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What has the DM41 extra over the HP42s?
10-26-2020, 12:41 PM
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RE: What has the DM41 extra over the HP42s?
(10-26-2020 06:49 AM)Peet Wrote:  The most important point between the HP41C(V/X) am the HP42S was external storage. There was no way to save the programs of an HP42 on external memory. After a reset or a new purchase, all programs had to be re-entered via the keyboard. Therefore, the HP42s was never a real alternative for HP41 users.

While a key difference as Peet says, this is not the case with the DM42, you can easily copy programs (or a complete machine state file) to/from the DM42 via USB to the FAT drive on the DM42. This really key difference between the original platforms has been removed on the DM42.


(10-26-2020 06:49 AM)Peet Wrote:  The charm of a classic, the incomparable font, the buttons for + - * / on the left side in addition to the higher compatibility are reasons for a DM41X instead of a DM41L or DM42.

As you never owned a 41C, these likely sound like minor considerations, but for folks that owned and used 41s since the 80's, these are important considerations that can dwarf more 'important' ones. Calcaholism is an odd thing...

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