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41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - Ángel Martin - 09-27-2011 It occurred to me that all this (justified) attention and praise to the 15C_LE is having some side effects - namely the other fantastic news - like the 41CL - are not being covered in just measure. So here's one sweet and short note for your enjoyment. Reference to Gene's article on the 15C+ "crazy" program to demonstrate both the 15C capabilities and the LE superior execution speed (no PSE lines in there :) http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv020.cgi?read=195013#195013 I keyed in the following program on my CL, conveniently equipped with the SandMath and the Advantage (they're all included in the CL module library).
For comparison purposes, the code mimics Gene's for the 15C+, including the shortcomings listed at the end of his pdf. The result is (no surprisingly) identical. Use function VMANT to see the full mantissa.
I wonder how does the "production" LE compare to the pre-production 15C+. Probably just the same? My ordered LE is entangled in the
01 LBL "15C+" Re: 41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - Paul Dale - 09-27-2011 My 15C LE is taking about 1.5 seconds to run Gene's program.
- Pauli
How good is the 41CL? - snaggs - 09-27-2011 Compared to a 42s, how does a 41CL stand-up? Are the keys on the 41 superior? With all the modules included the feature set should be good?What about speed?
Daniel.
Re: 41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - Gene Wright - 09-27-2011 I believe it was a display blinking problem that was seen on the 15c+ while running the crazy test program that pointed out an issue with the display update routines. That's the base cause of the 15c+ run times being slower than the production 15c LE times (again, I believe). However, the fix that sped up the run times appears to have contributed to the pause problems. But, Angel...how long does a 15c equivalent of this HP 41 program take? LBL A "HI" END
:-)
Re: 41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - From Hong Kong - 09-27-2011 Gene, do you know whether a firmware fix to address the PSE problems and other issues will be released soon? Edited: 27 Sept 2011, 8:21 a.m.
Re: 41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - Ángel Martin - 09-27-2011
Quote: Well, it'll take forever - I am no 15C expert but I struggle to know how you type "HI" in it? On the other hand, it's easy enough to find out how long it takes on the CL if you use the Time_Module to do the time keeping :-)
But can you time it on the 15C_LE ???
Re: How good is the 41CL? - Ángel Martin - 09-27-2011
Quote: As always, it's a matter of personal taste. To me the keys are definitely superior, and no soft-Alpha thank God.
Quote: It's as close to perfect as you can imagine.
Quote: As fast as I need it to be, a joy. See benchmarking article at: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/articles.cgi?read=1002 (BTW it'll be good to have all that data in a chart format, right Gene??? :-) In my experience the real-life calculations are a better measure, but FWIW here are the results:
The NEWT 41CL logic board upgrade for the HP 41. Code: LBL 00 + GTO 00
HP-42s FAST MODE S/N 2849A with goose disabled Edited: added 42S data
Edited: 27 Sept 2011, 9:18 a.m.
Re: How good is the 41CL? - Ángel Martin - 09-27-2011 alright, so after I looked at the 42S different "configurations" data points I went ahead and performed the test on a goose-disabled 41CL - comparing apples to apples, as it should be. Code: CLA AVIEW 1 LBL_00 + GTO_00 The TURBO-50 figure increases to 27,417 - more than double! Time for an updated chart!
Re: How good is the 41CL? - Juergen Keller - 09-27-2011 I did another 41CL benchmark, and this article (sorry, in German).
1.5 or 2.6 sec makes not much difference to me, both is muuuch faster than the original calcs :-)
Re: How good is the 41CL? - Ángel Martin - 09-27-2011 wow!, fantastic article - amazingly exhaustive and authoritative! Definitely the definitive reference - and I agree, we're in the realms of hair-splitting and fringe-wandering.
Re: 41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - Gene Wright - 09-27-2011 No word yet. I'm sure we will hear something soon.
Re: How good is the 41CL? - Howard Owen - 09-27-2011 The keys on the 41C set my personal standard for keyboard quality. They may or may not be the absolute best HP ever produced, but they are the ones my fingers got to know in my early days as a programmer. The 42S keys are quite good, but they just don't match my personal prejudice for "best."
You can write NUT assembler on the 41CL? - snaggs - 09-27-2011 Surely thats a big advantage if you have something complicated to implement.
Daniel.
Re: You can write NUT assembler on the 41CL? - Ángel Martin - 09-28-2011 Yes you can - just use any of the available editors from all the modules included in its library (HEPAX, DAVID-ASM, ZENROM...) and the Quasi-RAM blocks also available there.
Re: 41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - BruceH - 09-28-2011 Quote:Gene,
This is really quite easy. LBL AThe run time is pretty much instantaneous but it was a bit tricky trying to measure it while standing on my head.
;-)
Re: 41CL Version of HP15C+ muscle-flexing exercise - Gene Wright - 09-28-2011 Ok, how about: LBL A "SMACK BRUCE" RTN
? :-)
How does 41CL battery life compare to 12C and 15LE's? - snaggs - 09-28-2011 It states its standby (off) draw as 110 vs 10 of the original. So, its ten times worse, but then with a modern set of lithium AA's, that would probably compensate. How does it compare to emulating on an ARM chip? Is the battery usage a side effect of FPGA?
Daniel.
Re: How does 41CL battery life compare to 12C and 15LE's? - Monte Dalrymple - 09-29-2011 The FPGA is powered down during sleep. But the CPLD, which |