Which hardware revision do you have?

[Kevin Ouellet]

(05-29-2014 06:21 PM)HP67 Wrote:  

(05-29-2014 05:37 PM)jebem Wrote:  Unit to unit communication for instance... why on earth do you need hardware modification for that... you just new the right cable and the right firmware...
Let us wait and see what HP is preparing next...

Hi Jebem,

We don't know why there are hardware revisions. It could be many things unrelated to fixes or new features. For example chip errata, vendor problems, pricing disputes, manufacturing problems, shortages, strikes. It could be many things. I don't believe HP would specify features that the first hardware shipped can't support. As you say, wait and see.

I know Casio did multiple hardware revisions of their calcs before, as well as TI (especially the TI-Nspire). The FX-9860G, for example switched from a SHA-3 processor to SHA-4, which was much faster, but broke compatibility with many older ASM/C language programs. In TI's case, in April 2007 they reduced the TI-84 Plus and TI-84 Plus SIlver Edition RAM chip from 128 KB to 48 KB as a cost-saving measure. In the TI-Nspire case, the hardware changed several times, in some cases to prevent third-party development and downgrading to jailbreakable OSes.


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