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From: Michael J. Schülke on 28 Oct 2009 18:45
Olaf Kaluza schrieb:
> I remember me from d.s.e today. :-)
>
I stopped reading d.s.e, and cut down on d.a.f.c, when someone started
paying me for work and my spare time suddenly vanished...

Regards,
Michael
From: John H Meyers on 28 Oct 2009 18:50
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:15:14 -0500, Michael J. Sch�lke wrote:

> What makes at least parts of the 48G's user interface -- the pop-up
> menus, the TIME screen, the equation library -- so relatively slow?

The slowest part is the "Input form" interface, not the screen writing of text.

If you want to see something really slow,
store a few hundred items in HOME (or in any directory),
then do right-shift MEMORY :)

In that case, it's largely the fault of the internal DOVARS function
(also used by the UserRPL VARS command),
which you can replace for your own use, although you can not,
unfortunately, replace what all other internal functions use:

Lightning-fast VARS command [for HP48[S/G] series]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.hp48/msg/70c1b543572a0e59?dmode=source


Wasn't the 48S also only half the speed of the 48G? Ouch!

[r->] [OFF]
From: Michael J. Schülke on 28 Oct 2009 19:22
Eric Rechlin schrieb:
> Well, actually the best thing is to use a 50g if the solution set includes
> buying a new calculator, but I'm biased. :)

The trouble is, I don't /need/ a new calculator. In fact, I don't think
I've ever /needed/ anything beyond a four function calculator since I
started working.

/Want/, OTOH, ist fundamentally different from /need/...

[Nostalgic ramblings start here - stop reading now if you don't care for
that sort of thing...]

Some 15 years ago, I got onto the TI-train more or less by accident, or
rather, by price tag. 250 DM for a TI-85 was steep (for a high school
student in the early nineties), but still way more affordable than 400
DM (or whatever it was) for an HP. The TI has never given me any reason
to complain, and when it died in an accident, it was replaced by a TI-
86, the best calculator (IMO) TI has ever made.

However, at the back of my head, I've always wondered what the road not
taken would haven like, calculator-wise, so when I had the chance to get
my hands on a 48g for a very reasonable sum, how could I decline?

Regards,
Michael
From: Dave on 29 Oct 2009 08:20
On Oct 28, 7:22 pm, Michael J. Schülke <n...(a)mjschuelke.de> wrote:
> The TI has never given me any reason
> to complain, and when it died in an accident, it was replaced by a TI-
> 86, the best calculator (IMO) TI has ever made.  

Agreed. If I'm going to use a TI, I'd much prefer that it be an 86.


> However, at the back of my head, I've always wondered what the road not
> taken would haven like, calculator-wise, so when I had the chance to get
> my hands on a 48g for a very reasonable sum, how could I decline?

While rather slow by current standards, I personally prefer the 48
line over the 49/50 machines, on account of vastly longer battery
life, a better keyboard, and much better usability design. The speed
difference is not so much of an issue, thanks to the great keyboard
buffer in the 48. I can type much faster than the Saturn can think,
but it never drops a keystroke. I can't say the same for my 50, with
doubled keystrokes, missed keystrokes, and the trig keys randomly
misfiring when I haven't touched them. Of all the units I've got (48SX/
G/GX, 49g, 50g), the 48SX is the one I keep on my desk.

Now, if you want to see SLOW, pick up a cheap 28C. ;)

-Dave Britten
From: Tom Lake on 29 Oct 2009 08:23

> Sorry, it is German, but you can read the shematic. I use my 48SX now
> for 16-17years with 4Mhz without any problem.
>
> Olaf

The last component listed there is the most important

I don't think we need any software to translate that! 8^)

Tom Lake

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