Clearing memory – HP 33s User Manual

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User Memory and the Stack

B–3

Clearing Memory

The usual way to clear user memory is to press

{ c

{}. However,

there is also a more powerful clearing procedure that resets additional information
and is useful if the keyboard is not functioning properly.

If the calculator fails to respond to keystrokes, and you are unable to restore
operation by resetting it or changing the batteries, try the following MEMORY
CLEAR procedure. These keystrokes clear all of memory, reset the calculator, and
restore all format and modes to their original, default settings (shown below):

1.

Press and hold down the

‡

key.

2.

Press and hold down



.

3.

Press



. (You will be pressing three keys simultaneously). When you release

all three keys, the display shows &  if the operation is
successful.

Category

CLEAR ALL

MEMORY CLEAR

(Default)

Angular mode

Unchanged

Degrees

Base mode

Unchanged

Decimal

Contrast setting

Unchanged

Medium

Decimal point

Unchanged

")"

Denominator (/c value)

Unchanged

4095

Display format

Unchanged

FIX 4

Flags Unchanged

Cleared

Fraction–display mode

Unchanged

Off

Random–number seed

Unchanged

Zero

Equation pointer

EQN LIST TOP

EQN LIST TOP

Equation list

Cleared

Cleared

FN = label

Null

Null

Program pointer

PRGM TOP

PRGM TOP

Program memory

Cleared

Cleared

Stack lift

Enabled

Enabled

Stack registers

Cleared to zero

Cleared to zero

Variables

Cleared to zero

Cleared to zero

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