50g

> It's probably simple, but I can't seem to find any answers on this... 
> I'm a surveyor, and I've Made programs to do all the things I want the 
> 50 to do, replacing my 42s completely. The one thing I can't figure out 
> how to do is take ->   98 45 23   <- and make it  show on the stack    
>                   ->   98*45'23"  <- This being 98 degrees, 45 minuits, 
> 23 seconds. Please help! on the 42s it was a kind of 'Inverted T', 
> turned 90 degrees to the left, it is alpha alpha button if I remember 
> right, like   ->   T " '  " " whatever... anything will help. thanks
>

To display, you have to split the digits up and convert them into a
string.  You can no longer use the number for calculations, so you'll
only want to use this really for making display screens.  I have
included PUSH and POP which save the flags and directory, and then
restore them.  If you don't mind the stack being set to FIX 4 then you
can remove them.

<< PUSH 4 RND 0 HMS+ 4 FIX 34 CHR + 46 CHR 176 CHR SREPL DROP SREV DUP
1 3 SUB 39 CHR + SWAP 4 9 SUB + SREV POP >>

That will give you a nicely formatted string.

Also, should you wish to get a complete professional COGO system that
you can integrate with your own programs quite easily (there are
commands for database access and some low level stuff), check out
http://pssllc.com.  

TW