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3. KEYS
AND
SWITCHES
[£J
Clear k
ey
After num eric keys, decimal
point
key. sign change key,
or
exponent key. depression
of
the
@J
key
will
clear
the
display register " x
",
At all other times, depression
of
the
@J
key will clear
entire machine
except the memory regincr .
At
any time,
depression
of
the
@]
key twice
will
make the machine
cl
eared except the memory.
After error co ndition this
key
is used
to
resume successful
operation.
~
...
~
Numeri c keys
The
appropriate numbers are indexed by depressing these
keys.
8 Decim
al
point k
ey
The decimal point can be entered
at
any location by this
key.
EJ
EJ
0 B
as
ic arithmetic funclion keys
GG
Depress th
ese
keys
in
accordance with the algebraic
expression.
[~-I
Sign change
key
Used to chan
ge
the si
gn
of
any number already displayed
by depressing this key. Aftcr ~ key this key changes the
sign of
the expone
nt.
[x
~Y
I
ElCeh
ange
key
This key exchanges the conten
ts
of
display register f
or
constant register.
[
HP
J Exponent key
Used to enter exponents (power
of
10).
If
I!!!I
key
is
the
fust
key
of
num
ber e
ntr
y.
then the mantissa
is automatically made to be
1 and the exponent display is
L1nblank
ed. If
I!!B
key
is not
the
first key, it caLl5esentry
of
the mantissa to
be
terminated and previously entered
manti
ssa
is
not
changed. After
~
key
nLi
medc key de-
pressions
enter a power-of-ten
exponent
which shifts right-
to-left
through the two expone nt digits.
The
E:J
key will
be
ignored. Additiona l ~ key
will
clear
the exponent two digit.
Any key other than
nu
meric keys, 8 .
~
,o
r .'
will
terminate b
oth
the exponent entry and number entry.
o
Pi
key
Automatically enters the
valLie of
pi (3.141
5926)
into
display.
IM
+J Memory plus key
By this key the
n
umbe"
displayed are add
ed
to tile
contents
of m
emo
ry.
If
the addition would cause an ove
r-
!low , the memory register w
ill
be
protected
to
its original
val
ue, and the error condition will
be
set.
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