Swiss Micros announces DM42L

[TomC]

Does it have ir? Beeper?

[dave r]

(11-04-2016 02:56 AM)Dave Britten Wrote:  

(11-04-2016 12:08 AM)BruceH Wrote:  About $277

Hmm, that would be about a hundred bucks more than the earlier estimates. I'll probably wait for extremely glowing reviews before dropping that much.

ya you can buy a good used 42S for that much
I recently bought (a good one) on Ebay for $180
If you catch them new on Ebay you can sometimes get a pretty good deal.

[toml_12953]

(11-04-2016 04:21 PM)dave r Wrote:  

(11-04-2016 02:56 AM)Dave Britten Wrote:  Hmm, that would be about a hundred bucks more than the earlier estimates. I'll probably wait for extremely glowing reviews before dropping that much.

ya you can buy a good used 42S for that much
I recently bought (a good one) on Ebay for $180
If you catch them new on Ebay you can sometimes get a pretty good deal.

True but they have old hardware in them, no warranty and certainly not the superb level of support given by the SwissMicros team!

Tom L

[dave r]

(11-04-2016 04:47 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:  

(11-04-2016 04:21 PM)dave r Wrote:  ya you can buy a good used 42S for that much
I recently bought (a good one) on Ebay for $180
If you catch them new on Ebay you can sometimes get a pretty good deal.

True but they have old hardware in them, no warranty and certainly not the superb level of support given by the SwissMicros team!

Tom L

if they ever become a reality.............
last year about this time I had heard they were to come out
in summer of 2016.

[Dave Britten]

(11-04-2016 04:47 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:  True but they have old hardware in them, no warranty and certainly not the superb level of support given by the SwissMicros team!

Tom L

(11-04-2016 05:18 PM)dave r Wrote:  if they ever become a reality.............
last year about this time I had heard they were to come out
in summer of 2016.

Oh yes, I have no doubt they'll be nice calculators, and will be released once they're ready, but can I personally justify spending some $300 for a dedicated Free42 machine? Well, that remains to be seen.

I like my 41L, but if it had been much more than the ~$140 I paid, I may have reconsidered.

[Alejandro Paz(Germany)]

If the final product is like the prototype I tested at the Allschwil meeting, they are going to be a must have. Metal case, nice keyboard with solid feeling, great display... This memory display from Sharp has an amazing contrast, you don't get the ghosting associated with a matrix lcd...

[dave r]

(11-04-2016 06:32 PM)Alejandro Paz(Germany) Wrote:  If the final product is like the prototype I tested at the Allschwil meeting, they are going to be a must have. Metal case, nice keyboard with solid feeling, great display... This memory display from Sharp has an amazing contrast, you don't get the ghosting associated with a matrix lcd...

cant wait!

[Logan]

Yeah, I'd like the price to be lower but think it will be worth it to have a 42s that I can save programs off of and load them on quickly, the much bigger, nicer screen, and the ability to modify the firmware. Cool stuff!

[Dave Britten]

(11-04-2016 07:53 PM)Logan Wrote:  Yeah, I'd like the price to be lower but think it will be worth it to have a 42s that I can save programs off of and load them on quickly, the much bigger, nicer screen, and the ability to modify the firmware. Cool stuff!

If it's got a realtime clock with programmable alarms, IR compatibility with 82240 printers, and a speaker, I might be easier to convince.

[Otto55]

1 + !!

[Luigi Vampa]

¿¡¿ €250 ?!?
1 -
:./

[DavidG]

Look at what was posted just now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LK7JotR728

[Dave Dirckx]

Looks fantastic!
But where's the battery compartment?

[Massimo Gnerucci]

(03-10-2017 03:32 PM)DavidG Wrote:  Look at what was posted just now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LK7JotR728

Sorry, you're late... ;-)

[HP-Collection]

Woowowoowooooo, is this calc made from jelly? Have a look at the center part of the screen!
I'm happy, Michael builds calculators and not cameras I'll buy it for shure.

[Gerson W. Barbosa]

(11-05-2016 02:04 PM)Luigi Vampa Wrote:  ¿¡¿ €250 ?!?
1 -
:./

Same here. With import extortion (elsewhere known as taxes) alone those €250 would become €400+

[BobVA]

(03-10-2017 03:32 PM)DavidG Wrote:  Look at what was posted just now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LK7JotR728

Very nice, but shouldn't the lock screen show a sleeping goose? :-)

[Geoff Quickfall]

PERFECT suggestion BobVA.

[dramsey]

We're never actually going to see the DM-42, are we?

[toml_12953]

(06-12-2017 05:57 PM)dramsey Wrote:  We're never actually going to see the DM-42, are we?

The beta units are shipping so it shouldn't be too long before the final version ships. If you're interested in the progress, head over to

https://forum.swissmicros.com/

Tom L