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by nlj
Fri Dec 24, 2021 3:20 pm
Forum: C47/C43, WP43, WP34S
Topic: WP43 News
Replies: 2102
Views: 758307

Re: 43S News

Remember that the programme is currently under construction, so the OwnMan is also under construction! Indeed. However if the manual isn't working, I imagine the project wants that information about that so they can improve it. If the grey S does not appear to the right of the 4, then the alphabeti...
by nlj
Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:28 pm
Forum: C47/C43, WP43, WP34S
Topic: WP43 News
Replies: 2102
Views: 758307

Re: 43S News

I now have the WP 43S software (0.21.3) successfully[1] installed on my DM42 and it has been a bit of a bumpy ride so far, as maybe can be expected with pre-alpha level software. My original plan was to work through the Owner's Manual with the calculator in hand, but as I was only just into Part 1 o...
by nlj
Thu Dec 23, 2021 5:57 am
Forum: C47/C43, WP43, WP34S
Topic: WP43 News
Replies: 2102
Views: 758307

Re: 43S News

I have (moderately successfully) printed and applied the keyboard template to my DM42S.

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Next step: install the WP 43S software onto the calculator.
by nlj
Tue Dec 21, 2021 3:47 am
Forum: Discuss!
Topic: Calculating with Units
Replies: 12
Views: 5243

Re: Calculating with Units

once you put SI data in a reasonable calculation, your calculator will always return reasonable SI data; so there's no need for pulling through any units whatsoever. Provided the calculator has a good system for converting units (which one could use at the beginning and end of a calculation), I agr...
by nlj
Mon Dec 20, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: Discuss!
Topic: Calculating with Units
Replies: 12
Views: 5243

Re: Calculating with Units

For the rest of the world, OTOH, this shouldn't be an issue anymore: once you put SI data in a reasonable calculation, your calculator will always return reasonable SI data; so there's no need for pulling through any units whatsoever. Before stating this as a general law I want to ask for confirmat...
by nlj
Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:02 pm
Forum: C47/C43, WP43, WP34S
Topic: WP43 News
Replies: 2102
Views: 758307

Re: 43S News

The easiest may be to print p. B-20 of the Reference Manual (its penultimate page). It should be to scale. I had already looked at the image on p. B-20 of the Reference Manual (because Appendix F directs the reader there), but sadly, in the copy [1] of the Reference Manual that I have, the image on...
by nlj
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:40 pm
Forum: C47/C43, WP43, WP34S
Topic: WP43 News
Replies: 2102
Views: 758307

Re: 43S News

Programming works (thanks to Mihail!)! Aha! Now is the time for me to try out the 43S! Thank you. I've downloaded the manuals, source code, and the DM42 image file and I have a question already after reading Appendix F of the Reference Manual. Is WP43S_layout.svg the best file to print to make a ke...
by nlj
Sun May 09, 2021 3:18 pm
Forum: Discuss!
Topic: May 2021 Speculations
Replies: 373
Views: 105714

Re: May 2021 Speculations

Do you have an example showing what’s not aesthetic with the current font ? Just curious... , I don’t own a DM41X. On pictures it’s seems like the original... Sorry, no, I don't. I'm inclined to believe that there is no absolute aesthetic existing like a Pythagorean ideal, but rather that beauty is...
by nlj
Sat May 08, 2021 12:39 pm
Forum: Discuss!
Topic: May 2021 Speculations
Replies: 373
Views: 105714

Re: May 2021 Speculations

I thought I'd take a turn at the idle speculation game: 1. An upgrade to the DM41X / DM42 platform (more memory, better keyboard, higher quality key printing etc.) or a new platform altogether. 2. A new calculator on the existing platform, maybe a 43. 3. Full-featured i/o for the DM41X (RS-232, HP-I...
by nlj
Sat May 08, 2021 11:59 am
Forum: Hardware issues
Topic: Bulge in the steel case of DM41X and suggested solution
Replies: 4
Views: 3905

Re: Bulge in the steel case of DM41X and suggested solution

After reading this topic I've recently bent the case of my calculator so that all four feet touch the ground and I have a couple of observations to add here. 1. In my case there wasn't a discrete bulge in the middle of the case; rather the case was uniformly curved across both the width and length o...