WP 31S available at SourceForge

[Scottie]

Gents,

Wow -- I participated in a thread a few months ago talking about a simpler version of a 34s, and while I was gone, you went and did it! I really need to subscribe to some of these threads. So, I'm late to the party.

It looks very nice to me, and I'm going to want to make one to try a hardware version. The emulation is working well so far.

(05-10-2014 10:14 AM)Marcus von Cube Wrote:  

(05-10-2014 07:50 AM)lemontea Wrote:  I'll just offer my wee humble opinion that for me, the big deal breaker is NON-PROGRAMMABLE.

I concur. The result would be a two-shift-key device somewhere between the 31S and the 34S. A second shift key will open the possibility to add TVM as a built-in function, too.

As I probably expressed before, in 30 years in a development lab environment, programability has never been worth much to me on a handheld calculator. Having a simple, less cluttered, fast RPN interface where I can easily get to the main functions with trig, sqrt, and 1/x is a blessing for me (aka HP21/25). For the lab jobs I've had, any programming is better off done on a spreadsheet or other tool on a laptop, where it then can be much more easily documented for IP requirements.

I do like your 34s, and so far the 31s looks nice and streamlined and reminds me a bit of the 42s/32s (which I like), but I haven't had a chance to use it very much as yet, other than the emulator.

My input, FWIW...

Thank you,

Scott