News from Swiss Micros

[Dave Britten]

(05-29-2021 03:42 AM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  

(05-29-2021 12:57 AM)Dave Britten Wrote:  I think the 32S could qualify as "entry level". Frankly, I'd love a proper successor to the 32SII, without all the problems the 33S and 35S have.

Maybe, but the HP-32S does have 16 keys that open menus so it is not completely without menus. The HP-32S II has 14 menu keys. Also is the firmware still under HP copyright for these models?

Quite true, but I wouldn't call them "complex" menus. In fact the 32SII added a second shift key and reduced the number of menus, and in some cases flattened them (the x register tests, for instance).

I believe these firmwares are still copyrighted, so if SM were to do a 32SII+ (that's a big 'if'), it would have to be a clean-room reimplementation like Free42.