50g

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, Dave Boyd <boydda@...> wrote:

>Thanks for the tip...for some reason the 117 flag wasn't staying

checked but seems to be now. Crap, do I have a s***load to learn.
Like I said, my issue at this point is to learn the survey apps
(cogo, etc) with this thing, and get conversant with it's use in
general engineering (civil) work. I think you're right about the
Kinko's thing, it's certainly a better way to go than pulling up a
page at a time on the desktop. I may try it on my way home tonight.

Thanx

Richard

> scramjet41 wrote:
> > Hi all;
> > I'm new to this group, I joined it in hopes of getting some help
> > learning the new machine.
>
> Same here. This reply to you, is in fact my own first post.
>
> > I've been using a TI 86 for years, time to
> > move up but the user manual isn't very helpful!
>
> Boy, there's an understatement. One thing: you can pretty much

ignore

> the thin "User's Manual" you got with the calc, in favor of the

PDF

> "User's Guide", which is much better, although it could also be

improved.

>
> Speaking of which, I was thinking of going down to Kinko's or

somewhere

> like it, and getting it printed and spiral-bound. Has anyone here

ever

> done that? If so, how did it come out? How much did it cost?
>
> > I think I'm OK with
> > RPN but some functions that SHOULD be quick and easy (like the

TI) are

> > turning out not to be. Elementary things like unit conversions

(ex:

> > convert yd^3 to m^3) seem to be very exhaustive to accomplish!
>
> Lucky you picked this example -- that particular task is very

simple, IF

> you have the calculator in the right set of modes. The "right

set" in

> this case is flag 117 (Soft MENU) checked, and RPN input mode.

Once you

> have the 50 in that state, go into the UNITS menu, pick VOLUME,

type a

> number like 100, and hit the softkey corresponding to 'yd^3'.

The

> display reads 100_yd^3. Then hit the left-shift (white) key, and

hit

> the key with the units you want to convert to, 'm^3', and the

conversion

> happens. You only have to use CONVERT if you have some units that
> aren't on the menus, like 'qt/hr'. And even then, you can store

that

> unit in a variable, and make a custom menu with it (and the units

you

> regularly use), and then this same method (with the left-shift)

works

> the same way. Handy!
>
> > My primary use for this calculator is in doing survey calcs

(bought

> > the DZign software pac with the 50g).
>
> Me, I don't need a calculator much, and when I do I need a

programmer's

> calc (like my HP-16C). I just like calculators, so I have a bunch

of

> them. I have the 50G just because it's a candidate for "best

handheld

> calculator in the world". Depending on what you consider "best"

of

> course...
>
>
> --
> Dave "Maybe the HP-15C?" Boyd
> "That's sucker talk."
> -- Raven, _This_Gun_For_Hire_, Universal, 1942
>