[34S] Ticks

[walter b]

(05-17-2014 11:15 AM)jebem Wrote:  First, two small remarks on the Owner's Guide:
1) I was checking the most recent "WP-34S Owner's Guide" at the SF repository, and can see that the "Edition 3.1" is the only one available for download - that's the "Manual_wp_34s_3_1.pdf".
I wonder if this is the most up to date version available as a download?
By the way, Walter is proposing a v3.3 in paper format (I've ordered one copy for myself).

Yes (3x).

Quote:2) Concerning the commands usage section, I see the Owner's Guide as a Reference Guide, more oriented to expert advanced users.
However I see an opportunity here to expose the WP-34S to a more broad population if examples of the commands were included as well, like HP and others are doing. This could be an offer in paper format only, to protect the creator's work.

Thanks for thinking of copyright. One person at least. And yes, the manual assumes you know the traditional functions and also some mathematics (it's even stated therein). We had the Beginner's Guide but that wasn't updated anymore by its author AFAIK.

Quote:Now, for the TICKS command:
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3) I see that the register used for TICKS is reset to Zero when the calculator is powered on, then it is incrementing forever (of course not...) as long as the calculator is powered on. Because the timeout inactivity will kick in in a few minutes ...

This isn't true anymore. With STOPW open, ticks will be incremented up to 2^16 to trigger timeout. And with the stopwatch timer running, TICKS may overflow more than once.

d:-)