HP 48g Graphing Calculator - Manual (Page 188)

HEX, DEC, OCT, and BIN are programmable. The settings for flags
--11 and —12 correspond to the current base. (For more information
on flags -11 and —12, see appendix D, “System Flags.”)
The choice of current base has no effect on the internal representation
of binary integers.
To ¥lew the current base:
1. Press fMTH 1 BFiSE .
2. View the menu labels. The
the current base.
in one of the menu labels identifies
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The choice of current base has no effect on the internal representation
of binary integers.
To set the wordsize:
1. Key in a number from 1 to 64.
2. Press
( M T H )
EiHSE
f N X T )
ST US (the STWS command). (A
fractional number is rounded to the nearest integer.)
To recall the current wordsize:
B Press
( M T H )
BFlSE
f N X T )
RC
To enter a binary integer:
(the RCWS command).
1. Press
2. Enter the value of the binary integer—valid characters depend on
the base you’re using.
3. Optional; To specify the base, type a base marker: d, h, o, or b.
(Otherwise, the current base is used.)
4. Press
( E N T E R
1.
NOt
0
If a binary integer argument exceeds the current
wordsize, the excess most significant (leading) bits
are dropped before the command is executed. If
_ necessary, results are also truncated. If a calculation
produces a remainder, only the integer portion of the
result is retained.
15-2 Binary Arithmetic and Number Bases