idivis inWP34s

[Dieter]

(11-27-2015 08:34 PM)walter b Wrote:  based on your flowchard, I'd suggest the following straight forward code:

Which can be improved e.g. by prestoring n/2 in R02 and comparing the divisor with this register. I tried a similar version where the divisors are displayed by a PSE statement, and I noticed the following difference to classic HPs:

Usually PSE (or here PSE 10) interrupts program execution for a second and displays X. Then the display blanks out again (showing flickering LEDs, the flying goose, "running" or the like) until the next result is displayed.

The 34s seems to behave differently. Here the value stays in the display even after the PSE is terminated and the program continues. At first I thought this was because the 34 is so fast, but even if there are several seconds between two divisors the latter continues to stay in the display. It looks like VIEW X PSE on a HP41. Only a MSG 00 cancels the display again, much like a CLD on an HP41.

Which is nice here, but I wonder if is this the intended behaviour since it is completely different from the way the classic HPs do it.

Dieter