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HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #1 Posted by gene wright on 19 Nov 2011, 10:28 a.m.

HP 15c Adv Function Handbook

Thanks Joe!

      
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #2 Posted by Nick_S on 19 Nov 2011, 11:03 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by gene wright

Very nice, and timely, as I just worked through the HP15c LE manual.

Nick

Edited: 19 Nov 2011, 11:03 a.m.

      
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #3 Posted by uhmgawa on 19 Nov 2011, 12:53 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by gene wright

Quote:
HP 15c Adv Function Handbook

Looks pretty good, at least the resolution of the museum CD version if not better. It may well replace that version after cropping out the edge shadows and coil binding holes.

      
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #4 Posted by Valentin Albillo on 19 Nov 2011, 3:54 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by gene wright

Thanks for the link, Gene, it's a very nice scan and much appreciated.

Actually, I really love those old HP manuals and Owner's Handbooks of the golden age, and this particular one is really among the very best and most interesting of them all and really lives up to its title, being full to the brim with quality advanced info and examples.

However, all isn't perfect and there's the odd suboptimal programming in there as well, which is particularly rare in such a state-of-the-art handbook. One such instance is the routine found in page 119 for "Constructing an Identity Matrix", which ineffciently needs 12 steps and 3 registers to do the task and it's quite slow to boot.

Actually, I asked for such a routine in one of my very first HP-15C mini-challenges posted to this forum many years ago, with my own solution being: 

               LBL A
               CLX
               STO MATRIX A
               MATRIX 1
               X<> 0
               LBL 0
               STO+ 0
           "u" STO A
               GTO 0
               RTN
which is just 10 steps long (including LBL and RTN), and only takes a maximum of 3 seconds for a 7x7 matrix, which is the largest possible size the HP-15C's memory allows. You can substitute MATRIX A and STO A for whatever desired matrix, A to E.

Best regards from V.

      
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #5 Posted by Bill (Smithville, NJ) on 19 Nov 2011, 7:17 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by gene wright

Gene,

I've taken the file and Cropped it so the sprial holes are gone and the bottom no longer has the artifact. Prints really nice.

I've also added Bookmarks to the file that match the Table of Contents.

I don't have any way to host the file. I could email it to you and maybe your could post it for those that want it.

Bill

            
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #6 Posted by Eric Rechlin on 19 Nov 2011, 11:12 p.m.,
in response to message #5 by Bill (Smithville, NJ)

You could share it with DropBox, which gives you 2GB for free. If you want to set up an account, you can use my referral link which gives us each another 250MB for free.

Eric

                  
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #7 Posted by Bill (Smithville, NJ) on 23 Nov 2011, 6:32 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Eric Rechlin

Hi Eric,

Just signed up. You should have more space & I ended up with 250MB more space also.

Following is link to HP-15C Adv Functions with cropped edges and full bookmarks.

HP-15C Adv Functions Book

Bill

                        
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #8 Posted by Eric Rechlin on 23 Nov 2011, 11:07 p.m.,
in response to message #7 by Bill (Smithville, NJ)

Thanks for the referral, and thanks for uploading that. That will make it a lot more pleasing to read on the computer.

If there's any interest, I could probably produce printed and spiral-bound copies for $10 or so plus shipping.

Eric

                              
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #9 Posted by Peter Murphy (Livermore) on 24 Nov 2011, 12:00 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

Eric,

You've got my interest at roughly that price. If you're starting a list, put my name on it, and thanks for the generous offer.

                              
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #10 Posted by hpnut on 24 Nov 2011, 12:09 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

Hi Eric,

I am interested to get a hardcopy too.

                              
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #11 Posted by Walter B on 24 Nov 2011, 1:19 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

+ 1 if you tell me what "plus shipping" means in figures :-)

                              
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #12 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 24 Nov 2011, 1:42 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

I'd be interested in one hardcopy when the wp34s definitive overlay is available (to save on shipping).

                                    
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #13 Posted by Walter B on 24 Nov 2011, 2:40 a.m.,
in response to message #12 by Gerson W. Barbosa

Olá Gerson, we've just changed it again :-)

                                          
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #14 Posted by Alexander Oestert on 24 Nov 2011, 5:43 a.m.,
in response to message #13 by Walter B

Walter,

www.internetdrucker.de

might be a lot cheaper for us here in Germany.

                                                
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #15 Posted by Walter B on 24 Nov 2011, 12:45 p.m.,
in response to message #14 by Alexander Oestert

Alexander,

ich nehme an, deine Nachricht bezieht sich auf das AFH. Wenn wir über Schwarzweißdruck reden, hast du wahrscheinlich recht. Farbig stellt sich die Sache anders dar. Allerdings zeigt das AFH nur sehr wenige Stellen, an denen die Farbe für den Informationstransport wichtig ist - schöner sieht es trotzdem aus.

Gruß,
Walter

                                                      
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #16 Posted by Alexander Oestert on 25 Nov 2011, 1:22 a.m.,
in response to message #15 by Walter B

Will Eric's prints be in color? And don't forget postage and custom fees that will apply as soon as the sum reaches 22€. I haven't checked but maybe it is an option to have only the relevant pages printed in color and the rest in b/w.

Edited: 25 Nov 2011, 2:10 a.m.

                                    
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #17 Posted by Didier Lachieze on 24 Nov 2011, 3:11 a.m.,
in response to message #12 by Gerson W. Barbosa

Quote:
I'd be interested in one hardcopy when the wp34s definitive overlay is available (to save on shipping).
+1
                              
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #18 Posted by Kerem Kapkin (Silicon Valley, CA) on 24 Nov 2011, 3:15 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

Eric,

Quote:
If there's any interest, I could probably produce printed and spiral-bound copies for $10 or so plus shipping.

+1 Thanks, Kerem

                              
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #19 Posted by Namir on 24 Nov 2011, 4:39 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

+1 here too!

                              
Re: HP 15c searchable Adv Fun Handbook (link) - done by Joe Horn
Message #20 Posted by Joel Setton (France) on 24 Nov 2011, 4:59 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

Another +1 here!
Joel Setton

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