Hewlett-Packard HP-41CX
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Fractions calculation
AC: Alternating current BaseN: Number base calculations Card: Magnetic card storage Cmem: Continuous memory Cond: Conditional execution Const: Scientific constants Cplx: Complex number arithmetic DC: Direct current Eqlib: Equation library Exp: Exponential/logarithmic functions Fin: Financial functions Grph: Graphing capability Hyp: Hyperbolic functions Ind: Indirect addressing Intg: Numerical integration Jump: Unconditional jump (GOTO) Lbl: Program labels LCD: Liquid Crystal Display LED: Light-Emitting Diode Li-ion: Lithium-ion rechargeable battery Lreg: Linear regression (2-variable statistics) mA: Milliamperes of current Mtrx: Matrix support NiCd: Nickel-Cadmium rechargeable battery NiMH: Nickel-metal-hydrite rechargeable battery Prnt: Printer RTC: Real-time clock Sdev: Standard deviation (1-variable statistics) Solv: Equation solver Subr: Subroutine call capability Symb: Symbolic computing Tape: Magnetic tape storage Trig: Trigonometric functions Units: Unit conversions VAC: Volts AC VDC: Volts DC |
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Hewlett-Packard HP-41CX
Hewlett-Packard's HP-41 line of calculators were the first pocket calculators to offer alphanumeric display capability. These calculators had a beautiful, high-contrast 14-segment alphanumeric display, capable of showing up to 12 characters at a time. The calculators also had, in addition to the comfortably large internal memory, four expansion ports to which additional memory modules and other peripherals could be attached. I'm tempted to say that the HP-41 was ahead of its time but it really wasn't: it was right on the mark, appearing just as it became possible to produce a calculator system with advanced capabilities and a rich set of peripherals for a reasonable price.
The CX model of the HP-41 line was the most advanced, offering extra built-in memory, timer functions, and other features.
These calculators are keystroke programmable, like their predecessors. However, the alphanumeric display makes it possible for the calculator to display key mnemonics instead of numeric keycodes, making programming that much easier.
The HP-41 programming model is fully merged, with a variable instruction word length. Many instructions use a single byte of memory, but some can take several bytes; for instance, as the program below demonstrates, alpha or numeric constants both appear as a single program line.
This program below is, of course, yet another implementation for the Gamma function. It calculates the Gamma function for any real argument. The program can be invoked by typing XEQ ALPHA G A M M A ALPHA; alternatively, the function can be assigned to a user key.
01 LBL'GAMMA 02 1 03 X<>Y 04 LBL 02 05 X>0? 06 GTO 01 07 ENTER^ 08 RDN 09 * 10 R^ 11 1 12 + 13 GTO 02 14 LBL 01 15 STO 01 16 X<>Y 17 STO 00 18 76.18009173 19 RCL 01 20 1 21 + 22 / 23 86.50532033 24 RCL 01 25 2 26 + 27 / 28 - 29 24.01409824 30 RCL 01 31 3 32 + 33 / 34 + 35 1.231739572 36 RCL 01 37 4 38 + 39 / 40 - 41 1.208650974 E-3 42 RCL 01 43 5 44 + 45 / 46 + 47 5.395239385 E-6 48 RCL 01 49 6 50 + 51 / 52 - 53 1 54 + 55 PI 56 2 57 * 58 SQRT 59 * 60 RCL 01 61 / 62 LN 63 RCL 01 64 5.5 65 + 66 LN 67 RCL 01 68 .5 69 + 70 * 71 + 72 RCL 01 73 - 74 5.5 75 - 76 E^X 77 RCL 00 78 / 79 RTN
