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Kevin O. Lepard
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Is anyone familiar with _The_HP_48_Handbook_ by James Donnelly? (Page 61 of
the current educalc catalog.) I am thinking about getting a book on programming
the 48SX and that sounds pretty good. Does anyone have any comments on that
or any other programming books? (Neglect the HP 48 Programmer's Reference
Manual by HP.)
Thanks in advance.
Kevin
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Joseph K. Horn
> Is anyone familiar with _The_HP_48_Handbook_ by James Donnelly?
> (Page 61 of the current educalc catalog.) I am thinking about
> getting a book on programming the 48SX and that sounds pretty good.
> Does anyone have any comments on that or any other programming
> books? (Neglect the HP 48 Programmer's Reference Manual by HP.)
It's more a reference manual for those who don't want to haul around
the Owner's Manual. The section about programming is only 12 pages
long, and the pages are small and the type is big. Great reference
for the error messages, menu numbers, character map, object types, and
all that sort of thing, however.
Much more in-depth is Bill Wickes' book "HP 48 Insights", especially
Volume I. Chapter 9, "Programming", plus Chapter 12, "Program
Development", totals 101 pages, and the pages are big and the type is
small. Highly recommended.
"An Easy Course in Using the HP-48SX" by Coffin, Coffin, and Loux is a
deceptive title. It's not just a teething book for intellectual
infants. Chapter 6, "Building Your Own Tools: Programming" is 41
pages of good material, including an excellent tutorial about the
principles of program design, like: delineate the desired inputs and
outputs before you write any code; set your strategy; break up the
task into workable pieces; etc. Don't let the cutesy-pie cartoons
fool you; this book is not a comic book for mental midgets. It even
has a Quiz at the end of the chapter, and that's followed by complete
answers and explanations for each.
-Joseph K. Horn- -Peripheral Vision, Ltd.-
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