Re: Question for Thomas Okken. A Free35 Simulator? Message #6 Posted by Les Wright on 12 Aug 2007, 8:30 p.m., in response to message #2 by Thomas Okken
Namir,
I have to agree with Thomas. The Free42 simulator does just as much as 35s simulation could and more. I would far rather see Thomas dedicate his simulator program energies to what he does now--a vigilant and quick response to all bug reports (at least mine) and an attitude of continuous improvement.
For me, Free42 is the best HP calculator simulator out there for Palm OS, among other things. I run it on my Palm XT in the ARM version, and even the old 68K version performs fairly well (certainly faster than the real 42s) on my now obsolete Sony Clie. (I really like Power48 too, but that is a work in progress and I believe Robert Hildinger has gotten busy and I think that project is on hold indefinitely.)
35s is a decent calculator, and certainly an improvement over some of HP's recent work, but it isn't so excellent that it deserves simulation. The 42S had it all except for lightning speed (though it was still much faster than the 15C or 41), and is well worth of being perpetuated in Thomas's excellent simulation.
Les
Edited: 12 Aug 2007, 8:31 p.m.
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