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Voyager emulators Message #1 Posted by Ricardo Lira Matte on 24 Sept 2005, 12:15 p.m. Check the link http://homepage.mac.com/riclira for voyager series hp calculators emulators. There are emulators for the 10c, 11c, 15c, 12c and 12c Platinum.

Re: Voyager emulators Message #2 Posted by Peter Geiser on 25 Sept 2005, 4:36 a.m., in response to message #1 by Ricardo Lira Matte If you want the same emulators for free, and most older HP calculators as well, check out Nonpareil by Eric Smith (http://nonpareil.brouhaha.com/)

Re: Voyager emulators Message #3 Posted by Gunnar Degnbol on 25 Sept 2005, 4:12 p.m., in response to message #2 by Peter Geiser They are not the same. The "emulators" here are what everybody in the big what-is-an-emulator thread agreed are simulators. They reimplement the functionality of the voyagers at the user level, but adds a lot of functionality and possibly unique bugs. Eric Smith's Nonpareil emu^H^H^Hsimulates the Coconut CPU and executes the original firmware, making them identical to the real calculators, except they don't fit in a pocket.

Re: Voyager emulators Message #4 Posted by Peter Geiser on 25 Sept 2005, 4:45 p.m., in response to message #3 by Gunnar Degnbol I see. Yes, they have more memory, etc. Regards Peter

Re: Voyager emulators Message #5 Posted by Mike T. on 6 Oct 2005, 4:07 a.m., in response to message #1 by Ricardo Lira Matte Ricardo - Your simulators certainly look the part they have very realistic appearance! The arithmetic accuracy isn't what I'd expect from an HP calculator though, and you should know that this can (and will) cause problems with a number of programs. As an example try the following 48 - 47.8 - 0.2 The answer should of course be zero but it isn't and any test for x=0 will fail. To be a true replacement your simulations need to match the accuracy of the real thing. Mike T.

Re: Voyager emulators Message #6 Posted by Gordon Dyer on 12 Oct 2005, 6:32 p.m., in response to message #5 by Mike T. Where are Ricardo's emulators available from?

Re: Voyager emulators Message #7 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 12 Oct 2005, 6:50 p.m., in response to message #6 by Gordon Dyer http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv015.cgi?read=78647#78647

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