jlysagh@hubcap.clemson.edu (james joseph lysaght) writes,
regarding the practice of extending battery life by swapping their positions
in the battery compartment (and didn't we all go through this just a few
months ago?):

Whew!  I came back from a business trip, saw the basenote and an indicator
of "12 responses," and was worried that someone was taking this thing 
seriously!  :-)

Might I suggest, in seriousness, that perhaps it wasn't reordering the 
batteries, but removing and replacing them, that enabled jlysagh to
extend his HP48's battery life?  The act of removing and replacing them
is enough to scrub any oxide, etc. off the battery contacts, which lowers
the contact resistance and therefore -- well, any EE can figure it out.
The poor CS grunts, on the other hand, ...    B-)

This would be easy to test, but we might not hear from jlysagh about it for
another 14 months.

I think we should take a vote for Our Favorite Explanation.  I vote for
Joe Horn's Ether Wind.


Regards
Ray Depew
Hewlett Packard Co, Fort Collins, Colorado
rrd@hpfiqa.fc.hp.com   
Not an official HP spokestype.
(Does that mean the earth is constantly tacking? -- Oh, sorry, that's Solar 
Wind.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: mckeeveb@monashee.sfu.ca (Gumby - The unknown user)
Subject: Re: battery failure in hp48sx
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 03:11:18 GMT

ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes:

>Hey! I'm an EE. What do I look like? A chemist? Why should an EE know
>how a battery works?

Then why should I trust you to build anything that *might* have to
rely on batteries?

>goddam CS types...

Hey! Watch it!  It's true that we are (without a doubt, in some cases)
social idiots, but that's getting personal!

From: akcs.awiszus@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Steven Terry Awiszus)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 03:40:02 GMT
Subject: atari st -> hp48sx
Message-ID: <2a78b517.1507comp.sys.hp48@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

Hello,

I have an Atari-ST and an HP 48SX.  I have a few questions for 
anybody who is similarly situated:

1.  Can I make a cable with the same wire configuration as the
    cable for IBM PC's?

2.  Is there an ASC2BIN available for the Atari?

3.  What program should I use to download from the Atari to the 
    HP 48SX?

Thanks in advance.

Steve Awiszus

awiszus@solar.stcloud.msus.edu

From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Joseph K. Horn)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 07:40:11 GMT
Subject: Re: hp48 OPTICAL BAR CODE READER
Message-ID: <2a78e85a.1499.1comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

jpw@lorelei.ECE.Drexel.EDU (Joseph Wetstein) writes:

> A friend of mine is interested in information about BAR CODE READERS
> for the hp48. I know there was one for the 41, and I'm sure that
> there is one for the 48.
> Joe Wetstein

It's not been done, but it should be easy for somebody who understands
RS232 to make the HP48 talk to one of the RS232 bar code readers
available from any of the following folks:

        American Microsystems
        2190 A Regal Pkwy
        Euless, TX 76040
        (817) 571-9015

        Computerwise, Inc.
        302 N. Winchester Lane
        Olathe, KS 66062
        (800) 255-3739
        (913) 829-0600
        Fax: (913) 829-0810

        Worthington Data Solutions   <-- RS232 mentioned in ad
        417-A Ingalls St.
        Santa Cruz, CA 95060
        (800) 345-4220
        (408) 458-9938

These were gleaned from the back pages of InfoWorld's latest issue.
I have never dealt with any of these companies and cannot vouch for
their products.

This sounds like a fun project.  Unfortunately, the price of the
barcode reader and required printer, added to the time and hassle of
printing and then reading the barcode, might make Sparcom's Drive95 a
more reasonable solution for storing/reading/distributing 48 goodies.

-Joseph K. Horn-   -Peripheral Vision, Ltd.-
From: hansjoerg@hpbblb.bbn.hp.com (Hansjoerg Maier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: remote control program for HP41CX ? (with infra red module of course)
Date: 27 Jul 92 10:43:30 GMT
Organization: HP System Management Division



Hi,

I just got an infra-red module for my HP41CX. I know that there is 
a remote control program for the HP48 available. Does anybody know of 
such a thing for my old HP41CX with the attached infra-red module???

Thanks for your info,

Hansjoerg

_________________________________________________________________________

Hansjoerg Maier
CSO Special Engineering, CSO-Europe Boeblingen, Germany

email: hjm@hpbbn.bbn.hp.com                 Hewlett-Packard GmbH
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: dan@math.uiuc.edu (Daniel R. Grayson)
Subject: SYSRCL ?
Reply-To: Daniel-Grayson@uiuc.edu
Followup-To: poster
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 02:14:53 GMT

In tools.48 by Frank Ochoa, I find the function SYSRCL, but the documentation
is missing.  Here is what Frank says about it:

>     The  rest of the programs were developed by others and I  am  very
>     greatful  to  them for making them public.  These programs can  be
>     found in the BBS with documentation.
> 
>     15. 'SYSRCL'    - Recall object to stack
> 
>     16. 'FIND'      - Find object in memory

	...

Does anyone know where on seq.uncwil.edu the documentation might be?
From: akcs.nortaneous@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Jason Christopher Emery)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:40:02 GMT
Subject: Re: Scheduling Software
Message-ID: <2a6fe7bd.1469.3comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

There's two in User.Programs on the HPBBS and several more on the goodies
disks.  Basically, it's your choice between speed, functionality, and
space, sice no one program can probably provide all three.

(The goodies disks are collections of HP48 programs for 4.95 apiece,
available from EduCalc.)

From: akcs.n2kyw@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Paul Smith)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 02:40:03 GMT
Subject: Re: HP28S Speed-up
Message-ID: <2a7360a7.1472.2comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

Here is the program to speed up the 28s.  Store it under the name SPEED.
A few things to remember: power consumption varies with clock speed. 
Doubling the clock speed will certainly increase your battery drain.  On
the other hand, slowing the clock speed will reduce battery drain!  
Changing the clock speed will change the beeper freqencies, as well as
the results of any time programs you may have (there's a program in
Mier-Jaedjowskowicz (sorry if I slaughtered the spelling) book on hp28
insights to show the time using the internal system clock).

I've double checked the accuracy of this posting, but keep in mind that
memory losses always strike when you least expect them, so write down
those important programs first!

To use the program, put a number between 0 and 15 on the stack and
execute the program.  7 corresponds to normal speed, and 15 to 2x speed.
Here it is:

<< 'SPEED' -> s n << PATH RCWS 64 STWS s R->B #Fh AND #1000000000000h 
* #C600302331DFFBCh OR { #E60D51FFF00F1h #C808461241131h } + HOME n 
RCL SWAP n PURGE n STO #DFFB7h SYSEVAL n STO STWS ->STR 3 OVER SIZE 2 
- SUB STR-> >>  >>

remember, you must save the program under the name SPEED.

Also, THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FOR THE 48!!  dont try to run it on one.

Paul Smith
v055qmd6@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: carter@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Carter Bennett)
Subject: Re: FTP Files
Summary: DOS "type" command will perform LF -> CRLF
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:36:02 GMT
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <1992Jul29.175940.29255@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jks4675@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>After uncompressing them, the files have ^J's instead of
>'returns'. Thus, my Norton Editor can't get them in a format the
>48SX can understand.

I couldn't decide whether to mail this or post it.  I finally decided it
might be useful for someone else, so here it is.  Please, no flames.

The remote system (probably Unix-like) is using LF (^J) as a newline.
DOS programs (most of them) look of CR or CRLF, but not LF.  Interestingly,
one DOS command, "type", understands though.

FTP your file, then type:
      type  old-file-name  >  new-file-name

That should fix it.

Carter R. Bennett, Jr. - Scientist      No matter where you go...
carter@scilab.lonestar.org                 ...tty!
KI5SR
From: akcs.nortaneous@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Jason Christopher Emery)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:40:02 GMT
Subject: Re: battery failure in hp48sx
Message-ID: <2a6bf95f.1440.6comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48

Hmm, why don't you just use rechargeables?  Then, you can leave the
battery overnight (with a backup Alkaline set) and it will be ready for a
few more months.  Granted, they have a tendency to leak with certain
brands like the white Panasonic (P-50AA) and only 1.2V / 500mAh.  Not to
mention the extra cost of the batteries and the recharger, but Radio
Shack can help you find them.  Just remember the backup set and hope the
1.2V is compatible (has enough power/juice/voltage) with the 1.5V
batteries.

If this doesn't work, get a 4 D-Cell battery holder from Radio Shack with
a "Dummy" battery (or perhaps an extra one if you want to use
rechargeables) and run two wires into the HP48.  Then, place the D-Cells
into a hip pouch and you're all set (wires can be run under the shirt
with tape to hide them, as long as you get a wrist holder of some kind
for it.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
From: tim@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu (Tim Conrow)
Subject: Re: another battery drainage question...
Organization: California Institute of Technology
	<TIM.92Jul24155209@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu>
	<1992Jul25.235416.2942@utagraph.uta.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:06:59 GMT

In article <1992Jul25.235416.2942@utagraph.uta.edu> b645zjo@utarlg.uta.edu (Rick Homard) writes:

   In article <TIM.92Jul24155209@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu>, tim@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu (Tim Conrow) writes...
   >Along these same lines, I get annoyed at having to wait that second or
   >so while the `48 turns on, initializing or connecting lib.s, or
   >whatever it's doing. When I'm using the `48 as a simple calculator
   >(heaven forbid!) I want to hit the ON key and immediately be able to
   >start typing numbers. So...
   > 
   > Tim                tim@ipac.caltech.edu


   Is your time that precious that you cannot wait two seconds?

   Either you:

   (a)  have too many activities to do in one day and need to slow down, or
   (b)  need to stop being so damned impatient.

   :)

   Rick Homard

I realize you're kidding (mostly), but I think of this start-up problem as
a serious flaw in the design of the `48. The problem isn't with how much
time I have, but with the niche filled by a _calculator_ in my mind.
A calculator is not a computer, which we expect to require start-up time,
it's a *calculator*, dammit, and I want it when I want it; NOW!!!!! (:-)
Joel Kolstad wrote that he got another calculator to solve the problem;
good for HP's business, but a bad sign for the `48.

If a quick-on mode, such as I described in my original post, were available,
there'd be no need for another calculator.

Another alternative would be to disable the auto-off for a prescribed
period of time. Can one mess around with this??

-- Tim
From: akcs.ssabsay@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Scott Sabsay)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 03:40:02 GMT
Subject: Re: goodies disk 5 or 6
Message-ID: <2a78ac01.1167.2comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>