XEQ Alpha - one more idea... Message #6 Posted by Andrés C. Rodríguez on 15 Jan 2000, 10:07 a.m., in response to message #4 by Steve
I remember that, in my -41C years (about 1980-1989), I sometimes used the (XEQ)(ALPHA) --- (ALPHA) sequence, even for functions that are available on the keyboard; nonsense as it could be. I could not offer any reason for this. But what I can say is that it was MUCH more easier than the ALPHA menu of my HP42S (1989-), or it's function catalog! Rest assured I didn't typed XEQ E N T E R ^ each time I needed to sum or multiply; but typing XEQ OFF may have been an acceptable way to save wear and tear on the very critical "on" key :-)
...Or, better yet, just let the calculator timeout and power off by itself.
Since part of my present work has something to do with Alpha processors and Compaq Alphaservers; someone may think it was sort of a promotional plot :-)
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