Free42 bug, or my mistake?

[r. pienne]

I'm playing around with Free42 at the moment, working the examples in the 42s manual, and notice that if I have a scalar value stored in variable MATA, MATB, or MATX, and then start the SIMQ (simultaneous equations) routine and input reasonable dimensions when requested, the program crashes. On 64-bit desktop Linux the crash is immediate, but on Android it hangs for about 10 seconds before crashing.

Has anybody else come across this? Is the real 42s affected? Should I report it as a bug?

Thanks.

R.

[jebem]

Do you mean the Thomas Okken "Free42 — An HP-42S Calculator Simulator"?
I never tried it, but it seems a nice project, it evens has binaries for Windows!

That said, I prefer to use emulators where the real ROM firmware from the original calculator is used. It will give a closer behavior to the real physical device.

There a few emulators for the HP-42S, I am using at the moment the Christoph Giesselink version for Windows.

In case You do not run Windows natively, you can use a hosted hypervisor for your preferred hosting operating system.

By the way, what is the 42S manual that you are referring to?
Maybe I can duplicate the issue in my emulator program here.

[Thomas Klemm]

(05-16-2014 11:29 PM)r. pienne Wrote:  Has anybody else come across this?

Can confirm the bug on Linux and iPhone.

Quote:Is the real 42s affected?

Just tried Christoph Giesselink's emulator: The answer is no.

Quote:Should I report it as a bug?

Yes.

Cheers
Thomas

[RMollov]

(05-16-2014 11:29 PM)r. pienne Wrote:  I'm playing around with Free42 at the moment, working the examples in the 42s manual, and notice that if I have a scalar value stored in variable MATA, MATB, or MATX, and then start the SIMQ (simultaneous equations) routine and input reasonable dimensions when requested, the program crashes. On 64-bit desktop Linux the crash is immediate, but on Android it hangs for about 10 seconds before crashing.

Has anybody else come across this? Is the real 42s affected? Should I report it as a bug?

Thanks.

R.

I don't understand your problem, but why don't you contact Thomas Okken directly?

[jebem]

(05-17-2014 09:16 AM)Thomas Klemm Wrote:  

Quote:Is the real 42s affected?

Just tried Christoph Giesselink's emulator: The answer is no.

I have checked a few examples on solving simultaneous equations using matrices from this "HP42S Programming Examples and Techniques" guide, starting on page 163.

No issues when using the Christoph Giesselink's emulator as well.

[Thomas Okken]

This is a bug, and it affects all versions. It will be fixed in the next release.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/...0Z5pHGxzDw

- Thomas

[John Smitherman]

Thomas, a bit of feedback - the update was delivered perfectly through Google Play to my Nexus 7 tablet running Android version 4.4.2.


Regards,

John

[Thomas Radtke]

Another Android user here. Thanks a lot, Thomas!

[rprosperi]

+1 (nice to know Google Play auto-update works for apps other than those that advertise too)

[Jeff_Kearns]

Release 1.5.3 of Free42 was also delivered automatically (presumably at the same time) to my Samsung Galaxy S4. Thanks Thomas K!!

Jeff K

[r. pienne]

I'm away on holidays at the moment, but I look forward to downloading when I get back. Thanks Thomas for the fast response and the great software!