Section 6: Simple Programming - HP -67 Owner's Handbook Manual

Section 6
Simple Programming
If you read the introduction to this handbook, you have already seen
that by using the programming capability of your HP-67, you can
increase the flexibility of the calculator a hundredfold or more, and
you save hours of time in long computations.
With your HP-67 Programmable Calculator, Hewlett-Packard has
provided you with a Standard Pac, containing 15 programs already
recorded on magnetic cards. You can begin using the programming
powerof the HP-67 by simply using any of the cards from the Standard
Pac, or from one of the other Hewlett-Packard pacs in areas like
finance, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or medicine. The grow-
ing list of application pacs is continually being updated and expanded
by Hewlett-Packard, to provide you with a wide variety of software
support.
However, we at Hewlett-Packard cannot possibly anticipate every
problem for which you may want to use your HP-67. In orderto get the
most from your calculator, you'll want to learn how to program the
HP-67 to solve your every problem. This part of the HP-67 Owner's
Handbook teaches you step-by-step to create simple programs that
will solve complex problems, then introduces you to the many editing
features of the HP-67, and finally gives you a glimpse of just how
sophisticated your programming can become with the HP-67
Programmable Calculator.
Programming yourcalculator is an extension ofits use as a manual
problem-solving machine, so if you haven't read Part One, Using
Your HP-67 Calculator, you should go back and do so before you
begin programming.
After most of the explanations and examples in this part, you will find
problemsto work using your HP-67. These problems are not essential
Fo yourbasic understanding of the calculator, and they can be skipped
if you like. But we urge that you work them. They are rarely difficult,
and they have been designed to increase your proficiency, both in the
actual use of the features of your calculator and in creating programs to
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