Finally acquired a Woodstock

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(10-31-2017 04:15 PM)Craig Bladow Wrote:  Hi Gamo,

Having gone through the user manual and “HP-25 Applications” it turns out there is a lot that can be done in 49 steps. Memory was expensive and since the program was lost when the calculator was turned off, 49 steps was probably thought as a reasonable maximum amount to ask the user to key in again and again.

I also am pretty sure the factorial program in the user manual can be done in fewer steps

In college, I found out 2 important things about the HP-25 Program Memory space:

1. You really can do a lot in 49 steps.

2. You can do about 10 times more in 50-52 steps! No matter how hard I tried, many of my more complex program attempts were often 1, 2 or 3 steps more the 49-step limit.

If I had some of the Dieter's (and many other folks here, but let's face, he's legendary with this) step-saving tips I probably could have squeezed more in, but alas, though really good, these came along 35-40 years too late.