John was an extremely prolific contributor to the comp.sys.hp48 newsgroup, helping fellow calculator users for decades with in-depth, useful posts. Was a resident of Fairfield, IA. December 28, 1942 - January 30, 2014
The best algebraic calculator simulator I have seen. It supports constant calculations, taking numbers from the stack, placing numbers back on the stack, a memory function, and more.
Supply the start and end points of an interval, and an increment for evaluating the function at equally spaced points within the interval; then the program searches the whole interval, looking for roots (as indicated by sign changes or exact solutions at consecutive incremental points along the interval).
Allows the user to set up a factor (or dividend, summand, or minuend) to apply repeatedly, like most algebraic calculators. Uses vectored ENTER. Two versions.
Replacement for the entire units menu system, with menus you choose yourself. You get a main units menu, with as many sub-menus as you wish, plus an additional program which goes immediately to a menu of units you can convert to, given any existing unit object.
Replacement for the DISP command, allowing one to display a string of text on any line of the current screen (even line 8, if the screen is big enough).
Can factor any 6-digit number in less than 4 seconds, or any 8-digit number in less than 40 seconds, although most arguments can be factored much faster than these worst-case times.
Financial package for the 49G, including Bonds and Stocks, irregular cash flows, etc. Original program written by Don Phillips; 49G port by John H Meyers.
Small directory of programs to store and recall variables within the "hidden directory" rather than the current directory, without having to do anything to change the current directory.
Computes exact real-valued answers (with correct sign) to, say '(-8)^(5/3)' ==> -32 rather than the usual slightly inexact and possibly complex-valued result.
Very small (about 1K) yet efficient Rolodex database system for all HP 49/HP 48G series, in directory form (not a library), with case-insensitive general text searching.
Adds the list management tools that were new to the G series to the S series. Includes DOLIST, DOSUBS, STREAM, REVLIST, DeltaLIST, SumLIST, PILIST, HEAD, TAIL, and SORT.
User RPL program which solves a triangle immediately after being given three inputs. Also solves the dual-solution SSA problem. Includes commented source code and gives information on how to modify it to show both SSA solutions after only running the program once.
Automatically adjusts the unit prefix in steps of 1000 (by multiplying or dividing accordingly, like certain Casio calculators having both ENG-> and <-ENG keys and unit symbols).
XC49 performs hassle-free HP 49G/G+ CAS commands (in RPN mode) so that they don't force you to delete variables, don't fail because of variables which already exist, don't prompt for any mode changes, and don't leave any modes changed after execution.