UnZIP the file into a folder named EMU48 (e.g. in the Program Files folder on the c: drive of the PC)
The program actually emulates the functionality
of the Saturn processor of the HP48S, HP48G and HP38G calculators.
You also need a copy of the ROM contents of one
of those calculators to make the program operational.
E.g. ROM revision R of the HP48G calculator can
be downloaded from:
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/pc/emulators/gxrom-r.zip
UnZIP the file and save it into the EMU48 folder.
If you have already installed the emulator, you should convert the ROM using the Convert utility.
To do that, start a Command Prompt while running
Windows, and type:
Convert <rom-file> ROM.48G
The latter target file name is the default used
by EMU48.
EMU48 offers several ways of feeding input data to the
emulator environment:
- by pasting a string onto HP48 stack level 1 from the
paste buffer using the "Edit - Paste String" menu.
- loading a binary HP48 object onto HP48 stack level 1
using the "Edit - Load Object" menu.
- by using the nice Excel Add-In below to convert an Excel
Cell range into the native HP48 matrix object format.
EMU48 allows for storage of the entire RAM contents -
including libraries - of an HP48 into a specific file type with suffix .E48.
Such .E48 files take 512 kbytes regardless of the amount of HP48 RAM actually
occupied.
Therefore it is handier to compress them into ZIPped files for exchange over
the Internet.
E.g. this Virology.zip file contains a few directories with utilities for the statistical analysis of virological data:
Dowload and UNZIP it; Open
the file from the EMU48 File
menu.
Mind that this operation overwrites any of the previous
contents of your HP48 emulator environment!
A nice KML script (defines how the PC screen representation
of the calculator looks) that foresees more room for a bigger virtual display
with a slightly rearranged keyboard is "Niko's HP48 GX Workstation II" :
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/pc/emulators/gxw2.zip
A variety of scripts is offered on that site.
UnZIP the files into the EMU48 folder and select the extra KML script in
the "View - Change KML Script..." pulldown menu.
The script mentioned above does not seem to work properly with MS Win2000,
though 8-S