While on the topic of x49gp - I tried installing it following the Quickstart guide on SourceForge and ran into a slew of GDK problems such as: Message #3 Posted by rgray on, 8:53 a.m., I think it is lack of interest, since porting x49gp to Android flavor of Linux is not so hard. In response to message #1 by Chris Randle (UK) Is there some reason, technical or legal, why nobody has developed a 50g emulator for Android? It's really nifty being able to tap the (calculator's) screen and turn it into an RPN 4-banger with keys ideally spaced for a tiny screen.īut, in the real world I tend to use my 50g, and I'm now more familiar with its key layout, and I miss some of its functionality in the emulator. I'm using Droid48 on my Android phone, and I love it.
Message #1 Posted by Chris Randle (UK) on, 4:45 a.m. On S5 devices, long press the right hardware button to get the menu.HP50g emulator on Android The Museum of HP Calculators
Linda manager or Ghost commander)ģ - on kitkat device import/export is now at /Android/data/49gp/files instead of /go49gpģ - next do "menu", "tool", "load on stack" your file should appear, choose itĤ - as told by the pop up, now press 'ON' key to refresh stack displayĥ - et voil, your file is loaded on the stack, now do what you want with itĦ - if you don't know what to do with it, get and read an HP49 manual !Īvoid checking 'force gpu rendering' in developer option in android 4.x prefs, this leads to graphic problems. Respond NO with F6 key.Ĩ - Otherwise a black lcd screen means that the rom was not found, use 'about' in 'menu' to see if you got a rom or not.ĩ - Don't try other roms as the rom is patched at the first load.ġ - the first time, do "menu", "tool", "load on stack", and abort, this will create the right directoriesĢ - then download (from for example) the raw file you want to load and put it in 'sdcard/go49gp/files' with a file manager (i.e. Kill the app in the app manager and restart it.ħ - The rom should be loaded and the calc should ask you to "recover memory". bin from your mail app on your android device).ĥ - Start the app, a permission to access files can be demanded, allow it.Ħ - If the screen stay black.
(broken on android 4.3 see )ġ - Download a rom upgrade (i.e :, entry named ROM2.15, use Google with "hp4950v215.zip", the official HP name for the file upgrade).Ģ - Extract the file named 2MB_215f.bin (from 2MB_FIX.zip) if want to have the full installation (with eqlib and all).ģ - Extract the file named 4950_215.bin if you want only the rom (flash port 2 empty).Ĥ - Put this file in the 'download' directory of your device (to be sure, you can send the file to yourself by mail and download the. BEEP command support (keyclick is not well emulated). Should work with at least 800x480 screen. Clock synced with android time (Timers emulated, clock and ticks are ok). Flags help, full commands help (I hope so) (touch left part of calc lcd).
HP82240 compatable printer as serial printer (touch right part of calc lcd) (in PRTPAR, set length of line as 23 or 24 characters, default is 80 producing bad formatting). Speed from x1 upto x10 (max depend on your android device. Load/save to/from stack level 1 support (only object in IRAM). Multi touch keyboard support, permits 'shift' down while pressing another key (ON+C, even ON&UP. Automatic save and load of state (ram and flash). ROM 2.15 support (you have to download it yourself, see explanations)
YOU NEED TO LOAD THE ROM FROM INTERNET TO FULLY USE THIS CALCULATOR, see later in the description how to do that.