Motivation: I think each developer for himself: I am making it because I want it for myself. I don't like the 43S arithmetic layout and I also don't like the simplistic original 42S layout. Developed by capable people in their off time in-between real projects over many years - each contributor has different reasons but maybe similar driving forces.
Target users: I like to see them as fellow enthusiasts making noise on this list.
True. Fact of life!rudi wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:01 pmPersonally I will only buy a “scientific calculator” that can be used as a handy calculator on my desk at work. With this I mean a calculator with arithmetic functions easily available, left or right, really doesn’t matter (I had a HP41 for ages) and perhaps most important, the math functions and their inverse available on primary keys, logarithmic- and trigometric- functions. I really love all the solving, integrating and graphing functionality, but if the device can’t be used for fast basic scientific/engineering calculations, I know it will just be a dust collector on my desk.
I promised myself to stop buying these things and get this last one done Famous last words...
Well, we have two layouts. The official WP43S layout. And the C43 layout. Officially neither have gone past vapourware stage.
I take them as that - no problem.
I doubt whether either team will commit to any hardware other than proceeding with the first layout.
However, on the C43 sim, look at the KEYS menu. Press the buttons for V43 LT, and V43 RT, and C43 ALT just to see the various other layouts we played with on this list. If you or anyone on this list comes up with a sensible layout variation, I'll stick it in the C43 KEYS menu as a USER mode template so that you can try it out. Just know that for C43, no white key changes are considered as that would require different engineering processes.