Re: Strange Program Behavior - Freecell on HP50g

And Joe Horn has noted this:
| Do 8, square root, RDZ.  Then:
| 3*RAND +8*RAND -5*RAND -6*RAND +7*RAND -8*RAND -9*RAND -3*RAND = 1 [exactly]http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.hp48/msg/9d7e1a1a3c859c4f

An observation:

On the 50g:
Given the random number seed as square root of 8, the sum of JH's
sequence
differs depending if the calculator is in exact or approximate modes
when the
seed is defined. (If in exact, the number has to be converted to
real before being
accepted as a seed input).

If in exact mode, sum is -12.1743
If in approximate mode, sum is 1

On the 33s (inherently approximate), given the same seed, the sum is
1.

Further, on the 50g, the seed square root of 27 gives the same random
number
sequence regardless if mode is exact or approximate. Not so if the
seed is the
square root of 32.

Given the same seed, a 33s gives the same random number as a 50g when
seed was defined in approximate mode.
.

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