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- From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: Number Base conversion with decimals... The HP CAN'T DO IT!!
- Message-ID: <STEVEV.93Jan27185515@miser.uoregon.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 02:55:15 GMT
- Article-I.D.: miser.STEVEV.93Jan27185515
- References: <1993Jan27.210414.27676@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- In-reply-to: mal2n@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:04:14 GMT
-
- I have seen relatively little software that handles radix
- conversion of non-integers. The HP 48 doesn't have built-in
- programs to do this but it wouldn't be hard for you to write
- programs to do it; after all, you are being taught the methods
- right now, aren't you?
-
- For that matter, you could have it do bases that it doesn't
- handle now (only bases 2, 8, 10, and 16 are currently supported).
-
- I don't know why you're so surprised that the HP 48 doesn't do
- non-integer radix conversions. It is a very good calculator, but
- it can't be all things to all people.
-
- "Life is short and ROM is full." -- Bill Wickes
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- Steve VanDevender stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu
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