HP 42S manual Other Bases

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11 Other Bases

To work with other bases we must use the ▀ BASE menu (over the “4”).

This menu has the following functions:

A...F: Select hexadecimal mode and show A to F.

HEXM: Select hexadecimal mode.

DECM: Decimal mode.

OCTM: Octal mode.

BINM: Binary mode.

LOGIC: Show the logic functions AND, OR, XOR, NOT, BIT?, ROTXY.

Example: How do we write 500 in hexadecimal mode?

Solution: In decimal mode enter 500 and then select HEXM. You will find 1F4.

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Contents An alternative HP-42S/Free42 Manual Version 2005 Index Introduction RPN Basic OperationsTraining RPN using HP-42S Setting the display contrastTurn ON/OFF FIX, SCI, ENG, ALL, RDX., RDX MenusPage Stack Modes MenuGetting used to some keys of the keyboard Page Abcde Fghi Jklm Nopq Rstuv Wxyz Memory More on the Clear menu Catalog menuAssign FCN ABS Custom menuAssign ABS to Probability Where N!=N.N-1.N-2...2.1Page Complex numbers in rectangular coordinates Complex NumbersComplex numbers in polar coordinates Basic programming Programming19STOP More than one program in the memory X?0 and X?Y sub-menus EnterLBL Prime Real program examplesSqrt Select Solve Program Using the SolverPage Ba f  xdx Numeric IntegrationEnter 6 Σ+ StatisticsSub-menu Cfit Second line ALLΣ, LINΣ, Σreg and ΣRG? Functions Matrices = B Enter Matrix NEWRCL a RCL B Matrix Cross Enter NEW Enter ComplexMatrix 1 Enter 3 NEW Enter 3 NEW Edit 1 Enter →→5 +/- Enter Exit STO BOther Bases Flags License