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11: Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic  147 

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6.  The appointment message (optional): To set, change, or just view a 

message, press . Type the message (refer to page 30 for using 
the ALPHA menu). Messages are limited to a maximum of 22 
characters. Press I when done. (Press e to negate any 
changes and retain the original message.) 

7.  The repeat interval (optional): To set, view, or change a repeat 

interval, press . Key in an integer and press the appropriate 
key. For example, 2  causes the appointment to go off at the 
same time every other day; 90  sets the repeat interval to 1½ 
hours.   sets the appointment to non- repeating. You can 
specify repeat intervals up to 104 weeks in length (728 days, 17,472 
hours, etc.) 

8. When done, press e to return to the APPT menu. The appointment 

you just set will be recorded, such as  You can check an 
appointment by pressing its menu key (such as ). 

 
C restores an appointment’s time and date to the display if it has 
been overwritten by other operations. 
 

Acknowledging an Appointment 

To acknowledge the appointment and clear the message, press any key 
(except @) during the beeping. Appointments not acknowledged within 
20 seconds become past due. 
 
When an appointment “comes due,” the alarm starts beeping and the 
alarm annunciator (

) is displayed, even if the calculator was off.

*† 

The message (or, if none, the time and date) is displayed. 
 

 

* If the calculator is in the middle of a complex calculation when an 

appointment comes due, the alarm annunciator comes on and the calculator 
beeps once. When the calculation is done, the alarm goes off. 

† The beeping can be suppressed or restricted to appointments. See “Beeper 

On and Off,” page 36. 

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