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From: username localhost on 30 Mar 2008 13:47
On Mar 28, 2:23 pm, "Veli-Pekka Nousiainen"
<velipekka.nousiai...(a)saunalahti.fi> wrote:
> "John H Meyers" <jhmey...(a)nomail.invalid> wrote in messagenews:op.ttsut7q8nn735j(a)w2kjhm.ia.mum.edu...
>
> > X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> > On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:03:48 -0500:
>
> >> isn't [line 11 is last line for font6] fixed in 2.10?
>
> > What's 2.10?
>
> > Oh, isn't that odd -- the calc which I tested says:
>
> > "Version HP49-B
> > Revision #2.10-7"
>
> Hmmm, what 2.10 and WHERE!
> Does it include the EMU ROM ??
> Parisse version or something else?
> [<-l] [CONT]

AFAIK, The only publicly available 2.10 is BP's 2.10, which is
available at his web site. You should be able to tell that the rom
running is a beta of version 2.10-7. The only such beta is BPs. Other
2.10 ROMs do exist, and I would not be surprised if JYA had some, but
AFAICT nobody but HP and apparently BP have the authority to release
ROMs. And HP seems to have an official policy to not release any new
ROMs. Unless somebody can convince HP to let them take over software
development responsibilities for the system (which would also probably
require providing full support for the calculators), it seems quite
likely that no new official ROMs will over be seen. However more
unofficial ROMs might one day be made once all the relevant copyrights
expire, if anybody still cares that far into the future.
From: John H Meyers on 1 Apr 2008 15:49
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:47:02 -0500:

> AFAIK, The only publicly available 2.10 is BP's 2.10, which is
> available at his web site. You should be able to tell that the rom
> running is a beta of version 2.10-7. The only such beta is BPs. Other
> 2.10 ROMs do exist, and I would not be surprised if JYA had some, but
> AFAICT nobody but HP and apparently BP have the authority to release
> ROMs. And HP seems to have an official policy to not release any new
> ROMs. Unless somebody can convince HP to let them take over software
> development responsibilities for the system (which would also probably
> require providing full support for the calculators), it seems quite
> likely that no new official ROMs will over be seen. However more
> unofficial ROMs might one day be made once all the relevant copyrights
> expire, if anybody still cares that far into the future.

I have no idea who authorizes whom to do what,
but I would guess that the special version (with Geometry and spreadsheet),
made for French teachers, might have led to additional sales,
which might suit HP very well.

The "Unsupported Beta ROM 1.19-6" for HP49G (original),
available at www.hpcalc.org, was never offered through HP itself,
but was a significant improvement over version 1.18,
which is the last version HP offers (still available, BTW),
and likewise may have improved the "bottom line."

Of course, you can also actually install "50G" version 2.09 or 2.10
into an HP49G, albeit indirectly, via "ROMUPLOAD" from Emu48/49,
thru a serial port, when using an emulator ROM file.

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