DM42 News

[Massimo Gnerucci]

(12-10-2017 08:10 PM)hth Wrote:  A DM41 done right would probably be a good choice, thanks to the huge existing software base.

Håkan

That's what I hope, too!

[Gene]

Perhaps, but then again, the 41CL is a VERY good alternative to a possible DM-41 IMO. :-)

[hth]

(12-10-2017 11:46 PM)Gene Wrote:  Perhaps, but then again, the 41CL is a VERY good alternative to a possible DM-41 IMO. :-)

I totally agree with that, and I am not really sitting and hoping for a DM-41 either.

I have managed to snatch up enough HP-41s to outlast me, so I am all set. One has been converted to a 41CL too.

Håkan

[rprosperi]

While we are dreaming here, how about a 41CL in DM h/w, which I guess would make it a DM41CL. I mean if wishing, why not go for broke?

[Gene]

Yeah, but my 41CL and my newly ordered DM42 may be good enough for me.

Maybe it will be here in time for Christmas? :-)

[zeno333]

(12-11-2017 02:46 AM)emersone12 Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 12:38 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  While we are dreaming here, how about a 41CL in DM h/w, which I guess would make it a DM41CL. I mean if wishing, why not go for broke?

I hoping for a DM41P at the same price of CHF129 at which the existing DM41L is sold.

But I'm also intending to buy Hewlett Packard's super-top-secret new release of their own re-born HP42s to be released in the first quarter of 2018 for $129.95 (with free delivery) and manufactured in China under contract to Kinpo Electronics like several of HP's other calculator models.

If HP does come out with a new 42, I hope it is not buggy like the 15C Limited Edition is...

[Michael de Estrada]

(12-11-2017 02:46 AM)emersone12 Wrote:  But I'm also intending to buy Hewlett Packard's super-top-secret new release of their own re-born HP42s to be released in the first quarter of 2018 for $129.95 (with free delivery) and manufactured in China under contract to Kinpo Electronics like several of HP's other calculator models.

I heard that it will be a limited edition like the HP 15c LE, and that they will all be purchased by scalpers like Samson Cables, who will then resell them for $1000.00.

[Michael de Estrada]

(12-11-2017 02:58 AM)zeno333 Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 02:46 AM)emersone12 Wrote:  But I'm also intending to buy Hewlett Packard's super-top-secret new release of their own re-born HP42s to be released in the first quarter of 2018 for $129.95 (with free delivery) and manufactured in China under contract to Kinpo Electronics like several of HP's other calculator models.

If HP does come out with a new 42, I hope it is not buggy like the 15C Limited Edition is...

Dream on.....

[zeno333]

(12-11-2017 03:13 AM)Michael de Estrada Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 02:58 AM)zeno333 Wrote:  If HP does come out with a new 42, I hope it is not buggy like the 15C Limited Edition is...

Dream on.....

Maybe HP can hire Bill Gates as the head of software quality control???

[anetzer]

(12-11-2017 12:38 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  While we are dreaming here, how about a 41CL in DM h/w, which I guess would make it a DM41CL. I mean if wishing, why not go for broke?

+1!

[Massimo Gnerucci]

(12-11-2017 12:28 AM)hth Wrote:  I have managed to snatch up enough HP-41s to outlast me, so I am all set. One has been converted to a 41CL too.

Håkan

Ditto.

[Massimo Gnerucci]

(12-10-2017 11:46 PM)Gene Wrote:  Perhaps, but then again, the 41CL is a VERY good alternative to a possible DM-41 IMO. :-)

USB connection and 6MB RAM disk on board are quite useful though.

[Guenter Schink]

(12-11-2017 05:17 AM)emersone12 Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 04:03 AM)zeno333 Wrote:  Maybe HP can hire Bill Gates as the head of software quality control???

The myriad of bugging devices & spy cameras that were secretly installed at the HHC 2017 conference to counter the secret meetings held under the dome of silence about Hewlett Packard's new release of the HP42s has revealed that Hewlett Packard will be using Free42 to save on development costs & reduce the likelihood of quality control issues.

We were well aware of that. Therefore we silently moved to the Longhorn steakhouse next door. The secret new incarnation of the HP42SXL was carefully wrapped with a rather thick ribeye steak, to prevent spies from breaking the NDA. Some of the attendants were more addicted to the steak than to the calculator.

HTH Günter

[anetzer]

(12-11-2017 09:23 AM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  USB connection and 6MB RAM disk on board are quite useful though.

Let us for the sake of peace put it this way: The DM42 hardware begs to be used for other RPN purposes.

The die hard HP41 fans would surely line up for a factory-installed 41ish key layout if anybody is willing and capable to run such firmware on this new platform...

[Massimo Gnerucci]

(12-11-2017 01:07 PM)anetzer Wrote:  

(12-11-2017 09:23 AM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  USB connection and 6MB RAM disk on board are quite useful though.

Let us for the sake of peace put it this way: The DM42 hardware begs to be used for other RPN purposes.

What do you mean?
As far as no RPL pollutes it, all is fine! ;)

(12-11-2017 01:07 PM)anetzer Wrote:  The die hard HP41 fans would surely line up for a factory-installed 41ish key layout if anybody is willing and capable to run such firmware on this new platform...

SwissMicros is surely capable, willing... we will see: Michael confirmed this to me in a couple of occasions.

[Luigi Vampa]

Devotees of FOCAL seem to lead the pack so far in this discussion.
Anyway, we all agree it is really an interesting moment in SM's portfolio.
My guess is a DM42L seems now closer for the happiness of landscapers... and the horror of portraiturists.
Besides DM42L, SM's next model might be:
a new collector's delight with FOCAL on steroids (aka "nihil novum sub sole")
or a truly 21st century calc... newRPL?WP43? MicroPython? CAS? BLE? (aka "audaces fortuna iuvat")

These are the times we live in.
Ummmm, I was about to miss some Latin... like... say... "si bonam conscientiam haberes, non multum RPL timeres" ;0)

[Massimo Gnerucci]

(12-11-2017 10:35 PM)Luigi Vampa Wrote:  Devotees of FOCAL seem to lead the pack so far in this discussion.
Anyway, we all agree it is really an interesting moment in SM's portfolio.
My guess is a DM42L seems now closer for the happiness of landscapers... and the horror of portraiturists.
Besides DM42L, SM's next model might be:
a new collector's delight with FOCAL on steroids (aka "nihil novum sub sole")
or a truly 21st century calc... newRPL?WP43? MicroPython? CAS? BLE? (aka "audaces fortuna iuvat")

These are the times we live in.
Ummmm, I was about to miss some Latin... like... say... "si bonam conscientiam haberes, non multum RPL timeres" ;0)

RPL vi repelle licet
:P

[Michael de Estrada]

Just so that we get terminology correctly, the “L” suffix in SM products stands for “large” and not “landscape” to differentiate the full sized products from the credit card size.

[CY-CL]

Only 15 pcs calculator DM42 left from the 1st production batch!

[zeno333]

(12-12-2017 07:07 PM)CY-CL Wrote:  Only 15 pcs calculator DM42 left from the 1st production batch!

Did the serial numbers for the regular production restart at 1??