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Demonstrates the HP 48G / 48GX product team Easter egg.
Details of the names listed below sourced from: hpcalc.org/hp48/docs/faq/48faq-4.html#ss4.2
ALCUIN was the HP-internal code name of the HP 48G during development, because Alcuin was Charlemagne's teacher, and Charlemagne, as you remember, was the code name of the HP 48SX.
The other names belong to:
BILL Wickes (list processing; "Father of RPL")
CHARLIE Patton (RPL operating system)
TED Beers (parameterized outer loop; interactive stack; key handling system; high-level display management; input forms)
DIANA Byrne (project manager; plotting; graphics)
GABE Eisenstein (EquationWriter)
BOB Worsley (I/O)
PAUL McClellan (unit management; math)
CLAIN Anderson (product manager; marketing)
DENNIS York (manager)
JIM Donnelly (EQ LIB; list processing; variable tic logic; developer support)
MAX Jones (menu system; editing)
DAVE Arnett (hardware)
DAN Coffin (manuals)
RON Brooks (marketing)
Demonstrates the HP 48G / 48GX product team Easter egg.
Details of the names listed below sourced from: hpcalc.org/hp48/docs/faq/48faq-4.html#ss4.2
ALCUIN was the HP-internal code name of the HP 48G during development, because Alcuin was Charlemagne's teacher, and Charlemagne, as you remember, was the code name of the HP 48SX.
The other names belong to:
BILL Wickes (list processing; "Father of RPL")
CHARLIE Patton (RPL operating system)
TED Beers (parameterized outer loop; interactive stack; key handling system; high-level display management; input forms)
DIANA Byrne (project manager; plotting; graphics)
GABE Eisenstein (EquationWriter)
BOB Worsley (I/O)
PAUL McClellan (unit management; math)
CLAIN Anderson (product manager; marketing)
DENNIS York (manager)
JIM Donnelly (EQ LIB; list processing; variable tic logic; developer support)
MAX Jones (menu system; editing)
DAVE Arnett (hardware)
DAN Coffin (manuals)
RON Brooks (marketing)










