Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!rcorless
From: rcorless@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Proposal for FAQ list (HP28/48)
Message-ID: <7163.2701aa41@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 27 Sep 90 11:29:05 GMT
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I think that a FAQ list is an excellent idea.  I have several
questions I have hesitated to ask because I know they will
waste people's time.  Some of my questions are covered in
the proposed FAQ list, but here are some more:
1) Is there a list of ftp libraries? I have found some
   by perusing a few dozen previous messages, but a 
   complete list would be helpful.
2) Is there such a thing as a delta-manual for 28 to
   48 transition (I read the recent message about Dr.
   Wickes' book on transitions, and I plan to get that,
   but a short snappy book on the differences between
   the 28 and the 48 would be helpful on its own).
3) Most of the programs I have seen listed here and on
   the one ftp library I have perused have been, well,
   more programmer-oriented than mathematical-end-user
   oriented.  I have about 50 or so programs which are
   more mathematical, so they may be of less interest
   to the people reading this forum.  I know of the
   existence of some first-rate special functions software
   written for the 28 by Dr. Henry Thacher.  Is there a
   depot specifically for mathematical applications
   software?  I would be happy to post mine there and
   to see if Dr. Thacher would post his there.  That is,
   as soon as I get a cable for my 48 and the 28->48
   receiving program going.
4) Several programs recieve special mention (e.g.
   Dr. Wickes' ->ASC (?)) but I have no idea where
   to find them.  A list of the libraries with some
   idea of the contents, not just their location,
   might help with questions like these.

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Robert Corless, Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario
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e-mail    : RCORLESS@uwovax.uwo.ca