Harold A Climer wrote:
> Is there a way to convert units on the HP50 as we did
> on the 48GX without using the CONVERT(X,Y) command?

Err... the old HP48 Units menu is present as right-shift 6. Prof. Dr.
Rautenberg's Unitman still works fine, too. Naturally, you need to have
the soft-menu flag set (-117 SF). Is that what you meant?


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Dave Boyd
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:03:12 -0400, Dave Boyd
wrote:

>Harold A Climer wrote:
>> Is there a way to convert units on the HP50 as we did
>> on the 48GX without using the CONVERT(X,Y) command?
>
>Err... the old HP48 Units menu is present as right-shift 6. Prof. Dr.
>Rautenberg's Unitman still works fine, too. Naturally, you need to have
>the soft-menu flag set (-117 SF). Is that what you meant?
Thanks. That is what I meant. It is amazing how things work
"correctly" when flag 117 is on.
I was wondering why the designers of the 50 thought it necessary to
have to set this flag for the soft menus. I am really not an expert,
but was this also true in the 48GX, 49G and 49G+ too, or is this new
to the 50G.
What, if any advantages does not having flag 117 set bring to the
calculator?
Harold A Climer
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dept of Physics,Geology,& Astronomy
Room 309 Grote Hall
615 McCallie Ave
Chattanooga TN 37403
Harold-Climer@utc.edu

"John H Meyers" wrote in message
newsp.tqag4buhnn735j@w2kjhm.ia.mum.edu...
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:39:50 -0500, Harold A Climer wrote:
>

[snip]

> the HP49G then began to try to make *everything*
> become a "choose" menu -- which often failed,
> especially for the special shifted operations,
> the "little box in menu label" items,

speaking of which... does anyone know how one can get information on how to
program a custom menu with soft keys that display the little box when flag
or setting is toggled ( like the soft keys in << 65 MENU >>)?

Greg

> speaking of which... does anyone know how one can get information on how to
> program a custom menu with soft keys that display the little box when flag
> or setting is toggled ( like the soft keys in << 65 MENU >>)?

Yup. Do it all the time. Requires sysRPL or the use of SYSEVALS.
This example tests system flag 62 (user mode).

::
"USR"
% 62.
COERCE
TestSysFlag
Box/StdLabel
;

<< "USR" 62. #262F1h SYSEVAL #26170h SYSEVAL #25E7Fh SYSEVAL >>

TW

TW wrote:
> ::
> "USR"
> % 62.
> COERCE
> TestSysFlag
> Box/StdLabel
> ;
>
> << "USR" 62. #262F1h SYSEVAL #26170h SYSEVAL #25E7Fh SYSEVAL >>

Hum, you're missing a TakeOver somewhere here, which can't be done in
UserRPL

> Hum, you're missing a TakeOver somewhere here, which can't be done in
> UserRPL

Of course. I wasn't giving the program one would actually use in a
menu but rather just trying to show which commands will create the
label. I should have added that detail in.


TW