RPN Calculator
Version 3 · R.A. Montante
Description
The HP Palmtop Paper RPN --- A simulation of a Hewlett-Packard HP-29c scientific calculator. Almost all of the functions are implemented. There is no programmability feature. All math is done in double-precision floating-point. There are 100 memory "registers" (rather than the HP-29c's 31 "registers").
Technical details
- File
rpn30.zip- Size
- 56.8 KB
- Format
- .zip
- Year
- 1990
- Added to S.U.P.E.R.
- 1999-10-26
- Files inside
- 6
- Author
- R.A. Montante
- Path
anonftp/pub/rpn30.zip
How to install it
What to send to the palmtop saves 31.9 KB
These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.
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RPNINST.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 18.1 KB -
RPN.EXE→ A:\SOFT programa de DOS 56.4 KB
No need to put
CONFIG.RPN, RPN.MAN, README.V30, SCANCODE.DOC:
they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 31.9 KB on a 1 MB disk.
Steps
- Copy RPNINST.EXE, RPN.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.
Package contents
Send to my palmtop
The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.
Your browser cannot talk to the serial port. Direct sending uses the Web Serial API, which only exists in Chrome, Edge and Opera on desktop — not in Firefox, Safari or any mobile browser.
Download the file with the button above and copy it to the palmtop your usual way.