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Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #1 Posted by Don Shepherd on 29 Aug 2008, 4:49 p.m.

      
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #2 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 29 Aug 2008, 5:42 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Don Shepherd

:-)

            
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #3 Posted by nacho on 29 Aug 2008, 6:04 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Raymond Del Tondo

hp 42S rom??

                  
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #4 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 29 Aug 2008, 7:35 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by nacho

No, a simple but very nice 'algebraic expression' with two variables;-)

                        
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #5 Posted by Don Shepherd on 29 Aug 2008, 7:43 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Raymond Del Tondo

Right, in this case, HELLO + WRLD = 0.

With the help of a 17bii+ emulator.

                              
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #6 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 30 Aug 2008, 5:11 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by Don Shepherd

Quote:
With the help of a 17bii+ emulator.
Where to find it?
                                    
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #7 Posted by Don Shepherd on 30 Aug 2008, 8:05 a.m.,
in response to message #6 by Marcus von Cube, Germany

Where to find it. Ahhhhh.

There aren't a lot of advantages to being a math teacher, but one advantage is that HP will give you an emulator of a financial or scientific calculator if you provide them with a syllabus that describes how you will use these calculators in your classroom.

                                          
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #8 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 30 Aug 2008, 12:25 p.m.,
in response to message #7 by Don Shepherd

That locks me out. :(

                                                
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #9 Posted by Bruce Bergman on 30 Aug 2008, 12:41 p.m.,
in response to message #8 by Marcus von Cube, Germany

That locks MOST of us out. Sadly, me too.

But I'm sure it makes Don feel great, knowing he's one of the select few who has access to it... :-)

thanks, bruce

                                                      
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #10 Posted by Don Shepherd on 30 Aug 2008, 2:18 p.m.,
in response to message #9 by Bruce Bergman

Actually, Bruce and Marcus, you're not missing a lot. Here is what it looks like on the screen. It does the basic functions fine, but there is some bug in the solver section that causes some solver equations not to work like they should, or at least like they work on a real 17bii+.

      
Re: Who says the HP 17Bii is not programmable?
Message #11 Posted by Peter A. Gebhardt on 30 Aug 2008, 4:13 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Don Shepherd

And I bet - someone will come up with a version of "Eliza", implemented using the S() function.

Wouldn't it be nice being able to chat with your trusted 17bII exploring your mind ;-))

Best regards

Peter A. Gebhardt

PS: All non-teachers are reminded, that HPCALC v2.0 (say under VPC 2007) offers you a virtual complete emulation of the 19bII ...

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