Nonpareil for Zaurus X/Qt

Nonpareil for Zaurus X/Qt (0.77) 05/06/2006

This is a Zaurus port of the Nonpareil calculator emulator for Unix/Linux + GTK. Nonpareil is to classic HP calculators as MAME is to classic coin-ops.

Calculators and Options Emulated:

Class	Classic 1972-1978	Woodstock 1975-1978	Spice 1978-1983	Coconut 1979-1990	Voyager 1981-1989 1981-Present (12C)
Display	LED			LCD
Scientific	HP-35 HP-45 HP-55	HP-21 HP-25 HP-25C	HP-32E HP-33C HP-34C	HP-41C HP-41CV HP-41CX	HP-11C HP-15C
Financial	HP-80		HP-37E HP-38C HP-38E		HP-12C
Other					HP-16C
Options				82143A (Printer) 82182A (CV Time Module)

Beyond Voyager? Check out http://sense.net/zc/free42 and http://sense.net/zc/x48. IMHO, the most significant calculators in this collection are the HP-35 (for historical reasons), the HP-15C, and the HP41C. The 15C and 41C artwork make the emulators quite usable, however Free42 is significantly faster even with the Zaurus clocked all the way down.

This port has only been tested with Cacko 1.23 on my c860 with X/Qt 1.9 for X11. More information about Cacko and X/Qt can be found at http://www.zaurususergroup.com.

Installation Notes:

Setup environment for GTK:

mkdir /opt/QtPalmtop/etc/pango
cd /opt/QtPalmtop/etc/pango
pango-querymodules >pango.modules
mkdir /opt/QtPalmtop/etc/gtk-2.0
cd /opt/QtPalmtop/etc/gtk-2.0
gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders >gdk-pixbuf.loaders
Setup shared libraries. Nonpareil requires libSDL and libts. Both can be obtained below in the download section. You have two installation options:
1. Place both in /usr/lib. First backup existing libraries with:
  
  cd /usr/lib
  mv libSDL-1.2.so.0 libSDL-1.2.so.0.SAVE
  mv libts-0.0.so.0 libts-0.0.so.0.SAVE
  
  OR
2. Place in any directory, then when starting Nonpareil type:
  
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=path_to_shared_libs nonpareil
Download the nonpareil binary and save in /usr/local/bin (or any other directory in your PATH).
Fix permissions:

chmod 755 nonpareil
Extract calculator images. For desired image each type:

mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/nonpareil
cd /usr/local/lib/nonpareil
tar zxvf type.tgz
To run type:

nonpareil type

E.g.:

nonpareil 15c
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Known Bugs/Work-a-rounds:

If you load a module (e.g. 82143A or 82182A) and then later exit you will be unable to startup again without removing the state file (~/.nonpareil/type.nst). This will be fixed in the next release of Nonpareil.

Solution: If you plan to use a module do the following:
1. File->Save
2. cp ~/.nonpareil/type.nst to ~/.nonpareil/type.nst.SAVE
3. Load up and use module with the knowledge that you will lose your work after loading the module.
4. Exit Nonpareil
5. cp ~/.nonpareil/type.nst.SAVE ~/.nonpareil/type.nst
Nonpareil may start to use up all memory and crash or crash the Zaurus when returning from suspend.

Solution: Close Nonpareil sessions before suspend or immediately after resume.
Nonpareil may start to use up all memory and crash or crash the Zaurus is there is no or corrupted state file.

Solution: After starting a calculator for the first time, exit and startup again. This will create the ~/.nonpareil/type.nst file. Unless the file is remove or you suspend (see #2 above) your classic calculator experience should be good.

Screen Shots:

35 Screen Shot

Experience the first handheld on your handheld.

The HP-35 was the first handheld calculator. This calculator was designed with a slide rule (Scientific American, May 2006, Page 80) and it was the beginning of the end of the very same device. Incredibly the microcode was dumped optically. You have to see it to believe it: http://www.pmonta.com/calculators/hp-35/.

The screen shot below is utilizing the 35s (s for short) image specifically developed for the Zaurus Clamshell running at 640x480.

35 Screen Shot

Zaurus 6000 users will have no problem with any vertically oriented calculators (i.e. non C).

15C Screen Shot

I still have a 15C on my desk.

12C Screen Shot

The only classic in production.

41CX Screen Shot

41cxs is a version of the Nonpareil 41cx modified to fix a 480 tall screen. On the right is the output from the virtual HP 82143A printer. Printer output can be saved as PNG. Programming the 41CX is a lot easier with a printer.

Downloads:

Description

Date

File

Nonpareil Binary for Clamshell Zaurus w/ Cacko 1.23 and X/Qt 1.9 (-g)

05/02/2006

nonpareil

Same as above, but as gzip tar archive.

05/02/2006

nonpareil.tgz

Nonpareil Binary for Clamshell Zaurus w/ Cacko 1.23 and X/Qt 1.9 (-O2), same speed as above, but a bit smaller.

05/02/2006

nonpareil-O2

libSDL

04/29/2006

libSDL-1.2.so.0

libts

04/29/2006

libts-0.0.so.0

Build script

04/29/2006

buildit

mod1_file.c patch from http://egbok.com/Zaurus/pdaXrom/src/nonpareil-0.67-pdaXrom-0.1.tgz

04/29/2006

mod1_file.c.patch

proc.c patch

04/29/2006

proc.c.patch

Nonpareil Home Page/Source

http://nonpareil.brouhaha.com/

HP-11C Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

11c.tgz

HP-12C Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

12c.tgz

HP-15C Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

15c.tgz

HP-16C Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

16c.tgz

HP-21 Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

21.tgz

HP-25 Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

25.tgz

HP-32E Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

32e.tgz

HP-33C Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

33c.tgz

HP-34C Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

34c.tgz

HP-35 Image (includes 35s, s for short), extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

35.tgz

HP-37E Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

37e.tgz

HP-38C Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

38c.tgz

HP-38E Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

38e.tgz

HP-41C Image (includes 41cxs/41cvs, s for short), extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

41c.tgz

HP-45 Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

45.tgz

HP-55 Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

55.tgz

HP-80 Image, extract in /usr/local/lib/nonpareil

80.tgz

Fluxbox menus

04/29/2006

fluxboxmenu

HP Manuals

http://www.hpmuseum.org/cd/cddesc.htm

41CX RPN Savage Benchmark

Shutdown all 41CX sessions and copy 41CX.nst into ~/.nonpareil as 41CX.nst (case sensitive) or manually enter:
Set radian mode (not necessary of using 41CX.nst):

XEQ RAD
Set max precision (not necessary of using 41CX.nst):

FIX 9
Run benchmark:

XEQ [ALPHA] S [ALPHA]

Use a stopwatch to time, the Nonpareil 41CX stop watch may be inaccurate.

NOTE: Don't press that last [ALPHA] until your physical stopwatch is ready.
Results (should be 2,499.970322) and time (HH.MMSSss) reported on the stack (press X<>Y to get the time).

05/06/2006

41CX.nst

Platform

Time

Real 41CX (x: 2,499.970322))

48:01 min

x86 Linux nonpareil 41cx
Dual Processor 2.4 GHz Xeon (CPU utilization <<1%)

~45 min (WC)
46:05 (CXSW)

c860(PXA255) nonpareil 41cxs
Base: 398 MHz, Turbo: 398 MHz (CPU utilization <5%)

~45 min (WC)
46:05 (CXSW)

15C RPN Savage Benchmark

Shutdown all 15C sessions and copy 15C.nst into ~/.nonpareil as 15C.nst (case sensitive) or manually enter:

Keystrokes	Display
LBL B 2 4 9 9 STO I 1 LBL 0 X^2 SQRT LN E^X ATAN TAN 1 + DSE I GTO 0 RTN	001 - 42,21,12 002 - 2 003 - 4 004 - 9 005 - 9 006 - 44 25 007 - 1 008 - 42,21, 0 009 - 43 11 010 - 11 011 - 43 12 012 - 12 013 - 43 25 014 - 25 015 - 1 016 - 40 017 - 42, 5,25 018 - 22 0 019 - 43 32

Set radian mode (not necessary of using 15C.nst):

RAD
Set max precision (not necessary of using 15C.nst):

FIX 9
Run benchmark:

B

Use a stopwatch to time.
Results should be 2,499.970322.

05/05/2006

15C.nst

Platform

Time

Real Overclocked 15C (x: 2,499.970322)

~45 min

Real 15C (x: 2,499.970322)

~96 min

x86 Linux nonpareil 15c
Dual Processor 2.4 GHz Xeon (CPU utilization <<1%)

~93 min

c860(PXA255) nonpareil 15c
Base: 398 MHz, Turbo: 398 MHz (CPU utilization <5%)

~93 min

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