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HP 42S Error Messages
Message #1 Posted by Han on 28 July 2012, 12:26 a.m.

Could anyone help me obtain a list of all the error messages (in order) on the HP42S?

Thank you in advance. -- Han

      
Re: HP 42S Error Messages
Message #2 Posted by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) on 28 July 2012, 12:52 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Han

Hi.

Do you have access to a printed manual? If so, there is a comprehensive list of all messages at the end of it (Appendix D). The downloadable electronic version I know does not have it, though.

Anyway, this is a subject of interest. I guess that generating such a list from digitizing the original manual an using an OCR would take no more than a couple of hours.

'I'll be back...'

Cheers.

Luiz (Brazil)

Edited: 28 July 2012, 12:53 a.m.

      
Re: HP 42S Error Messages
Message #3 Posted by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) on 28 July 2012, 1:26 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Han

Here goes a list of messages only. It's 2:26AM right now in Brazil and I'll be back (later, please...) with a better PDF file.

Alpha Data Is Invalid
Bad Guess(es)
Batt Too Low To Print
Constant?
Dimension Error
Divide by 0
Extremum
Global Span
Insufficient Memory
Integ(Integ)
Integrating
Interrupted
Invalid Data
Invalid Forecast Model
Invalid Type
Label Not Found
Machine Reset
Memory Clear
No
No Complex Variables
No Matrix Variables
No Menu Variables
No Real Variables
No Variables
Nonexistent
Out of Range
Printing Is Disabled
Restricted Operation
Sign Reversal
Size Error
Solve/lnteg RTN Lost
Solve(Solve)
Stat Math Error
Yes
Cheers.

Luiz (Brazil)

Edited: 28 July 2012, 1:27 a.m.

      
HP 42S Error Messages (sleepless in Brazil...)
Message #4 Posted by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) on 28 July 2012, 2:32 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Han

Sorry, I could not resist...

HP42S Message List (PDF)

Hope it is of any use. Please, folks, feel free uploading it and sharing freely. After all, it is a PDf reconstruction of an excerpt from the original HP42S manual. And please, if you find any error of any kind let me know so I can fix it.

Cheers.

Luiz (Brazil)

Edited: 28 July 2012, 2:34 a.m.

            
Re: HP 42S Error Messages (sleepless in Brazil...)
Message #5 Posted by Les Koller on 28 July 2012, 4:48 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil)

Hey Luiz, I have a 20 page essay, to be in APA format, that is due Tuesday. If you cannot sleep anyway....I can send a rubric and topic! LOL JK.

                  
Re: HP 42S Error Messages (sleepless in Brazil...)
Message #6 Posted by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) on 28 July 2012, 8:49 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by Les Koller

(I deserve that...) ;)

            
Re: HP 42S Error Messages (sleepless in Brazil...)
Message #7 Posted by Han on 28 July 2012, 10:43 a.m.,
in response to message #4 by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil)

Hi Luiz,

Thank you for the information and PDF file. I really appreciate it.

Han

            
Re: HP 42S Error Messages (sleepless in Brazil...)
Message #8 Posted by Matt Agajanian on 28 July 2012, 11:48 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil)

Thanks! It's very helpful indeed.


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