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From: justice@dao.nrc.ca (Gerald Justice)
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Subject: RE:  HP 28/48 FAQs -- Monthly Posting.
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Date: 7 Apr 91 12:15:32 GMT
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	I couldn't access the hp48sx directory at calvin.stanford.edu
	due to the protection they have set, which means that there isn't
	much point in listing this site.

A question about one of the acronym's used:
	Something called SAD is supposedly available on the various ftp
	sites but for the few sites that I have recently gotten lists for
	there is no file with the three letters "sad" in it (in either case).
	What is SAD?

Some suggestions for the monthly FAQ:
	Can an acronym list and glossary be compiled?  I will volunteer,
	but I don't yet know what they all are.  Here are a few of the ones
	I have spotted:
		RPL
		STAR
		ML
		MLDL
		IPDL
		Voyager
		Saturn (Assembler)
		ASC->
		->ASC
		ASC format
		ASAP format
		AG mnemonics
		areuh (assembler)
		SASS
		SAD

	An list of the non-standard programming methods of the HP48sx.
	(IE anything that is not documented in the HP manual set or the
	HP Programmer's Reference).  I just want to know what the
	alternatives are and what tools exist not a detailed explanation
	of how each is used.  (At least I don't want that yet.)
	For example, I have at least figured out that there are two
	methods:
		sysevals
		machine code
	Please remember that we beginners don't yet have all this stuff
	figured out.  Once we get a glossary and a list of packages or
	programming possibilities we can start to focus on what
	interests us.  I know there is technical documentation out there
	but the overview is missing.  How do I know that I want a STAR
	assembler rather than the Voyager package (are they even
	alternatives for doing the same thing)? etc.


Just getting started,
Gerald Justice
justice@dao.nrc.ca