Base conversion for DM41X

[Valentin Albillo]

(10-22-2023 06:41 PM)Jeff_Birt Wrote:  I have read through all of Part I of the HP-41CX Owner's manual and am using Part II as a reference. Forgive me for not committing 400+ pages of technical documentation to memory in two weeks.

Forgiven, but those "400+ pages of technical documentation" you mention aren't meant to be memorized but consulted when necessary. In this particular case, simply look in the back cover of the HP-41CX Owner's Manual Volume 2: Operation in detail and you'll see there the line "20: Branching (page 298)". Looking in that page you'll quickly find at p.300 the following paragraph (my highlights):

"Local Alpha Labels. Local Alpha labels require two bytes of program memory and can be used for branching any distance within a program. They are designed for manual execution: when the User keyboard is active, a local Alpha label is automatically assigned to each key on the top two rows (as described in “The Top Two Rows” in section 9). You can then use these keys to execute the corresponding local Alpha labels in the current program."

I found the above information in about one minute, and I didn't need to have the whole 400+ page manual memorized, I just consulted it. I see that eventually you found this paragraph too, so you see.

Quote:Scolding someone who is new to a particular machine for asking a question is not particularly friendly nor constructive.

Far from "scolding" you, I was trying to give you some allegedly useful advice, as I did here and here, but if you see my well-meant attempt here as "scolding", rest assured you'll get no further advice or suggestions from me in the future.

V.