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08-11-2021, 08:15 PM (This post was last modified: 08-13-2021 05:39 PM by robve.)
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(08-08-2021 08:25 PM)C.Ret Wrote:  SHARP PC-1211

Total 42 keystrokes to enter program and setup mode. Plese note the heavy use of implicit multiplication.
Total 72 keystrokes to input table values and systematically show X and Y on one display (or print the two values on printer is connected).
Score : 112 keystrokes
And the two X and Y results clearly displayed on both halfs of the display after each entry.

Very nice to use AREAD with the DEF-key! I used it a lot back in the 80s to chain calculations for circuitry, the last value PRINTed also feeds back into AREAD. This, together with abbreviated commands (A. for AREAD, P. for PRINT, I. for INPUT, F. for FOR, etc) saved a lot of keying.

I tried your program on a PC-1250A. There is no MODE key on the PC-125x, but a mode slider. That saves 2 keystrokes (mode sliding counts as one keystroke; one click action), for a total of 110 keystrokes for the PC-1250A (and all PC-125x).

On the PC-126x, PC-13xx and PC-14xx there is no support for implied multiplication syntax. This adds 4 keystrokes to the program for A*A and LN(B*B). Value 2A becomes 2*A (3 more keystrokes for three inputs) and .5B becomes B/2 (same keystrokes for two inputs), giving 117 keystrokes total for the PC-126x, PC-1350/60 and PC-14xx series (mode switching takes one keystroke or one slider click).

Edit: in hindsight, the PC-14xx supports the SQU function with the [x^2] key and the LN function with the [LN] key, so takes just 13 (or 14 when comma requires SHIFT) keystrokes to enter P.[x^2]A+A-[LN]B,[LN][x^2]B instead of 19 (or 20 when comma requires SHIFT) to type out the full P.A*A+A-LNB,LN(B*B). The PC-13xx and PC-14xx have a dedicated comma key without SHIFT, thus 110 keystrokes for the PC-14xx series. Smile The PC-126x requires SHIFT for the ( and ), thus 117+2=119 keystrokes for the PC-126x series. The PC-1250A has implied multiplication but requires SHIFT with ( and ), thus 112 keystrokes for the PC-125x(A) series.

Alas, SHARP decided to get rid of the AREAD command and the DEF-key for their later models PC-E500(S) and the PC-G8xx series.

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Calculator benchmark - jhallen - 08-08-2021, 05:42 AM
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RE: Calculator benchmark - jhallen - 08-08-2021, 08:05 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - OlidaBel - 08-11-2021, 12:40 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - C.Ret - 08-08-2021, 08:25 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - robve - 08-11-2021 08:15 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - jhallen - 08-08-2021, 09:57 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - C.Ret - 08-12-2021, 04:24 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - robve - 08-12-2021, 09:13 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - robve - 08-12-2021, 11:37 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - Claudio L. - 08-09-2021, 08:14 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - jhallen - 08-11-2021, 04:33 AM
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RE: Calculator benchmark - Werner - 08-11-2021, 11:49 AM
RE: Calculator benchmark - jhallen - 08-11-2021, 01:11 PM
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RE: Calculator benchmark - robve - 08-13-2021, 02:16 PM
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RE: Calculator benchmark - robve - 08-13-2021, 09:10 PM
RE: Calculator benchmark - C.Ret - 08-15-2021, 01:13 PM
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