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13.1 Best Programs and Where to Get Them List

This list is designed to help HP48 users locate useful, well written programs for their HP48,
selected by HP48 users who send in recommendations for their favourite programs.

Compatibility is noted by either SX (SX only), GX (GX only), SX/GX (SX and GX), or SX?/GX
(Works on GX, not sure about SX).

Most of the sites below require Internet access. However CompuServe has a modest HP48 archive
in the HP handhelds forum. Type "go HPHAND" to access the forum. HP48 specific files can be
found in DL 3. America Online also has an HP area you can access using "Keyword PDA".

Note that for most FTP sites, any programs in uploads directories are subject to movement into
their appropriate directories (i.e. games or utilities), or removal by the archive maintainer. There is
also the possibility that the program might have a slightly different name than the one given below,
especially if newer versions are available. If information has changed that you know of, let me know
so I can update the list.

I have also released my personal HP48 archive, which is updated occassionally. It should contain
all of the following programs, as well as lots of others. More information can be obtained at:
http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~aschoorl/archive/

Applications

• StringWriter (SX/GX): This is a replacement editor by Jean-Yves Avenard. It offers

such features as cut, copy, paste as well as a choice of fonts. Available at
http://www.epita.fr/~avenar_j/
• ChemLab (SX/GX): A very fast, efficient, and complete periodic table from Arnold Moy.
Available at http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~amoy/
• EXAL (SX/GX): Great spreadsheet program by Al Arduengo. Available at
http://lonestar.texas.net/~exal/
• GxTools (GX): GxTools is in effect a "Toolbar" for your G/GX consisting of many useful
utilities. Put together by Jack Levy and available at http://www-
personal.engin.umich.edu/~levyj/hp48.html
• HP-Writer (GX): This editor by Paquot Christophe is small, fast, and uses UFL FNT2
but still has all the important features. The current version is available at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/1930/.
• MiniWriter (SX/GX): Small, fast, FNT1 text editor by Jean Yves Avenard. Available at
http://www.epita.fr/~avenar_j/
• Organizer (SX/GX): Organizer is a library designed to act as a Personal Information
Manager, or PIM. The goal is to create a high-speed, easy to use, compact, yet fully
functional PIM for the HP48. Organizer includes a calendar, appointment scheduler,
annual events, TODOs, and a phone manager. Also by Jack Levy and at http://www-

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• Remote-BG (SX/GX): Use your HP48 as a remote control! This is the best of the
remote control programs and has the ability to learn new codes. By Bjorn Gahm,
available at ftp://nada.kth.se/home/d89-bga/hp/files/posted/rem34bg.zip
• Scribe (SX/GX): Scribe is a library which will function as a Database or Rolodex. It is
designed to hold a large amount of information in such a manner that it is easy to
retrieve, quick to find, and transparent in usage. Another great program from Jack Levy
at http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~levyj/hp48.html
Documents

• AUR Information (GX): Information on the Advanced User Reference Manual compiled
by Adrian Drury. Available at http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~drury/hp48gaur/
• FAQ (SX/GX): Contains valuable answers to Frequency Asked Questions. Read it! The
latest version is available at http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~aschoorl/faq/.
• GX Programming Tips (SX/GX): This document by Doug Cannon briefly describes
how to write code that runs on both SX and GX. Available at ftp://ftp.cis.com/pub/hp48g
/programming/gxtips.zip
• Library Info (SX/GX): Information on the structure and use of libraries. By Charlie
Patton. Available on Goodies Disk 8.
• ML Input (SX/GX): How to get keyboard input from ML. By Joe Ervin. Available on
Goodies Disk 7.
• RPLMAN.DOC (SX/GX): This document was written by HP and released without
support to HP48 users. It describes how to program in System RPL. Available on
Goodies Disk 4.
• Saturn (SX/GX): Saturn Processor Reference guide by Matthew Mastracci. The URL is
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~mmastrac/saturn.doc
• SASM.DOC (SX/GX): Also from HP, this is the unsupported guide to machine language
programming for the Saturn processor. Available on Goodies Disk 4.
Games

• Arkanoid (SX/GX): Breakout clone with editor - by "HP Mad". SX version available on
Goodies Disk 8. There is also a GX version floating around, try http://www.hpcalc.org
/hp48/games/arcade/arkanoid.zip
• Boulder DasHP (SX): Classic game of Boulder Dash by David Presle "ORUS". Get the
diamonds without getting smashed by falling rocks or running into enemies. Available
on Goodies Disk 8.
• Columns (SX/GX): Tetris-like game by Spartacus. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org
/hp48/games/arcade/columns.zip
• Columns II (GX): Columns with grey scale for GX only, again by Spartacus. Available at
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/arcade/columns2.zip
• Diamonds (SX/GX): Great game by Doug Cannon! Control bouncing ball to get the
diamonds. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/arcade/diam20a.zip
• Hapaman (GX): PacMan clone by Davor Jadrijevic. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org
/hp48/games/arcade/hapaman.zip
• ICE Cube (SX/GX): Great action arcade game in four levels of grey scale by Lilian
Pigallio. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/arcade/ice1_1.zip
• Jytris (SX/GX): One of the best tetris games including music, cartoons, bombs, and
grey scale intro. Written by Laurent Jouanneau. Separate libraries are available for all
HP48s (including minimized libraries for S and G). Available at http://www.hpcalc.org
/hp48/games/arcade/jytris11.zip
• La Mine aux Diamants (SX/GX): Another Boulder Dash clone. By Lilian Pigallio.

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• Lemmings (SX/GX): Save the lemmings from killing themselves! By C. de Dinechin.
Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/arcade/lemmings.zip
• LodRunner (GX): LodeRunner clone for the HP! By HPOWER, with improvements from
Mika Heiskanen. Available at ftp.cis.com.
• Phoenix (SX/GX): Phoenix clone by Davor Jadrijevic. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org
/hp48/games/arcade/phoenixg.zip
• Quick Reversi (SX): Fastest Reversi by Leon Pavlov. Quite smart! Available on
Goodies Disk 8.
• Tetris (SX/GX): Tetris clone - small, fast, great! By Detlef Mueller. Available at
wuarchive.wustl.edu.
• SCHIP (SX/GX): Video game interpreter for SCHIP designed games. By Erik Bryntse.
SX version available on Goodies Disk 3. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games
/chip/
• Vaders (SX/GX): Space Invaders by Joe Ervin. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org
/hp48/games/arcade/vaders21.zip
• WarioHP Land (SX/GX): Adventure game similar to Mario Land. By Julien Meyer and
available at http://perso.club-internet.fr/meyert/wariohp/wariohp.zip
• Willy (SX/GX): Side scroller game by Mario Mikocevic. Available at
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/arcade/willy.zip
Graphics

• 4 Colors (SX/GX): Utilities for making four shade greyscale graphics. By Lilian Pigallio
and available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/graphics/grayscale/4colors.zip
• Claudia (SX/GX): Greyscale demo of Claudia Schiffer, the supermodel. By Mohamed
Fatri. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/graphics/grayscale/schiffer.zip
Math

• ALG48 (SX/GX): Very fast algebraic manipulation utilities by Mika Heiskanen and
Claude-Nicolas Fiechter. Available at http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~fiechter/hp48/
• CNTR (SX/GX): Discrete and continuous control systems design; Inverse Z and Laplace
Transforms. By Cesar Crusius. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/math/symbolic
/cntr300.zip
• Erable (SX/GX): Tons of powerful math utilities! By Bernard Parisse. This package is a
successor to the ALGB package by the same author. The latest version is at
ftp://fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/pub/hp48/erable.zip
• Math (SX/GX): Symbolic/numerical matrices and polynomials by Cesar Crusius.
Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/math/symbolic/math210.zip
• Matrix (SX/GX): Very fast matrix writer replacement by Arnold Moy. Handles real and
complex matrices, and uses the UFL small font for its display. Available at
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~amoy/
• MTools (SX/GX): MathTools by Jack Levy. Faster and friendly replacements for the
HP's math functions. Available http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~levyj/hp48.html
• QPI (SX/GX): Replaces ->Q, shows quotients, and functions of pi, radicals, LN and
EXP. Very useful! The latest version can be found at http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~aschoorl/
• SolveSys (GX): Solves systems of equations. By Sune Bredahl. Available at
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/math/numeric/ssys403.zip
• STAT03 (GX): STAT03 is a collection of fairly fast statistical/matrix utilities. It contains 49
more or less useful commands. About 25% is written in ML. The author is Christian
Meland, and it is available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/math/statistic/stat03.zip
PC

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• HP-IDE (Win32): HP-IDE is a SysRPL/ML IDE for Win32, making directory and library
creating much easier to do (completely on your PC). Available at
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~mmastrac/hp-ide/
• HP48 Explorer (Win32): This program runs in Windows 95 and helps simplify file
transfers. It is available at http://members.tripod.com/~nberry/hp48g/index.html
• HPShell (DOS): The HPShell is a development environment for HP48 programming on
PC. It handles transfers as well as editing and character translation. Available at
http://www.kst.dit.ie/people/twellige/hpshell.html
• ROMDump Wizard (Win32): The best ROM dump program available. By Christoph
Giesselink, and available at http://privat.swol.de/ChristophGiesselink/
Programming

• Jazz (SX/GX): This is best System RPL and Machine Language development library
that runs right on your HP48! Written by Mika Heiskanen. The Jazz library provides
commands for assembling, disassembling and debugging both System RPL and
machine language. Both full and light versions are available at http://www.engr.uvic.ca
/~aschoorl/
• HP's Tools (DOS): Development tools for System RPL and libraries on the PC. On
Goodies Disk 4.
• GNU-Tools (Unix, DOS): A set of replacements for HP's development tools by Mario
Mikocevic (Mozgy) which that not only runs on DOS, but also typical Unix systems such
as Linux and Solaris. It is distributed in both source and binary form. Many of the larger
HP48 programs like Jazz, Java, and the UFL were developed with GNU-Tools. It is
available at:
◦ ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/pub/hp48/gtools/
◦ http://www.zems.fer.hr/~mozgy/jwz/hp48.html
◦ http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~aschoorl/
• SSS (SX/GX): The SysRPL Shell by Stefan Wolfrum provides an interface that helps
you program in System RPL. Available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/programming
/misc/sss22.zip
Utilities

• BKUP (SX/GX): BKUP is written entirely in System RPL and is intended to make a
backup of any port(s) the user specifies. By Bob Apodaca, available at
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/utils/memory/bkup46.zip
• FF (GX): This File Finder is designed for users with large directory structures. It accepts
a string and will search your directories recursively for matches. By Jorge Costa and
available at http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~l38861/
• FIXIT (SX/GX): This program by Mika Heiskanen and Joe Horn repairs "HPHP48-" bad
downloads. Available in ASC format in the FAQ as well as on Goodies Disk 8.
• FXRECV (GX): Fixes bug in X-Modem for G/GX. Not necessary for Rom R. By Cary
McCallister. Available on Goodies Disk 9.
• HP82240B Emulator: Allows you to emulate the HP82240B IR Printer. Written by Jarno
Peschier and at http://www.students.cs.ruu.nl/people/jpeschie/
• PCT (SX/GX): Both SX and GX versions are available of this file and library
maintenance program. Available at the standard sites. Be sure to use the correct
version for your machine! In particular the TREE.PCT file is an S/SX program that is a
common cause of crashes on G/GX machines.
• UFL (SX/GX): The Universal Font Library provides a centralized location for common
fonts between programs. Also comes with a Font Maintenance Library (FMnt).
Maintained by Andre Schoorl and available at http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~aschoorl/ufl/

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• USEND/URECV (SX/GX): Significantly faster IR file transfers! Approximately 4 to 6

times faster than SEND. By Dan Kirkland. Available at ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators
/hp48g/comms/usnd3.dk
• STOFIX (GX): Fixes STO bug on Roms L and M. By Detlef Mueller. Available at
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/utils/memory/stofix.zip
Sound

• Tricorder (SX/GX): This program will make your HP48 beep when it is held close to an
object using the IR port. Great for amusing friends! Written by Steven Ourada, improved
by Richard Steventon, and available at http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/utils/comms
/wtrico.zip
Stack Replacements and Related Programs

• EQStk (SX/GX): 7-line replacement stack intended for mathematics. View objects on
the stack in their native form. By Mika Heiskanen. Available at http://www.engr.uvic.ca
/~aschoorl/
• Java (SX/GX): The totally improved 5-line stack environment! Includes lowercase
menus, improved status area, on-stack algebraics, improved interactive stack,
configurable font, scroller, fast ML routines and more. By Richard Steventon, Andre
Schoorl (hey that's me!), and Will Laughlin. The latest released version (3.2a) is
available at http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~aschoorl/
• MetaKernel (GX): This is a total replacement for a lot of built in HP48 ROM code,
including the stack, editor, equation writer, matrix writer, and picture environments. It
also includes SysRPL and ML development tools. A lot of work has been put into it to
make everything extremely fast. The MetaKernel requires a GX and is sold on a ROM
card. Documentation is available in both French and English. The full version must be
purchased from the authors, but a demo version is available at http://www-miaif.ibp.fr
/gerald/mk.html

13.2 Other Web / FTP Sites

• http://www.hpcalc.org/
• ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/
• ftp://ftp.stud.fh-heilbronn.de/
• ftp://ftp.cyberbox.de/pub/hp48/
• ftp://ftp.cyberbox.de/pub/hp48/fileecho/
• ftp://hplyot.obspm.fr/hp48/
• ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/hp/hp48/
• ftp://ftp.ee.ualberta.ca/pub/HP48/
• ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/ham/hp48/
• ftp://ftp.polymer.uakron.edu/pub/hp48g/
• ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/misc/hp48g/
• ftp://nada.kth.se/home/d89-bga/hp/
• ftp://ftp.fht-mannheim.de/pub/hp48/

13.3 FTP by Electronic Mail

For those of you who don't have FTP access, you can FTP programs by mail. To do this, you send
commands via e-mail message to the ftpmail server, and it then sends back the programs, usually

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in a uuencoded format by e-mail.

For access to any ftp site, I recommend the sunsite ftpmail server. To get more information, send a
mail message to <[email protected]> with the contents of:
help
quit

There are other FTP by mail servers like the sunsite server, but they are more heavily used, and
take longer.

13.4 Bulletin Boards with HP48 Programs

Official Hewlett Packard BBS (48)

• Phone: (208) 344-1691 ; Corvallis, Oregon.

• Second Node: (541) 715-3277 ; Speed: 9600 baud
Foundations in Science (48/100)

• Phone: (206) 562-7083 644-2723 ; Speed: 14.4

• Contact: <[email protected]>
UAH ACCESS BBS (28/48/95/100)

Phone: (205) 895-6152 ; U. Alabama Huntsville.

The Ninth Bit BBS (48)

• Phone: (405) 372-7204 ; Speed: 14.4

• Contact: <[email protected]>
Raiders of Lost Arg (48/95)

• Phone: (416) 968-6633 ; Speed: 38400 N81

• Contact: <[email protected]>
NES BBX (48)

Phone: (503) 640-4263 ; Goodies Disks in File Area 22

[(hp)]al BBS (48/95/100)

• Phone: (612) 642-5906 ; Features: Usenet, E-Mail

• Contact: <[email protected]>
Electronic Design News BBS (48)

Phone: (617) 558-4582 ; Features: Open to All

Nybble's Byte (28/48/95/100/etc)

• Phone: (708) 304-0666 ; Speed: 28.8

• Features: 24 hr. Usenet/Internet
Terrapin Station (48)

Phone: (708) 657-9543

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48 Files BBS (48)

• Phone: (801) 371-8760 ; Speed: 14.4

• Features: Over 3000 files
The ONE BBS (48)

Phone: +33-149-887-691 ; France.

Cyberbox (48)

• This German BBS has a filebase that contains about 1000 Files, 30MB. All are zipped,
with descriptions.
• Contact: [email protected]
• Phone:
◦ Line 01-04 : +49-441-3990033 USR 2400-33600
◦ Line 05-06 : +49-441-9396977 ISDN X.75
• There is also full access to the filebase at http://www.cyberbox.de/software/hp48/. The
start page for all file areas is http://www.cyberbox.de/files/index.html

13.5 HP Goodies Disks

The HP Goodies Disks are a set of disks that are chock full of great HP48 files. They are collected
by Joe Horn, and are available on the Internet. They contain all shareware/freeware files. Currently
there are 11 disks. They can be obtained via anonymous ftp from the places listed below.

In the listings above, they are referred to by "GD #". All the goodies disks have a file "fileinfo.src"
which contains an index of all the files. I would recommend everybody looking through all these
disks, as there is lots of great stuff on them!

• http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/compilations/horn/
• ftp://ftp.ee.ualberta.ca/pub/HP48/
• UAH BBS: (205) 895-6152
• CompuServe: go HPHAND ; DL 3

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