Took the plunge (DM-**L)

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(02-20-2016 05:59 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote:  I think Egan Ford's layout is better, especially regarding 1/x, SIN, COS, TAN, R/S, Rv, x<>y, <-, ON, STO, RCL and the other 19 primary function keys at the right side of the keyboard. That is, more than three-fourths of the keys are in the right position in respect to the HP-15C :-)

Egan Ford's landscape layout:

Thanks for sharing this Gerson. Similarity to the 15C is very desirable IMHO for a Voyager format 42S, as this calculator is likely also used by most 42S fans, so this layout is quite good.

One problem I see here, presuming the top-left 6 keys of this proposal were to act as the F1-F6 soft keys on the 42S, is the UP/DOWN arrow keys are needed, in addition to F1-F6, for navigating the soft menus, particularly in the Alpha menus.

I suspect (and hope) alternate proposals are likely to start appearing here, and I'd guess Michael added the comment in his announcement that the keyboard may change to stimulate such brainstorming.