HP HP-16C - Section 3: Number and Display Control; Flags

34 Section 3: Number and Display Control
bringing these “hidden” digits into view. A period can appear both
on the left and right sides of the base indicator if the current
window is not at one end of the number.
Window = 1 0 1 0 1 0
E'1 00000000 .b - 10000000 bJo | 1]00000000.b
Keys =+ [g] (g
Example: The following scrolling and functions can be
used to view the entire X-register contents. The word size used is 16
bits.
Keystrokes Display
BIN Sets Binary mode.
11111111 [ENTER] 11111111 b Display filled (eight
digits).
1 00000000 .b Period on left side, so
number continues to the-
left.
(9][>) 10000000 b. Scrolls number one digit
to right (period shows
number now continues to
the right).
1 1 b. Thecontents of window
1: the most significant
digit.
0 00000000 .b Window 0: the least
significant digits.
Scrolling is “reset”’—that is, the display is reset to window 0—when
a bit manipulation or mathematical function is executed. A
complete list of functions that do not reset the display to window 0
isincluded in appendix B.