DM42 News

[cncjerry]

Hello all, long time viewer, first time poster...

I have quite a few HP calcs, some I love, some I like. My personal favorite is the 32sii as I found it to be faster than quite a few of them and I personally like the dual shift, crowded keyboard. I thought I should point this out to give you a reference for my quick review of the DM42P I received a few minutes ago.

I love it. It's built like a tank with a crisp display and tactile keyboard. It fits in my hand nicely and feels right. It's fast but I guess everyone suspected it to be fast. I liked the way the clock settings were set as I am both a time-nut and FMT-nut so it will be interesting to see how well the clock keeps time.

I like the alpha characters on the keys. I have a number of 42 emulators but not a "real" 42 so I don't know if they were on the keys? I don't think so. On the DM42 it makes it much easier to use but comparing to other keyboards, the original 42 UI I liked better than searching for the alpha keys anyway.

Michael sent along the original mislabeled GGlass with the MP42 model number on it. I'll save it for the future.

I thought at first the DM42P was a little expensive because you can probably get a "real" 42 for the same or lower price. Having SwissMicro's version in my hands changed my mind.

More to come as other beta testers report in.

Jerry