More HP calculators to come?

[smartin]

(06-23-2020 10:24 AM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  Hello!

(06-22-2020 06:05 PM)smartin Wrote:  I'm wondering if we should be jumping ship to Swiss Micros for new/old products?

I would say it depends what you expect (or require?) from a new calculator. Functionality which current or previous calculators do not provide? What should that be? What is important for you?

Definitely good questions worth thinking about. For me, part of the fun is learning about and using older HP calculators, but also discovering new calculators that use modern technology. If the HP calculator division is EOL, then my second goal is not realizable without moving to another manufacturer. Although, I'm limited in that I want to work with an RPN/RPL machine, so this rules out TI and other brands.

(06-23-2020 10:24 AM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  So far I do not see anything in a Swiss Micros calculator that the original from HP is not able to do equally well or even better (keyboard!). With the sole exception of the DM42 (better display, mass storage access, precision). To me it does not matter if a calculator is 40 years or 40 days old. On the contrary: From a collector's point of view older is better :-)

Regards
Max

Presumably modern CPUs make the Swiss Micros calculators faster than the original HPs (I do not have any Swiss Micros calculators but I'm looking forward to the DM41x)?