50g

You will find that the manuals are not well written and there are error's in the manual as well as lacking in proper explanation as you have experienced, this is a problem which HP should have resolved before writing the manual and marketing the 50G. 

If HP had a well written manaul with proper explanation and did not have a problem with software as I have experienced then TI would probably drop its calculator line. 

As yet I have my 50G but there are problems in running the app located in the HP sofware archive. 



As you will also find 

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "pin224466" <pin224466@...> wrote:
>
> thanks for the info !
> 
> local variables vs. global variables.... what a concept....very simple when explained.
> 
> Peculiar, I have spent the past couple of hours performing searches for a similar reference in the 50g user guide, advanced user manual, and users manual and have not been able to find anything.
> 
> I'm sure there is a logical extension of the info you provided with regard to the 50g SD memory card; however, it would be nice to see the rules/requirements in writing.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "nate.beers" <natebeers@> wrote:
> >
> > I'd suggest downloading the HP-48 documentation.
> > 
> > Quick Start Guide <http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=6402>
> > User's Guide <http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=3937>
> > Advanced User's Reference Manual
> > <http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=6036>
> > 
> > From Chapter 5 of the HP 48G Series User's Guide:
> > 
> > Where to Store Variables
> > 
> > When you evaluate a variable, the HP 48 searches the current directory
> > for the name of the variable. If the name isn't there, the HP 48
> > searches up the path until it finds the variable or searches the
> > HOME directory. Note that it will evaluate the first variable it
> > finds with the designated name, which may or may not be the one you
> > had in mind. This suggests several approaches to organizing your
> > variables:
> > 
> > Put variables that you Want to access from any directory into the HOME
> > directory
> > 
> > Put variables that you don't Want to be able to access from all
> > directories into a
> > directory not on the current path.
> > 
> > You can use duplicate variable names, as long as they are not in the
> > same directory.
> > 
> > To create the variable A in the PIPES directory, you need to place the
> > following on the stack and press the STO key.  (Note that A is enclosed
> > in single quotes)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Pressing the A softkey in the PIPES directory will place the formula on
> > the stack.  Pressing the EVAL key will evaluate the formula using
> > whatever contenet you have stored in the variable D that is in the HOME
> > directory.
> >
>