50g

--- On Mon, 2/16/09, J <professorman40@...> wrote:

> I just bought my Hp50g... I need to find one or several
> videos on how
> to use it or on good text on how to use it...manual is not
> good for
> that... can anyone help?

Have you seen this website?:
http://hp50g.pbwiki.com/

I've found a couple of websites on programming the thing...
http://www.thiel.edu/mathproject/itphpc/
http://www.neng.usu.edu/cee/faculty/gurro/Classes/Classes_Spring2004/hp49g+/hp49g+training.htm

Keep in mind the HP-50g is very, very similar to the HP-49g+.

> ALSO: how can I configure it to have calculations display
> default as
> DECIMALS instead of Fractions?

I think what you're looking for is to set the flag found here:
{MODE}, {CAS (F3)}, {Approx}.

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HTH
pDale Campbell