Re: Micro Voyagers Message #11 Posted by Mike Morrow on 26 Aug 2013, 2:43 p.m., in response to message #10 by Hans Brueggemann
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...i feel somewhat tempted now to do a franken-hp by implanting the guts of one these into an HP-15C LE.
The very interesting thing to me is the fidelity of the emulation of HP-15C firmware on the DM-15CC. It has avoided the infamous problems of the HP-15C LE, and goes on to add significant enhancements that the HP-15C LE does not even attempt. All this from a small organization that's likely not even half the size of HP. :-)
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...are there any photos of the innards of the micro voyagers available?
From Lyuka's interesting website comes this photo:
The photo above shows PCB version 12. My year-old DM-15CC has PCB version 10, which has obvious differences. The keyboard is on the opposite side of the PCB...this shows what you see when the case back is removed.
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SwissMicros website has links to youtube videos of device development at the bottom of this INFO page.
My DM-15CC (now called just DM-15) still has old MEM80 version 7 firmware. Version 14 is the most current. As far as my unit goes, I find:
1. Running at 48 MHz, it completes a 2500-iteration of the Savage Benchmark in about 250 seconds. The HP-15C LE completes this in 48 seconds. The HP-15C completes this in about 6000 seconds.
2. Running long duration programs at 48 MHz results in rather short battery life from the CR 2032.
3. The / plus ON self-test starts but does not appear to respond to keyboard presses to test keys. After about 40 seconds, ERROR 9 is generated.
4. The + plus ON self-test starts but does not appear to respond to keyboard presses to terminate. Pressing ON will eventually stop this test by turning the machine OFF.
5. The x plus ON self-test starts works.
Edited: 26 Aug 2013, 6:15 p.m. after one or more responses were posted
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