From: Lars Andreas Gundersen
Subject: LABTOOLS v2.0   
Since I continue to get sporadic questions about LabTools,
I hereby re-release it.
The LabTools package consists of six files, labtmac.inf/labtdos.inf
 (this file), labtools.lib (the HP 48 library), cst.bin 
(the CST-variable) and labtools.ps (the documentation, which should
be dumped to a postscript printer and written out).
The two versions of the .inf files reflect the different
end-of-line markers of the two platforms.
Labtools may only be distributed with those five files, unaltered.
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                    LABTOOLS version 2.0               
          Copyright 1993 Lars Andreas Gundersen.        

The MATRIXWRITER of the hp 48 is a convenient tool for collecting data
when conducting any kind of experiments. The calculator also offers
features such as scatterplots with axes and labels, best-line aprox.
and the possibility to export grobs to computers/printers. To use the 48
for collecting, processing and presentation of data may therefore seem
like a good idea .However, a matrix is a rather rigid construction, so
manipulation with the collected data is difficult.  Graphical
presentation of such data is also limited in a number of ways.
Meeting these obstacles, most people will probably find the gain less
than the effort, and abandon the 48 for such use.
 The aprox. 7.8 kB of RPL in this library is designed to be quick to
learn, easy to use, yet still provide some powerful tools for fighting
these limitations.

Lars A. Gundersen

lag@fys.uio.no   http://www.fys.uio.no/~lag/