SR-52->HP-67 Keycodes efficiency

[Dieter]

(12-23-2017 10:14 PM)Gene Wrote:  Gene: Hi Dieter. Time to start on the HP 67 games 2 rom? :-)

Should be possible in January. But maybe you already have one or two programs to start with. ;-)

(12-23-2017 10:14 PM)Gene Wrote:  TI on the other hand seemed to relish in the marketing literature by showing 224 steps vs. 100 for the SR-52 compared to the HP 65 and then later 960/480 steps vs. 224 for the TI59/58 compared to the HP 67/97.
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Never underestimate the power and stealth of marketers to confuse the user/buyer.

I see this power at work in your sentence with the "960/480 steps". ;-) This value can be found in numerous other sources. Even the overview on Wikipedia mentions "100 memories" and "960 program steps" (at least they get it right in the "Memory" section). But as we all know this 960 or 480 is just the highest possible number of program steps with not a single data register left. With 30 registers (similar to the HP67), the TI58 had 240 steps left. Or about 140 "HP-steps". ;-) The same is true for the TI59's 960 steps. What do you do with a 960-step-program that cannot use a single data register? OK, except "t". ;-)

(12-23-2017 10:14 PM)Gene Wrote:  I believe my previous thought is probably truer than you suspect.

I think we are closer than it seems.

(12-23-2017 10:14 PM)Gene Wrote:  P.S. If I had a way to assign a usefulness per post statistic to a user, I think you would be near the top. (...)

(12-23-2017 10:36 PM)Matt Agajanian Wrote:  Agreed! On numerous occasions, Dieter, your insights have been most educational!

Gene and Matt, thank you very much for your kind words.

Dieter