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From: bio_zwbb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dr. William B. Busa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Programmable alpha on for HP48?
Message-ID: <5998@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 2 Aug 90 18:54:15 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University
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Having searched repeatedly through the FM (as in RTFM), I cannot determine
how to turn alpha mode on *from a program* in the HP48. Surely there must
be a way -- hard to imagine the 48 would lack a capability of the 41! Am I
missing something, or is it impossible? Is there a pair of SYSEVALs which
will turn alpha on and off? By the way, I realize that INPUT allows you to
specify alpha on, but that's no help -- I'm writing a program which serves
as an alternative to INPUT, allowing one to design whatever sort of input
screen one wants in PICT. HELP!