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First non-RPN calculator in Nonpareil Message #1 Posted by Eric Smith on 14 Jan 2006, 8:42 p.m. Thanks to a ROM image and code provided by HrastProgrammer, Nonpareil will soon support its first non-RPN calculator, the TI-57. Since non-RPN calculators (even the HP-01 and HP-10) aren't really consistent with the name Nonpareil, I've decided to put them into an optional "downgrade pack". I'm not sure whether the TI-57 will make it into the next release, which I'm trying to finish up this month. If not, it will be in the following release.

Re: First non-RPN calculator in Nonpareil Message #2 Posted by mIKE t. on 15 Jan 2006, 9:59 a.m., in response to message #1 by Eric Smith I'm looking forward to the next release. While it is true that I would probably only use the RPN models, I wouldn't necessarily regard the simulation of a non RPN calculator as a 'downgrade'... Mike T.

Re: First non-RPN calculator in Nonpareil Message #3 Posted by Eric Smith on 16 Jan 2006, 1:11 a.m., in response to message #2 by mIKE t. It's a downgrade pack because once you install it, the name "Nonpareil" is technically no longer applicable.

Re: First non-RPN calculator in Nonpareil Message #4 Posted by Thomas Okken on 16 Jan 2006, 8:47 a.m., in response to message #3 by Eric Smith Quote: the name "Nonpareil" is technically no longer applicable. OK, I'll bite. :-) What does that name stand for anyway?

Re: First non-RPN calculator in Nonpareil Message #5 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 16 Jan 2006, 8:53 a.m., in response to message #3 by Eric Smith Totally agree! Nonpareil means unique, unmatched, 'sans pair', etc... It would be kinda heresy including TI calcs simulations in the official Nonpareil package. Nevertheless, a separate package with some TI calculators would be much appreciated as some of us here had one of these (My first programmable calculator was in fact a TI-59. I had also a TI-51-III and an LCD TI-57 - display and chips available for free, if someone is interested). Regards, Gerson. ------------------------------------------------------------------- nonpareil [nónpa ráy’l] noun (plural nonpareils) 1.somebody or something unparalleled: somebody who or something that has no equal 2.PRINTING six-point type: a size of printers’ type equivalent to six point (dated) adjective peerless: having no equal [15th century. From French, literally ‘not (having) equal’, from pareil, ‘equal’, from popular Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin par, ‘equal’ (see PAIR).] Encarta® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1999, 2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. -------------------------------------------------------------------

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