50g

I don't know how useful this might be but worth a look:
http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=3721

Says it's for the 48 but you only need to put the calculator into 
Kermit server mode; the rest is done on the pc. You control the hp by 
typing everything on the pc, then, I guess you can cut & paste to 
Excel.


--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "m2mbob" <bob.ryan@...> wrote:
>
> I'm new to 50g, but a long-time HP user. 
> 
> It seems to me that one of the more obvious advantages of 
connecting a 
> calculator to a PC would be the ability to use the calculator as an 
> enhanced numeric keypad. I often perform calculations on a 
calculator, 
> and then enter the result into the active cell of a PC Excel file 
that 
> I'm working on.
> 
> A few manufacturers have offered devices that combine rudimentary 
(4-
> banger) calculator capabilities with a numeric keypad.  These 
devices 
> allow the user to perform a calculation, then press a button to 
send 
> the result as a string to the insertion point in an open file on 
the 
> PC.  These devices generally suffer from a paucity of calculation 
> features.
> 
> I'm wondering whether it's possible to get the 50g to send data to 
the 
> PC in the same way that these weakling devices do it.  Maybe I'm 
> missing something obvious in the 50g documentation. Any thoughts? 
> 
> Thanks!
>