SwissMicros Calculator Forum

Blimey, looks like I can tour the world on one comment! Thank you friends.

I wonder how many discovered SwissMicros by mistake on their search for an accurate timepiece, and accidentally bought a DM42 thinking it was such a timepiece, then proceeded to moan about the accuracy of their calculator in keeping time. I wonder.

I started an experiment on 13th March 2018 (I think it was; I can double check on Monday). I printed something, then fastened it to my whiteboard at work where it is exposed to daylight and artificial lights all day long. I wanted to see for how long it was readable. It's still perfectly readable. I...

Are we talking a few seconds different per month? A few minutes? A few hours? A few days?

It's a calculator, not a precision time piece. A little lost time is not an issue.

Issue?

(DM42L?)

I understand Michael rarely checks this forum, so perhaps send him an email with your suggestion?

eulerfan wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:52 am

Most of the work will be replicating the Swiss Micro build environment.

What I meant was that a suitably motivated user can design a forms program within the current DM42 implementation of Free42.

The way I see it, we have a way to produce text strings anywhere on the screen (cannot link to the thread, cannot remember where it was mentioned). We have a way of detecting key presses. We should, therefore, be able to make a simple form. All it'd take is some grunt work to make it. A lot of grunt...

mezoganet wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:44 pm

I would not buy an DM42 landscape.

I would and I'm not alone.