DM42 early units vs. current?
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09-11-2020, 03:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-11-2020 12:21 PM by Sylvain Cote.)
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RE: DM42 early units vs. current?
(09-06-2020 01:56 PM)Dave Britten Wrote: I've got a DM42 that I bought from the first release batch in 2017, and I've never been in love with the keyboard.This is exactly my thought. (09-06-2020 05:25 PM)Dave Britten Wrote: I had to open mine up, peel up the keyboard sheet to clean the clean contactsI have flex the keys but did not go to the extent to peel up the contact sheet. It is slightly better but then again we are a world apart from the HP-42S or the HP-41. (09-06-2020 05:25 PM)Dave Britten Wrote: and put some shims under the lopsided ENTER key to make mine livable.I should do that, because the enter key only works when I press on one side. (09-06-2020 01:56 PM)Dave Britten Wrote: I'm considering buying a second one, but only if the keyboard quality has improved to at least match the DM41L.My DM41X beta unit is better but key miss is frequent enough that I do not trust it forcing me to look at the screen all the time. On the standard HP-41, I type with two hands and I am faster than what the calculator can handle and that includes the 41CL at 50X. So for me the DM41X keyboard is very, very frustrating, but I understand that I am probably not the targeted audience for it. Still I will buy the DM41X when available in the hope that the keyboard will be better on the production units. Like you, I am still on the fence about buying a second DM42 and for the same reasons. What is still puzzling me is that the keyboard on DM1xL series is very good in general. I use a HP-16C and a DM16L daily and I have no issue at all with the DM calculator. Sylvain edit: I wrote DM41L but DM41X was intended, now corrected |
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