WP-32S in 2016?

[rprosperi]

(01-04-2016 10:42 PM)walter b Wrote:  Naturalmente, perche no? Why not?

We offer a WP 34S and a WP 31S based on a platform whichs days are counted - but it's probably sufficient to cover the demand. We don't know yet whether a DM34L is possible at all (due to memory and unknown will of SM). Furthermore, just repeating the 34S on another HW isn't really breathtaking and will probably (my guess) not attract too many customers since the 34S is already there. A little progress would be better. Are solid keys instead of stick-on labels and a real dot-matrix display sufficient to make a WP/DM 34SII a success story?

I agree that demand for another functionally equivalent DM-34S is not sufficient to warrant the investment in time to port to the new h/w platform (assuming such an appropriate platform could be forthcoming from SM).

However there are several enhancements planned for the 43S (dot matrix LCD, soft keys, larger program space and IIRC, improved program entry) which could be implemented at least to a limited extent on the DMxxL hardware, as Walter's mockup screen shots have suggested.

Such a stepping-stone approach could allow development of some of the 43S enhancements to begin, and provide a superior feature set on a superior platform.

I believe a DM36L with improved LCD, vastly improved keyboard, built-in USB for backup and program Save/Load and larger memory space are sufficient new features to generate significant interest, plus it also lets us begin to explore some of the 43S features.

Please understand, I want and prefer a WP-43S, but if that platform is still some time off in the future, work on such an interim machine could keep project interest high and perhaps even help to refine the specs for the 43S.