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- From: boynton@fys.ruu.nl (Chris Boynton)
- Subject: Top 6 HP48 Programs
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.132748.5861@fys.ruu.nl>
- Keywords: RF, rm, HSOLVER, Suite 3d, Calculus, LASTX, remote_bg
- Sender: usenet@fys.ruu.nl (News Control)
- Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:27:48 GMT
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-
- Here are the top six most usefull programs for the HP48 as determined by
- you the readers.
-
- In answer to the question
- >What programs/utilities do you absolutely have to keep on your machine?
-
- The winner with 2 (count 'em, two) votes
- ***********************************************************************
- 2 votes for: RF - The compress program Reduce Fighter.(by Lutz Vieweg)
- ***********************************************************************
-
- The runners up, with one vote each
-
- HSOLVER - The Multiequations solver (ala Hewlett Packard's EQ lib SOLVER)
-
- rm - It works like the UNIX command 'rm -i *', i.e. for all
- objects in the current directory, it asks if you want
- to remove it. You answer by hitting '+' to remove the
- object, any other key to leave it. For all the removed
- objects, the program puts them on the stack, so you can
- store it again by just hitting 'sto', possibly by walking
- somewhere else in the tree; therby using 'rm' as a move
- command.
-
- Suite 3d - (available from HP on their Back to School Disks)
-
- Calculus - (available from HP on their Back to School Disks)
-
- LASTX
-
- And there was also 1 (illegal) vote for:
-
- remote_bg - package by Bj|rn Gahm "is totally awesome."
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- My thanks to: Per Stromgren, Jakob Hilmer, christopher williams, and
- EGANM@SONOMA.EDU. for participating in the vote.
-
- OK, I didn't figure the response would be so underwhelming (only 4 responses
- in about 5 days) that I couldn't do reliable statistics. Care to correct/add to
- the sample? Just answer the question:
-
- What programs/utilities do you absolutely have to keep on your machine?
-
- Providing a short description would be a bonus. Games and remote type
- programs don't really count...
-
- chris
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- PS. Per Stromgren not only provided the nice description of rm but also
- provided the code for it as well. I have not tested it, nor do I know
- anyone else (besides Per) who has, so use it at your own risk.
-
- %%HP: T(3)A(D)F(.);
- \<< CLLCD
- "'+' to remove, any
- other: don't."
- 1 DISP "?" 5 DISP
- VARS \-> V
- \<< 1 V SIZE
- FOR I V I GET
- DUP \->STR 4 DISP 0
- WAIT IP 95
- IF ==
- THEN 2000 .15
- BEEP 1500 .15 BEEP
- DUP DUP RCL SWAP
- PURGE SWAP
- ELSE 2000 .1
- BEEP DROP
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