free42bin(1)

📦 version 3.3.12, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

👑 free42bin — from the General Commands Manual ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is literally the moment 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

free42bin — a program to calculate the cool way 😎✨ no cap, that's the actual job description.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

free42bin

that's it. no flags, no args, no drama. she just runs. periodt. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, Free42 is a re-implementation of the HP-42S calculator and the HP-82240 printer. yes, both. she does both. 👑

it's a complete rewrite — not using any HP code at all, and it does not require an HP-42S ROM image. squeaky clean, no borrowed homework, we love that for her 🫶

loading and saving programs is possible in all Free42 versions except OS X Dashboard 😭 (rip to that one, she's not invited). the exact process is pretty straightforward in the desktop versions — that's Windows, OS X, and Linux — but it is a bit more complicated on mobile devices. 🙈

also, tiny heads-up: the original page says vailable via the Info system. — yeah, the A on "Available" ghosted us 💀 keeping it exactly as written because facts stay facts, typos and all. ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie! 💜 free42bin(1) from the General Commands Manual, dated November 14, 2013 — that's the date and the source, mwah, iconic, no notes. 🎀✨💅

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