Re: DM 48 .... WHY NOT ?!!!
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:22 am
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I saw it, hence my also including one further down in my response. I view this particular topic as having as much connection with reality as the "what would you do if you won the lottery?" question that was recently asked quite a bit in my area. While the conversation may occasionally include nuggets of serious thought, it is mostly limited to idle fantasy.
I guess your interpretation of my opinion is slightly off as well. Regardless of the actual cost, I think a DM48 isn't worth the effort: in the size of the DM42 it would be crippled by the missing row of keys, and with one row of keys more it would exceed pocket size. And eventually it would be RPL, so it won't appeal to me anyway. I stick to RPN, 8-level stack.DavidM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:45 pmFor what it's worth, you're interpretation of my opinion is slightly off -- without knowing a cost, how could I possibly have an opinion of its value? It is my opinion that the current key configuration of the DM42 would require significant compromises to a DM48 implementation, and as such would likely require a different physical implementation to make it into a platform that I would be pleased to use. Thus, higher price to offset startup costs. Is it worth it? I have no opinion without knowing what the actual price would be. If it was worth it for the DM42, only Michael and David could determine if repeating parts of that process for some fantasy DM48 would be justified.
Have no fear, Walter, your opinions about larger-than-Pioneer calculators and RPL have been clearly visible to me (and probably most others) for quite some time. That you don't believe it's worth the effort is a foregone conclusion that even a casual participant should be able to reach.
As we do. And BTW, opticians make really good glasses on this side of the great pond.DavidM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:09 pmAt this stage of my life, smaller isn't necessarily better if I can't read the labels. We all have different needs -- finding the "sweet spot" of form and function for a diverse audience isn't easy, but it's impossible if that audience doesn't share its impressions.
I dunno; as a short-sighted glasses wearer, I don't really want reading glasses to use a calculator, and have to keep swapping glasses, nor do I like the ideal of varifocals (although to be fair I've not tried them). It's driving me nuts the last year or so of having to move my glasses up onto my head when I operate the calculator and back down when I want to read the forum here, back and forth.Walter wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:56 pmAs we do. And BTW, opticians make really good glasses on this side of the great pond.DavidM wrote: ↑Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:09 pmAt this stage of my life, smaller isn't necessarily better if I can't read the labels. We all have different needs -- finding the "sweet spot" of form and function for a diverse audience isn't easy, but it's impossible if that audience doesn't share its impressions.
Try them!cdmackay wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 12:46 amI dunno; as a short-sighted glasses wearer, I don't really want reading glasses to use a calculator, and have to keep swapping glasses, nor do I like the ideal of varifocals (although to be fair I've not tried them). It's driving me nuts the last year or so of having to move my glasses up onto my head when I operate the calculator and back down when I want to read the forum here, back and forth.
thanks Thomas, yup, I should get my glasses upgraded, thanks for the hint
AFAIK, both wishes would affect Free42. They would make Free42 operating more RPL-like and I'm uncertain whether this is an advantage or the opposite.gopper wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:45 pm
- Larger (>10 registers)/infinite stack or, at least, an option to disable the T register copy to lower level when the stack drops (top copy on pop). Yeah, it can be a useful feature but, for me, it’s annoying (I’m used to working with infinite stack).
I don’t know if these hypothetical changes should affect to free42s or DM42 firmware… but, with them, I’m sure that DM42 will be more attractive for RPL enthusiasm.
- Change the behavior of ENTER key, from classical RPN to Entry RPN (https://hansklav.home.xs4all.nl/rpn/index.html#G) so the enter key doesn’t duplicate a number on the stack).