DM32

[Steve Simpkin]

(05-09-2022 06:46 AM)ijabbott Wrote:  

(05-08-2022 11:37 PM)andylithia Wrote:  wait... I thought the 32SII ROM code has never been extracted.

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Quote:But I don't think it fits the DM42 platform: the machine is meant to be simple and responsive. Why not make a 32SII in the DM15 form factor?

I was kind of expecting them to use a new, cheaper variant of the DM42 hardware, keeping the portrait form factor but losing the large display.

While using a smaller display might reduce the per unit cost, I suspect it was much cheaper to use an existing design than to create a new one that required new tooling for the case, would require additional testing and used new parts that would have to be stocked along with the existing ones.