Tell me about the DM42

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(12-20-2017 12:36 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  My quick list of thoughts so far:

- The build quality is great. This thing feels really solid (especially the glass screen cover).
- It runs very fast compared to a real 42S.
- The screen contrast is excellent, and having full-screen program editing is awesome.
- Available RAM is about 10 times that of a real 42S.
- The approach to using the ~6 MB flash storage works well (import/export individual programs, or save/load entire RAM backups).
- The keys are much too stiff. Think 49G, but thankfully they're not rubber keys, so you don't have to deal with them buckling under the force.
- Two of the keys on mine (2 and +) were a bit picky about responding; peeling up the keyboard layer for a quick cleaning seemed to fix it.
- I like that it uses a CR2032 rather than a special rechargeable pack. Makes it more future-proof.
- The multi-line stack layouts are very nice, though I'm not sure why they don't have an option for XYZTLA. You either get L or Alpha, not both.

Thanks for all the info! What you say about the buttons give me a bit of a pause, since I have recently gone through two calculators with button issues. I guess I am a bit fed up with that right now