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HP-25 Emulators suggestion
02-09-2024, 09:46 PM
Post: #21
RE: HP-25 Emulators suggestion
Sounds like it may be a limitation in building an emulator around a slavish interpretation of the microcode.

If you drop that, it would be easy to build a 25 with subroutines, or any other feature you wish.

Or completely new machines.


-J

PS: I've wanted the same - but I cheat I use an HP33C emulator!
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02-09-2024, 11:02 PM
Post: #22
RE: HP-25 Emulators suggestion
(02-09-2024 09:46 PM)John Garza (3665) Wrote:  Sounds like it may be a limitation in building an emulator around a slavish interpretation of the microcode.

If you drop that, it would be easy to build a 25 with subroutines, or any other feature you wish.

Or completely new machines.


-J

PS: I've wanted the same - but I cheat I use an HP33C emulator!

Yes, the HP-33C is basically the HP-25 PLUS subroutines!

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02-25-2024, 06:23 AM
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RE: HP-25 Emulators suggestion
(02-07-2024 01:41 AM)Dave Britten Wrote:  Well, if there's 16 free opcodes, that would be enough to add a few:

GSB 30
GSB 40
RTN

i.e. only support GSB to a few specific line numbers. Then you could have one or two small subroutines, which can occasionally make sense with a 49-step program memory.

What about a simple GSB 49 instruction. A GTO nn placed there would enable a subroutine just about anywhere in memory.

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02-25-2024, 02:09 PM
Post: #24
RE: HP-25 Emulators suggestion
(02-25-2024 06:23 AM)teenix Wrote:  
(02-07-2024 01:41 AM)Dave Britten Wrote:  Well, if there's 16 free opcodes, that would be enough to add a few:

GSB 30
GSB 40
RTN

i.e. only support GSB to a few specific line numbers. Then you could have one or two small subroutines, which can occasionally make sense with a 49-step program memory.

What about a simple GSB 49 instruction. A GTO nn placed there would enable a subroutine just about anywhere in memory.

cheers

Tony

Yeah, that would be even better. Just add that and RTN, with probably only a single subroutine return level supported - is anybody going to try to do recursion on a 25? Smile Of course, there's still the issue of making space in ROM to implement it!
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02-26-2024, 12:09 AM
Post: #25
RE: HP-25 Emulators suggestion
Hi all,

I implemented the GSB RTN on my emulator/simulator for the HP-25 and HP-25C

GSB 49 is implemented by pressing [g][GTO]
RTN is implemented by pressing [g][BST]
The new codes are shown on the LED display during program entry, and SST or R/S down.
Doing a RTN without a matching GSB will jump to step .00 and stop the program
Multiple GSB's will overwrite the previous RTN step.

An example program...

Code:

01. CLx
02. GSB 49
03. +
04. GSB 49
05. +
06. GSB 49
07. +
08. GTO 00


11. 8
12. RTN


49. GT0 11

When R/S is pressed, the X result = 24.

I have uploaded the updated CCE33, HP-25 and HP-25C emulator downloads at teenix.org

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Tony
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02-26-2024, 08:31 PM (This post was last modified: 02-26-2024 08:37 PM by Matt Agajanian.)
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RE: HP-25 Emulators suggestion
(02-06-2024 06:07 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  RPN-25 from CuVee Software appears to do precisely that:

http://www.cuveesoft.ch/rpn25/

In addition to a whole bunch of other added features, such as labels.

That’d be my vote. This is not only a supercharged 25, but a turbo supercharged calc.

Labels, user defined softkey capability (on the top), some HP-41C programs in the app library, over 50 flags, conditional test extensions, several indirect addressing capabilities, full set of complex number functions, including hyperbolics, trig, natural & common logs, etc.

Have a go and take a look.
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02-26-2024, 10:20 PM
Post: #27
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Nice. I wonder if anyone has actually typed in 999 program steps. Labels or not, that would be something Smile I like that you still have the original in there somewhere.

It's hard to imagine a HP-9100 with an Intel Core 9, math processor, gigs of RAM, color screen, terabyte drive and a laser printer sitting on top.

Even though I fiddle with them a bit, I like the originals. They have limitations by today's standards but that is what they are and is part of their charm.

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02-27-2024, 02:14 AM
Post: #28
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(02-26-2024 10:20 PM)teenix Wrote:  Nice. I wonder if anyone has actually typed in 999 program steps. Labels or not, that would be something Smile I like that you still have the original in there somewhere.

It's hard to imagine a HP-9100 with an Intel Core 9, math processor, gigs of RAM, color screen, terabyte drive and a laser printer sitting on top.

Even though I fiddle with them a bit, I like the originals. They have limitations by today's standards but that is what they are and is part of their charm.

cheers

Tony

Now there's a good project if you get bored: write a bare-metal HP 25 reimplementation for x86 systems. No Windows or anything, just boot straight to a direct port of HP 25 microcode (with LOTS more RAM and speed available). Wink
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