Major Bug in 2014 11 24(6940) RPN mode X^2

[Gerald H]

(12-03-2014 05:15 AM)ndzied1 Wrote:  Upgraded to the latest without problems but found what I think is a pretty major bug in this update in hardware and emulator.

With the prime in RPN mode, the {X^2} key does not work.

It works in Textbook and Algebraic modes but not RPN...

It throws a Syntax error whether trying to operate on the stack or command line.

I haven't found that it is linked to an entry mode.

I bought a Prime ages ago , very impressed by the advertising & the machine's power & the Cas.

It doesn't really work the way I wanted it to, being used to the 48, 49 & 50G, but as it's so much more powerful I thought I'd make the effort....

Having made some effort & having been rewarded by numerous OS collapses I gave up. I now occasionally take the machine out of the draw, look at it & laugh.

Perhaps I just didn't try hard enough ... I'll leave it up to you who show more persistence.

I'm reminded of the game of Bridge in the interwar years, when the Brits developed the "British Bidding System" which they used in international tournaments & with which they consistently lost.

One should be positive & one should know when to drop it.