Sorry about asking this question, but my excuses are: HP has for some reason choose not to put out pdf of manual, Norway not getting any hp-35s soon, I am curious!:
One feature (aside from the BIG ENTER KEY) that makes the machine interesting for my purposes are the 2D and 3D vector types. Working with computer graphics I could make use of this feature I hope (do a lot of checking result from vector calculations while debugging).
Question: What are the operations for addressing, unpacking (say into x,y,z) vector's components?
Kind of asking I guess: 'How practical are these types': They seems handy for input/presentation, but how are them to program linear algebra with.?.
Grateful for any info to one who is counting on his fingers to just order the thing from abroad :-)
Edited: 23 Aug 2007, 8:28 a.m.
Thanks a lot!
Had a feeling this could be the case...
What it sounds like is that a program that would work on a problem would access vector components stored as individual values in normal registers.
At least the results can be presented in vector form since it is easy to make a vector(s) (training stuff shows that) after computations.
Well, the good thing about this is that I got pretty much enough information to design and simulate my programs before get the machine...
I think the tried and true for vectors is the 48 series and its descendants--the 50G.
Arne
From my experience if you are working in graphics then get a graphical calculator i.e. HP50G. It is so much easier to develop algorithms and see/visualise the results.
Yea, well... I must say it has crossed my mind after been thinking about getting hp35s...
I had orginal NOT been planning to take up my youthfull passion for programming calculators (HP41CV, rip wherever you are now...), what
I been missing (but I borrow a hp15c a lot) is a simple rpn to add, sqrt to check program output.
A thing I am worried about by getting something as powerfull as the 50g is that I may be absorbed by it..., propably enjoy every second of it though...
Maybe....
Edited: 23 Aug 2007, 12:18 p.m.