Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]itunes store has EIGHT HP-12C iphone apps, two by HP. i have a free one which they don't seem to offer any longer. the HP-12C is an amazingly long-lived electronic device, virtually unchanged since 1981. even today, the 12C is one of only two calculators allowed for the CFA exam. -rei Adam Bridge wrote: > An emulator (virtual machine) is not allowed under the iPhone OS unless > it's completely locked in to a single application. Hence HP can market the > HP15 calculator which has a virtual machine that runs that calculator's > micro-code but can't be programmed beyond what the calculator provided. > > There was an outfit that ported the Commodore 64 to the iPhone but which > (oh > silly me, they said) gave access to the Basic interpreter and not just a > single game. It was kicked out. I don't think it's been allowed back > although I haven't searched the store. > > Same for Java - no virtual machine. > > But now that there is more real estate maybe HP will port over the HP 41 or > other of it's great scientific calculators. The form factor would be > perfect! > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >