03-03-2010, 07:08 PM
Hi All, are there comprehensive test steps written down somewhere to determine which bugs a 41c has ? If so, can someone point me to those please ?
Thanks
John
Hi All, are there comprehensive test steps written down somewhere to determine which bugs a 41c has ? If so, can someone point me to those please ?
Thanks
John
You should have been there (when the HP-41C was launched in 1979)!!
A full list is in "Extend Your HP-41" available on the DVD Version 7
Main versions:
ROM Date codes Comments
DDE 1926-1940
FDE 1936-1952
FEE 1951-2034
GFF 2035-84??
HFF 84??-Present CV version
NFL 2329- Present current CX version
John, if you scroll to to the bottom here you see the range of serial numbers which have specific bugs.
A simple test to see if you have most/all bugs is the following:
49, Sto 00, SF IND 00
If the Bat-indicator goes on you have bug 3 and hence most likely all other bugs as well.
Cheers
Peter
Edited: 3 Mar 2010, 11:48 p.m. after one or more responses were posted
For bug 1:
48 SIGMA+ LASTX ... if 48 is not displayed, it has bug 1.
For bug 2:
999 ENTER 3 STO IND Y.... if this works, it has bug 2.
For bug 3:
49 STO 00 SF IND 00...if the BAT indicator turns on, it has bug 3. Note: this is 49, not 59.
BUG 4 is bad results from SIN for small angles. Can't remember the arguments.
The information below is from http://www.finseth.com/hpdata/hp41c.php
#4: Early models compute the SIN of small angles incorrectly.
#5: CLP would only clear 1089 program lines.
#6: -67A/-97A prorams that contain combinations of number entry, EEX, and CHS do not translate correctly. Example:
EEX CHS 7 CHS 5
translates to
E-7-5
instead of
1E-7 -5
#7: The second nybble of the seventh byte of Alpha is copies along
with the first six bytes during an ASTO.#8: Early machines do not decompile programs if they are turned off
during PRGM mode.#9: Executing CAT 1 while in PRGM mode, then interrupting it with R/S causes step labelling oddities.
#10: If flag 25 is set and MEAN or SDEV causes an overflow, some flags can be altered.
#11 (CW1): If a program at the end of CAT 1 is replaced or deleted, a return to that program will return into the new program or off-program memory.
#12: On early models, the function LN(1+X) gives wrong answers for
values of X between -.9990234374 and -1.00.#13: On early models, the operation (.1)^-43 gives an answer of
9.999999999E42 instead of 1E43.
Gene,
And to know we paid sooo much for such faulty machines. I feel cheated by HP. <wink>
Namir
Thanks All,
I have a 1954 serial number, with the "tall keys".
Cheers,
John