"VIEW PSE"

[J-F Garnier]

(11-10-2021 03:48 AM)butforwales Wrote:  The design choice that I dislike the most is the requirement of shift to activate up/down arrow keys. In 32S, 'down' is primary and 'up' is shifted, this lack of symmetry is very confusing. In 32SII, both 'up' and 'down' are shifted, making it mandatory to hold down left shift to scroll.

I like much better the 32S way, it is similar to many previous HP calculators with the primary SST and shifted BST (e.g. 41C). It is quite easy to handle them with the left thumb. On the contrary the 32SII way requires to use both hands.

Quote:One notable difference I encountered is the very different behavior of VIEW followed by PSE. It is particularly amusing because identical codes gave different results.
In 32S, the following code hang at the VIEW step. In 32SII the PSE results in expected 1s pause.

The 32S behavior is correct, the VIEW operation stops the program.
The 32SII behavior is a little-known 32SII specificity and an improvement vs the 32S.
Quote from the Owner Manual:
"If you want, you can make the program continue while the information is displayed. If the next program line - after the VIEW instruction or a viewed equation - contains a PSE (pause) instruction, the information is displayed and execution continues after a 1-second pause."

Let us know if you find other notable differences !

J-F
(a 32S user and fan)