DB48X: HP48-like RPL implementation for DM42

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(11-09-2024 09:39 AM)LinusSch Wrote:  Reflection: this project truly is a 51, the next RPL calculator. It may draw more heavily on the 48, but it is not recreation, it is evolution. This is the first calculator that has me thinking "there is a better one" when I use my 50g, which is calculator home to me - the one I learned my craft on, the one that may be irreplaceable.

To be honest, while I believe your statement is fair today, when I started the project, I never thought I would be able to even reach that point where I would be even remotely comparable to the HP50. I thought the HP48 was ambitious enough, and I was quite dubious that I would be able to get remotely close on DM42 hardware.

If I restarted it today, I might restart it as DB51X, but I've grown accustomed to the name DB48X ;-) And there is something about "paying homage" to my favorite calculator.