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From: shotgun on 18 Jun 2008 04:59
Why is the choose command so slow (the jump "down arrow" from one element
to the other inside the choosebox), if you compare it to the HP49?
Is'it possible to speed it up?
mfg
From: shotgun on 18 Jun 2008 06:42
I got it, just press fast
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:59:56 +0200, shotgun <ssebay(a)arcor.de> wrote:

> Why is the choose command so slow (the jump "down arrow" from one
> element to the other inside the choosebox), if you compare it to the
> HP49?
> Is'it possible to speed it up?
> mfg

From: JYA on 19 Jun 2008 01:26
On 2008-06-18 03:59:56 -0500, shotgun <ssebay(a)arcor.de> said:

> Why is the choose command so slow (the jump "down arrow" from one
> element to the other inside the choosebox), if you compare it to the
> HP49?
> Is'it possible to speed it up?
> mfg

it's the exact same code ...

--
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security (Benjamin Franklin)

From: John H Meyers on 19 Jun 2008 01:48
If you mean 50G vs. 49G+
it would be hard for there to be any difference
(same code, running on same platform).

Both of those are faster than the original 49G,
because the new emulator is faster than the old processor,
yet it's still the very same "Saturn" code that's running.

The "49/50 series" CHOOSE command is also faster
than the "48 series" CHOOSE command -- the latter
is still retained in 49/50 series ROM,
available to programs written in SysRPL
(because it offers more options and control to the programmer),
so it's therefore possible to find some applications
using the older code, which are thus slower than the newer code,
an example of which is:

99-byte Full-screen CHOOSE for all 48G/49G/50G calculators:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.hp48/msg/8888908f27145901
(includes binaries!)

As far as I am aware, the newer built-in 49G/50G CHOOSE
can not be invoked in a full-screen mode,
so the only way to do the above was to use the older, slower functions.

The above might also be on www.hpcalc.org
but the "search" function seems to have become broken:

On http://www.hpcalc.org/search.php
Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0
Warning: Unknown: Failed opening '/public/html/hpcalc/search.php'
for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in Unknown on line 0

A Google search of postings finds another application which also
contains binaries for those 99-byte full-screen CHOOSE programs:
http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=6431

And even a very simple multi-level CHOOSE:
http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=6435
(although Raymond's should be much better :)

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