HP48

MI5 Persecution: Gagged by BBC Ariels editor
Gagged by BBC Ariel's editor On 25 June 1997 I wrote to Landmark Publishing Services, who deal with advertising for the BBC's in-house magazine Ariel. I requested they run an advert "BBC Newsreaders Spying on my Home" in the Personal column. They accepted my instructions and payment, and the following advert did... 29 Nov 2006 15:08

HP 50g and Linux
Hi I recently got a HP 50g calculator, and since I've used Linux for almost 2 years now, I'd like my computer and my calculator to get along. Reading the articles in the group I see that people are able to do it, either with CKermit or HPTalx. My problem at the moment is that when I plug the calculator in, my com... 29 Nov 2006 14:01

MI5 Persecution: Bizarre magazine
Bizarre magazine article June/2001 The appropriately-named Bizarre magazine, a UK publication, featured my website on page 114 of their June 2001 issue (number 47). They present a copy of the letter MI5 sent me in February 1997. This article was pointed out to me by a reader of Bizarre magazine. I suppose I s... 28 Nov 2006 16:35

MI5 Persecution: BBC h2g2 online
BBC h2g2 16/Sept/1999 The BBC's h2g2 website is billed as "Earth Edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!". Naturally, one of its pages is about me, me, me. It starts off with the lines; Every now and then something comes along which makes you think "Ah! That's what the Internet is for!" Mike Corley ... 28 Nov 2006 16:35

entering complex numbers in polar form (hp49g+)
Hello folks, I've set my calc to Deg and cylin [ R<)Z ]. (Algebraic mode If I enter a complex number like (2, <)2 ) everything just works fine.. But is there a way to get something like (2*2, <) 2) working? If I try typing this in my calc retruns an error to me: "Invalid Syntax". Is there a way to make i... 30 Nov 2006 04:50

Chi-Square test for HP-50g?
Hi, does anyone know a very simple and quick program for doing a chi-square test in a simple two table matrix for the HP-50g? -much thanks, Saven ... 28 Nov 2006 02:38

Programming
Hi i would like to make this result y: 4 x: 3 the operation is 2 2 + for y 2 1 + for x If i write : :y:4 :x:3 This show me y:4 x:3 but if i try to make a operation the x: or y: disapear and i just see the result. Someone can help me ? I use Hp50G Sylvain. ... 27 Nov 2006 18:02

where's the speed ??
i also just received my 50s recently and one of the first things i wanted to do was compare calculation speed against my 48s. with CAS features set as follows; indep var: 'X' modulo: 13 and the following items only check marked- approx, rigorous and simp. also in calc. modes i've got rpn, fix 6, fm not checke... 30 Nov 2006 12:03

Error messages are useful strings -- which?
I noticed that many helpful tips I'd like to include in my programs (e.g., a less verbose version of "You just told me to change Flag -85, which FYI is SysRPL/UserRPL Stack Display") already exist as strings which can be recalled via ERRM. For example, IFERR 47469 DOERR ERRM END returns the desired string. A lit... 5 Dec 2006 17:36

HP-50g Grayscale
I understand that the HP-50g supports HARDWARE grayscale. If this is true, are there plans for a ROM update that would make use of this directly to the user, ie... not just PIXON, but PIXON,value_0-F or some such nomenclature ? Just curious... Thank you ... 28 Nov 2006 13:49