Neither orientation nor keyboard layout.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 8:46 pmI already have a DM41, and the display on that one does not try to emulate the 14 segments of the original HP41.
A 41 in voyager shape: an abomination.
Neither orientation nor keyboard layout.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 8:46 pmI already have a DM41, and the display on that one does not try to emulate the 14 segments of the original HP41.
However now, if you have a Prime...Ángel Martin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:17 am+1
i asked for his during the development but apparently there are difficulties to make it happen, a shame...
The Processor is not a NUT but an ARM and I think it's good that it runs an emulation for the HP41 and not for a Gameboy on this device. The segment-font looks good and keeps his advantages on the DM-diplay.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 8:46 pmBut the segment display is NOT used on the DM41X; it is an emulation that relies on dots, it relies on the same 400 x 240 pixels screen as used on the DM42.
You just don't see the others. Pixel-fonts didn't aged well but the emulated segment-font is nearly as brillant as the original and looks excellent even in 2021 (which I can't say about the outdated font-quality of the DM42, even if it is significantly better than the original). And nostalgia (especially keeping the charm of the original) shout not be underestimated on this kind of hardware.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 8:46 pmThe emulated HP41 font only 'advantage' is an air of nostalgia, ...
There is absolute nothing on the DM41(L) I like or even could accapt as a HP41replacement. For me personally, it offers nothing of what the HP41 was all about. I don't like the weird keyboard layout and the font looks really, really bad (looks more like a 32S). They also completely destroy every trace of a nostalgic factor.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 8:46 pmI already have a DM41, and the display on that one does not try to emulate the 14 segments of the original HP41.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 8:46 pmThe emulated HP41 font only 'advantage' is an air of nostalgia, and that is done at the expense of enhanced readability and usability; skeuomorphism plain and simple.
First off all it is indecisive.
Yes, and I supported this idea when the thread was started. What I don't like are comments which speak against the original font without or with wrong arguments instead of suggesting an alternative and explaining their benefits.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:27 amThe original thread was entitled "alternate font", there was no mention of the need to remove or replace the existing one.
Thera are many ways. If it is out of place it can destroy the charm or the overall look. But that's a completely other topic.vgoudreault wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:27 amHow could the addition of something take away anything?
just read the thread.