50g

schoobh wrote:

> --- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Howell" <rhowellelsupremo@...>
> wrote:
>> Hello --
>> Can anyone tell me how to write a program, execute a program, or
>> operate the HP50g using BASIC? And, what BASIC would that be --
> qbasic,
>> quickbasic, gwbasic, hpbasic ...? HP says in their manuals or guides
>> that the HP50g recognizes BASIC, UserRPL, systemRPL, Saturn(assembly)
>> and ARM(assembly) languages. In the User Guides, Reference Manuals,
> and
>> Advanced Reference Manuals HP discusses all those languages in detail
>> except BASIC. I sent an E-mail to HP with a similar question. So far,
>> they have not responded Thanks, Dick Howell
>>
>
> Hello Richard
> Basic is the language used to program the HP 50 when in the algebraic
> mode. Ther seems to be little information on this.
> One place you might look at is www.hpcalc.org. When on the site search
> for and download casmath.zip. Unzip the file and read usflan.pdf. It
> gives example showing the difference between basic in algebraic mode
> and user rpl in rpn mode. Hpe this helps. Herman Schoob

It seems silly to refer to UserRPL as "BASIC" when it's used in ALG
mode, and the document you reference does not seem to do so.

I'd like to ask Mr. Howell exactly what documents he found that say that
"the HP50g recognizes BASIC, UserRPL, systemRPL, Saturn(assembly) and
ARM(assembly) languages", because, while the HP50g certainly can be
programmed in all the others, I know of no implementation of BASIC for
it. Not that one is impossible; I simply don't know of one.

There's a version of HP-BASIC for the 39G-40G series, however. Perhaps
that's what was intended?


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