50g

To get back to the home menu you can simply type alpha alpha home

that's turning on the alpha lock and just typing home.

cheers Mick

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Fred Hoeldtke" <ehoe@...> wrote:
>
> You need a private teacher as you are very lost. Are there any
schools, math lessons or programming
> groups near you. MY SUGGESTION IS LEARN ON AN OLD HP48G PERHAPS
FROM YAHOO OR OTHER , GET THE BOOKS AND 98 PERCENT AT
> YOUR LEVEL WILL APPLY.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: matthiasrampke
> To: 50g@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:02 AM
> Subject: [50g] Re: HOW TO..... ON THE HP50G
>
>
> Hi J,
>
> I think we'll have to check some terminology here.
>
> I assume with "a clean menu with the 7 numbers on the left" you mean
> the stack display. If your calc is in RPN mode you can always get
> there by pressing ON (repeatedly if needed). You can clear out any
> numbers/items there with CLEAR (RSHIFT <=).
>
> The HOME directory is the basic place to put variables etc. On the HP
> calcs the Memory is organized in a Drive/Folder structure, much like
> on a desktop computer. You can have a look at it with the file manager
> (FILES).
>
> In general: with the HP49(+) HP introduced some features to help
> novice users, namely Algebraic mode and Choose Boxes.
>
> The first everybody should abandon immediately. The HP command set and
> interface are just not built for it, and it will slow anybody down.
> Learning RPN is a matter of minutes, mastering it a matter of
> practice. When you see it creep into how you view formulae (i.e.
> inside-out), you will know you're there. It's worth it.
>
> Choose Boxes (i.e. the full-screen menus popping up all the time) are
> a great way of learning your way around the (admittedly sometimes
> confusing) menu structure. Once you get to know which-is-which and
> what-is-where you can speed up your work considerably by changing flag
> 117 to Soft MENU. Then most menus will only use the keys A-F (try it
> out, you'll see). They no longer obscure the stack, allowing you to
> work much more fluently, especially if you often need several items
> (units, commands.) from the same or "close" menus.
>
> Have fun, M.
>
> PS: please DON'T YELL!!1!
>
> --- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, J <professorman40@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Group!! It was a great idea to have a group like this. I have
> a question: HOW DO I GO BACK TO THE HOME MENU when I am stuck on some
> other manu? To make it clear: I want to find which key or combination
> will clear the screen and put me on the home menu. I often get stuck
> and spend half hour to get back to a clean menu with the 7 numbers on
> the left and start over. There has to be a way. On the Ti-84 I used to
> have you could always go back to "home" very easily. Please help!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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