This is where announcements of firmware updates for the DM42 calculator will be made
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grsbanks
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by grsbanks » Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:49 am
This is a maintenance update for the DM42 calculator.
This update addresses problems with the interpretation of keys pressed quickly in succession such that they "overlap" (i.e. the second key is pressed before the first one is released).
There is no update to the Free42 part of the firmware in this release, only DMCP.
The method for updating your DM42 is covered
in the manual.
The latest firmware binaries are available
here.
SHA1 checksums:
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92635bda4b79f4e93df60c38cff138cf04fa37ed DM42-3.14.pgm
40a363286dcefb72a05716693721fb5d0e95693b DMCP_flash_3.15.bin
9b192fd86bcc1d0eb26899b23ec7ffd747452fb7 DMCP_flash_3.15_DM42-3.14.bin
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Dave Britten
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by Dave Britten » Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:45 pm
So far so good! Two-key rollover response feels much improved compared to 3.14.
But I have another small bug report: you forgot to give this minor firmware update version number 3.142.

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by rprosperi » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:11 pm
The DM42 program did not change, the fix was in DMCP, which did change from 3.14 to 3.15.
--bob p
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TwoWeims
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by TwoWeims » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:27 pm
Dave Britten wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:45 pm
So far so good! Two-key rollover response feels much improved compared to 3.14.
But I have another small bug report: you forgot to give this minor firmware update version number 3.142.
Are you trying to say that this update is irrational?

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Dave Britten
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by Dave Britten » Mon Jul 29, 2019 2:40 pm
TwoWeims wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:27 pm
Dave Britten wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:45 pm
So far so good! Two-key rollover response feels much improved compared to 3.14.
But I have another small bug report: you forgot to give this minor firmware update version number 3.142.
Are you trying to say that this update is irrational?
On the contrary, it is unacceptably rational.

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by ijabbott » Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:19 pm
Dave Britten wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:45 pm
So far so good! Two-key rollover response feels much improved compared to 3.14.
But I have another small bug report: you forgot to give this minor firmware update version number 3.142.
Surely it should be 3.141, so the next minor update can append a 9?
This reminds me of the version numbering of Knuth's TeX and Metafont programs. TeX is at version 3.14159265 and Metafont is at version 2.7182818.
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TwoWeims
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by TwoWeims » Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:13 pm
It looks like we my be getting into a circular argument here!

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H2X
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by H2X » Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:24 pm
TwoWeims wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:13 pm
It looks like we my be getting into a circular argument here!
Come on - surely that's a hyperbole...

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TwoWeims
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by TwoWeims » Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:39 pm
H2X wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:24 pm
TwoWeims wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 7:13 pm
It looks like we my be getting into a circular argument here!
Come on - surely that's a hyperbole...
Oops...
I thought I was in the comment section but wound up in the conic section my mistake.

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by Geoff Quickfall » Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:18 pm
Let’s stop this hyperbole as it is becoming recursive!