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P→R, R→P, Vector Arithmetic and HP-35
07-11-2024, 12:46 AM
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RE: P→R, R→P, Vector Arithmetic and HP-35
Just a minor detail: IIRC they had 768 10-bit words for firmware, so it's more like 960 Bytes. Of course, it is incredible they did so much with so little resources!

(07-05-2024 04:41 AM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  Hi all.

Yeah, Bill Hewlett wanted a shirt-pocket HP-9100.

Yes, Polar & Rectangular conversion can be done with trig & square root combinations. But if the objective was to put a 9100 in a handheld, why were polar/rectangular conversions omitted?

Yeah, I know. The team had 768 bytes to work with.
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