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Humorous Calculator Documents

The first size listed is the downloaded file size and the second size listed is the size on the calculator.


There are 44 files totaling 319 KB in this category.

Adventures of Calculator Man   (details) 48 ENG   12 KB
Can an HP 48GX come alive and enslave all the TI's?
By Vimal Bhalodia. 1998-06-07

Airplane   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
Question written by a [stupid] new user of the HP 48, and a humorous reply rewriting the question in an airplane context by Joe Horn.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

All New HP48 FAQ!   (details) 48 ENG   5 KB
Six questions about the HP 48 and its successor.
By Bill Markwick. 1998-07-24

Answers to Common Questions   (details) 48 ENG   4 KB
Humorous answers to common questions about the 48SX.
By Jeff Brown. 2017-08-13

Batlife   (details) 48 ENG   10 KB
Explanation of the relationship between used memory and power usage. Again, a joke.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

Batteries   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
Do you want to know how to get more battery life? Maybe this can help.
By Joseph K. Horn. 1997-09-06

Buzz   (details) 48 ENG   5 KB
The real reason why the HP 48's keyboard buzzes.
By John H Meyers. 1998-06-12

Card Not Full   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorously explains that the HP Equation Library card is not fully using the card's capacity because it was write-protected.
Author unknown. 2008-08-12

Hiss   (details) 48 ENG   5 KB
An alternate explanation for the "hiss" that comes out of the HP 48 keyboard.
By John H Meyers. 2008-08-17

HP 48 Speed   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
Explains the relation between temperature and the speed of the HP 48.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

HP Calculator Manuals   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
Slightly-paraphrased excerpt from the first page of older HP calculator manuals, and a "translated" (from legalese) first page of newer calculator manuals.
By Joseph K. Horn. 1998-09-12

HPLunch   (details) 48 ENG   6 KB
Fake menu for the Hewlett Packard cafeteria.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

IR Dust   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
A possible usage of your HP 48 as a portable heater.
By Joseph K. Horn. 1999-01-06

Kangaroo 2   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification. Included on Goodies Disk 2.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

Kangaroo 3   (details) 48 ENG   1 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification. Included on Goodies Disk 3.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

Kangaroo 5   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification. Included on Goodies Disk 5.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

Kangaroo 7   (details) 48 ENG   1 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification. Included on Goodies Disk 7.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

Kangaroo 8   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification. Included on Goodies Disk 8.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

Kangaroo 9   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification. Included on Goodies Disk 9.
Author unknown. 1997-09-06

Middle Battery   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Explains why the middle battery drains faster.
By Dave Arnett. 1999-01-06

Mother Goose   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Selections from "The Cybernetic Mother Goose"
By Lincoln Spector. 2008-08-16

NASA   (details) 48 ENG   4 KB
Tells about the HP 48's use on one of the first shuttle missions and the HP 28's use on later Apollo missions.
By Dave Arnett. 1997-09-06

Number   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
Explain what a number (1-5) in the status area means.
Author unknown. 1997-09-12

Radio   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Explains how HP was able to put so much into the HP 28.
By Eric Postpischil. 1997-09-06

Roo-Man and Joey   (details) 48 ENG   1 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-02

Roo-Man and Joey, #10   (details) 48 ENG   1 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-09

Roo-Man and Joey, #11   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 2008-11-09

Roo-Man and Joey, #12   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 2008-11-09

Roo-Man and Joey, #2   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-02

Roo-Man and Joey, #3   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-02

Roo-Man and Joey, #4   (details) 48 ENG   1 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-03

Roo-Man and Joey, #5   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-04

Roo-Man and Joey, #6   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-05

Roo-Man and Joey, #7   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-06

Roo-Man and Joey, #8   (details) 48 ENG   3 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-07

Roo-Man and Joey, #9   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
Humorous excerpt from the HP-75 Internal Design Specification.
Author unknown. 1998-09-08

Slave   (details) 48 ENG   2 KB
The Psychology of Studly Nerds: explains why HP users buy an expensive calculator and connect it to their computers with a cheap home-made cable.
By Joseph K. Horn. 1997-09-06

Spoof   (details) 48 ENG   4 KB
This is the kind of stuff you're missing if you don't read comp.sys.hp48.
By Dave Arnett. 1999-01-06

The Last of the HP49G   (details) 48 ENG   9 KB
Theatrical comedy.
By Rafael Cobo. 2001-12-20

Too Many 1-Bits   (details) 48 ENG   5 KB
Humorous newsgroup post about how having too many 1-bits causes the batteries to drain more quickly.
By Steve VanDevender. 2008-08-12

Urple   (details) 48 ENG   1 KB
How do I say thee? A pronunciation mnemonic.
By Joseph K. Horn. 2008-08-17

User Friendly Cartoons   (details) 48 ENG   182 KB
Seven User Friendly cartoons from August 25 through September 1, 1999 referring to an old HP calculator. Redistributed with permission.
By Illiad of User Friendly. 1999-09-04

Variation of CPU speed explained!   (details) 48 ENG   5 KB
Another explanation of the speed variation of the HP 48.
By Matthew Mastracci. 1997-09-06

What's Up?   (details) 48 ENG   1 KB
How to detect the presence of Bugs.
By Joseph K. Horn. 2008-08-17

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