HP PDAs & Calc emulators for windows 10

[ndiniz]

I'm looking for some reliable HP calc & PDA emulators. Any advice on this is appreciated, and I would like to get info on where to find ROMs & apps to run in these emulators online. Once again, I appreciate your help!!!

[HP-12C]

These are worth a look:

https://rlmtools.com/

[ndiniz]

I saw one of the links gave me a website with an email to ask for an ISO regarding the HP-95LX & HP-xxxLX series of palmtop systems. Is that email address still active?

[jonmoore]

Official emulators of the HP-10/11/12/15/16C are no longer distributed but many of them are available for free within a web browser. You're in luck with the 48 RPL series calculators as all the relevant information can be found at https://www.hpcalc.org/

Look for the relevant Emulator categories on that page, and then look for recommended ROMs. They're not distributed together, but all the clues are plainly in sight. Emu48 is generally the emulator most want and that can be used for both 48 and 50g calculators (the 50 and 49 are the same calculator but featured different hardware).

And then you need lots and lots of time to explore all the wonderful applications that you can run on the 48 series calculators.

For the old school RPN classics, head to http://teenix.org/

These emulations aren't as slick as that you get with the RPL era Emu48, but the emulations run accurately. RPN and RPL are very different even though they both feature a stack. RPN is closer to the metal. What I mean by that is that programming with RPN is far closer to assembly programming than with higher level programming languages. For this reason, one of the common assignments you'll encounter in an assembly programming course is to design your own RPN calculator!

https://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/40-2011f/h...oding.html

It takes a certain mindset, and I don't mind admitting, I've always been more comfortable with RPL than RPN programming - although unformatted RPL listings look like pure gibberish. The Teenix site has plenty of RPN program listings as does https://literature.hpcalc.org/

In many ways, the Teenix site is more convenient for listing as they're available in plain text form, but they're missing the critical commentary you get in the source material books available on the literature section of the hpcalc.org site.

Going back to the university course homework page I linked to. It's worth going through the whole Machine Structure and Assembly-Language Programming course (luckily most of the information you require to follow it is publicly listed).

https://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/40-2011f/

Take everything I've said with a pinch of salt if you've been using RPN calculators for years and simply wanted a few HP emulator links.

[Mike T.]

(04-26-2023 05:07 AM)ndiniz Wrote:  I'm looking for some reliable HP calc & PDA emulators. Any advice on this is appreciated, and I would like to get info on where to find ROMs & apps to run in these emulators online. Once again, I appreciate your help!!!

If you are a linux user you could try this emulator or alternatively this one can be compiled on either linux or windows though I've never compiled it on windows myself...

[jonmoore]

(05-30-2023 04:08 PM)ndiniz Wrote:  I saw one of the links gave me a website with an email to ask for an ISO regarding the HP-95LX & HP-xxxLX series of palmtop systems. Is that email address still active?

I hadn't forgotten this aspect of your questions, but there's no simple answer as the emulator that I'm aware of won't run on Win 10 directly but only via 32bit DOS. This bit is the easy as you can use DOSbox for that. The emulator itself is HP's own, the 200LX Connectivity Pack, which can be downloaded here (you'll need to set up a free account first): https://vetusware.com/download/200LX%20C..._/?id=8545

The tricky aspect is that the images you get from VetusWare are 3 floppy .img images, and getting these to mount on DOSbox isn't as easy as a single ISO. The following web pages will guide you, but I won't get a chance to test the recommended approach.

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/inde...tle=DOSBox

https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/IMGMOUNT

[Liamtoh Resu]

There are windows emulators for the hp12c and hp30b at educalc.net

These are both financial calculator emulators with the hp30b supporting
some scientific functions. They both support RPN and may be an easier
introduction for hp calculating.

There are various manuals at literature.hpcalc.org

Emulator links:

hp30b emulator
https://www.educalc.net/page/2336251/

hp12c emulator
https://www.educalc.net/page/2338917/
click on the media.educalc.net link

[floppy]

here you will find a lot of good stuff https://hp.giesselink.com/

[ctrclckws]

(05-31-2023 05:05 PM)jonmoore Wrote:  

(05-30-2023 04:08 PM)ndiniz Wrote:  I saw one of the links gave me a website with an email to ask for an ISO regarding the HP-95LX & HP-xxxLX series of palmtop systems. Is that email address still active?

I hadn't forgotten this aspect of your questions, but there's no simple answer as the emulator that I'm aware of won't run on Win 10 directly but only via 32bit DOS. This bit is the easy as you can use DOSbox for that. The emulator itself is HP's own, the 200LX Connectivity Pack, which can be downloaded here (you'll need to set up a free account first): https://vetusware.com/download/200LX%20C..._/?id=8545

The tricky aspect is that the images you get from VetusWare are 3 floppy .img images, and getting these to mount on DOSbox isn't as easy as a single ISO. The following web pages will guide you, but I won't get a chance to test the recommended approach.

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/inde...tle=DOSBox

https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/IMGMOUNT

Another DOS environment for 64bit Windows is VDOS. It is claimed to be less focused on gaming and more focused on productivity applications.

[striegel]

HP12c Financial Calculator

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addo...hgljhhkcea