50g

Hi
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?

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

--- 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

Hello J, Here is the link to the training modules in the HP website:
http://h20331.www2.hp.com/hpsub/cache/383680-0-0-225-121.html

Also, when you get used to the calculator, you are going to need to
toggle between exact mode (fractions) and approximate mode (decimal) to
do this just press and hold the [right-shift] key (orange key) and
then press [ENTRER].