SwissMicros Calculator Forum

Walter wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:03 am

jthole wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:52 am

I don’t know numbers ...

Oh, how come you're here?

Because English is my third language

My beta is s/n 00005, so hardly a reference.

I don’t know numbers, but any DM41X with a black shift key is a beta

(The DM42 was shipped yesterday by Michael ... should be here early next week!) Shipments to .nl are taking about 10 days at the moment. It's longer than usual. Good news ... the DM42 arrived today :) The keyboard is an improvement indeed, but my DM41X Beta (with the repaired keyboard) is quite goo...

I'd go with 52, not 14. Programs written for the HP-42S could conceivably use flag 14 since it has no special meaning there; flag 52, on the other hand, is guaranteed to be clear while a program is running, and that is true for the 41 series and the 42S/Free42/DM42. Excellent, thanks! 52 it is. And...

Shipments to .nl are taking about 10 days at the moment. It's longer than usual. Last week's shipment (my repaired DM41X) only took three days or so. 10 days sounds very unusual, given that Michael sends everything as a letter, and not as a parcel (at least, I hope he did now as well). Edit: sent N...

Thanks all! I am currently waiting for my DM42, and of course I am looking for a method that works on both the DM41X and DM42. It looks like flag 14 would be a safe choice as well.

(The DM42 was shipped yesterday by Michael ... should be here early next week!)

Of course RPN was designed to be efficient, so inline comments were not really an option on the classic HP calculators. But since the DM41X and DM42 don't have these limitations anymore; has anyone come up with a clever idea to insert comments in their programs? The only thing I can think of, is to ...

Walter wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:59 am

Happy deciding!

Done! This morning I ordered a DM42

I think it's a shame that it has that hole, presumably to help with pushing out the device? I think so. But I think/hope it also helps prevent corrosion, since it allows a bit of air flow (more wishful thinking than anything else maybe). TBH, I never realised that one could ask for a model without ...

Walter wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:59 am

You forgot mentioning speed.

My daily calculator is a HP 11C

Looking at the proposed keyboard layout for the 43S, my initial conclusion is that it's overkill for me