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gold f and blue g
Message #1 Posted by jb on 30 Sept 2000, 12:30 a.m.

Didn't see this in the FAQ's, what does the f on the gold key and the g on the blue key mean?

      
Re: gold f and blue g
Message #2 Posted by Victor on 30 Sept 2000, 1:34 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by jb

As I understand it, the 'f' stands for "function", since the 'f' key makes the next key you press execute one of its alternate functions. The blue 'g' (and black 'h' on the HP-67) also make the next key execute an alternate function, and are just the next two letters in the alphabet.

            
Re: gold f and blue g
Message #3 Posted by Thibaut.be on 1 Oct 2000, 5:10 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Victor

Yes, it has happened that some calculators even got a "h" function key !


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