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Re: New to HP50

2008-06-22 by drskeptical

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Juan C." <jcbuchin@...> wrote:
>
> There is an easy way to get to all the "modes" that controls the
> way your calculator will preform the calculations: Press and hold 
the
> [LEFT-SHIFT] key (white key) then press [MODE] key, a soft menu 
with sub
> menus appears, the one you are interested in is ANGLE which you 
access
> pressing [F2] the last three soft keys switch the mode a complex 
or  a
> vector will be showed.
> You can also do what a I did, I assigned a little program to the 
[MODE]
> key that toggles between rectangular or polar, to do that:
> 
> 
> Hi Brill !!

Just done this and all is well with the world..
Many thanks.

Now I have to do my VAT!!!
> 
> - Enter this a program in the stack
> 
> «
> 
> IF -16 FC?C
> 
> THEN -16 SF
> 
> END
> 
> »
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - Press 21 [ALPHA] [ALPHA] ASN [ENTER]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Is that simple!  Now every time you want to switch form rectangular 
to
> polar or vice versa, just press [LEFT-SHIFT] [ALPHA] [MODE] in other
> words [LEFT-SHIFT] [ALPHA] is USER
>

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