Ha ha, yes, those do sound more important! Even if it stays like this, it would be a hugely desirable calculator. From what I can tell it uses the same high-precision intel chip as the DM42L, which is impressive.grsbanks wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:27 pmThe lower half with the X and Y registers (or X register and soft menu) is under the direct control of Free42. It's Free42 that "paints" it (hence the same font as the desktop version).dm319 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 12:26 pmI may have missed some of the previous discussions - but what is the idea behind the split screen? The screen seems lovely, and I really like that font is the same pixelated font of the original machine, but I don't quite understand repeating the x and y registers just above it?
There are plans to make the whole screen usable and more configurable, but more important things like usability issues, bugs and hardware features (such as printing) are being worked on first.
Very much looking forward to seeing this for sale. Then I'll have the task of justifying it's purchase to my wife...
Also, while I'm here, if I wanted my kids to use one of these calculators - does anyone know what hoops he'd need to jump through for it to be allowed for GCSE / A-level / etc...? I'm so used to an RPN style calculator, I think if I were told that I had to use an algebraic one for exams that would really throw me. My kids are currently under 5, so I've a bit of time to figure this out...