I have an HP48GII - very similar to the HP50g. It's a very difficult machine to learn how to use.
But there is a good manual- HP48 insights by William Wickes.
The concept of the HP48 is so ambitious that you need a really good manual and this is it- it gives you a real chance of mastering the machine.
But if you want to do even moderately complicated scientific calculations there are other solutions- I use my HP200LX most of the time. I still hope to master the HP48GII!
Ed L
--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, <50g@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Thanks for the links, I will have a look at the AUR for the 49 to find out if it helps.
--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, John Kono <jtkono@...> wrote:
>
> Assuming that you're also lumping the HP-written Advanced User's
> Reference Manual (AUR) in the "NOT well written" category, have you
> looked at the documentation section of hpcalc.org
> (http://www.hpcalc.org/hp49/docs/)? Most of the documentation there
> is written for the 49g, but the 50g is essentially the same from the
> user's perspective.
>
> If you haven't yet looked at the AUR, it can be downloaded from HP at:
> http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02836298/c02836298.pdf
>