SwissMicros Calculator Forum

FWIW, I use Firefox under Windows10 and have absolutely no problems to see Rudi's images. So the problem may live either in the specific flavor of Windows or ...

I will gladly participate and pay for the privilege of using dedicated hardware (mostly custom keycaps I suppose) Depends on what you call a key and what a keycap here. I still think we'll have 'custom' keys, i.e. different keys than e.g. a DM42, and a different bezel. Or, to phrase it differently,...

The most likely explanation is ergonomics. Other then most business calculation machines (with the "+" on the right bottom near the "=") the world's first scientific pocket calculator HP35 uses simply postfix notation (aka RPN/Reverse Polish notation) with a keyboard layout that...

EDIT: Obviously the following applies to pocket calculators only: All Voyager and Pioneer models use the same locations for the primary math operators on the right side, divide, multiply, subtraction, addition, from top to bottom. All models up to the HP-41 used subtraction addition, multiply and di...

Walter wrote: ↑

Fri May 06, 2022 12:32 pm

They are one year overdue, and SM marketing is quiet. Obviously nothing can be told for the time being. Speculation is moot: it can be anything, if anything at all.

Throwing a stone in a quiet lake helps sometimes.

Thanks to Emy for surfacing and sharing the youtube link!

They are one year overdue, and SM marketing is quiet. Obviously nothing can be told for the time being. Speculation is moot: it can be anything, if anything at all.

rudi wrote: ↑

Wed May 04, 2022 2:01 pm

Might it be a DM32C in "portrait" mode ?

FYI, portrait orientation looks differently.

HPMike wrote: ↑

Sun May 01, 2022 3:24 am

I noticed that the DOS box no longer appears on startup, but will it still appear if there are system errors ?

No, it won't.

H2X wrote: ↑

Mon May 02, 2022 2:52 pm

Walter wrote: ↑

Mon May 02, 2022 11:50 am

As long as marketing is quiet absolutely nothing can be said.

In my experience, it is when marketing is quiet that real discussions can take place...

Presumably we are both right - it just depends on the boundary conditions.

H2X wrote: ↑

Mon May 02, 2022 11:28 am

Could he be talking about an event horizon?

As long as marketing is quiet absolutely nothing can be said.