I am in the first camp. Don't fool yourself: new users of a reissue of a 40+ y.o. calculator are highly unlikely. Users of the DM42... well they already have the DM42! Do they really need something externally alike, otherwise they will be confused and won't use the DM41X?Boub65 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:39 pmI understand that the underlying program will be an emulator of the HP41CX so it will be 99.99% similar in programming to the original HP41CX.
But the hardware platform, screen and keyboard, using DM42 platform will be different from original HP41CX.
So the question is...
Will DM41X customers be mainly :
- HP41 users that will not find the same screen but still ask for same exact keyboard
- DM42 users or NEW users interested in a modern HP41CX that will accept DM42 or any keyboard
I am in the second category... and will be happy with a "close to DM42" layout...
I don't think so but, of course, this is only my take, so...