43s status

[walter b]

(12-30-2015 03:02 PM)Claudio L. Wrote:  

(12-30-2015 08:44 AM)walter b Wrote:  LOL. Liberty dies little by little. No, Steve, "somewhat" and even your first "slightly" are too big for me.

I hope Eric's final design ends up being within 1 mm of your specs, otherwise you'll discard his hardware too!
A little flexibility could go a long way to save (start?) the project.

Well, 5.8 mm are quite a bit more than 1 mm, aren't they? I know some theoreticians setting π equal to 1, but 6 are slightly too much. And 34 are almost 6 times more again. Seriously, it's known what Eric specified for the 43S in mylar case, and we won't complain for a few (i.e. up to π) mm if we ever get the chance to measure it in our life. Though I'm almost certain that's not the reason why completing three prototypes takes so long.

Quote:Looking a few posts above, the DIY4X platform with the new display has been in that mylar case since Jan 2012, "almost ready" to start software development. It could take a couple more years to get a real keyboard manufactured. I admire your patience.

Yes, we are patient. Personally, I know quite some development projects which took π (or even π²) times the time originally scheduled. Though for projects showing significant delays, the project owner must stand some questions , and these will become more frequent the longer the delay becomes ...

As Marcus stated, we'll start with an emulator. The skin is ready for many weeks. What's missing is time for designing and coding the SW.

The 43S won't appeal to everybody for sure. It shall be RPN. It won't be another Prime nor another TI xy. But once we get our hands on the (electronic) HW, I'm confident we can make it a success story with support of the community. Think of the WP 34S and 31S. A repurposable mechanic would be very nice of course but, alas, I can't see any suiting our specs so far.

And prices will be made by Eric. Though after-sales service and response times should be a major factor taken into account when assessing the package IMO. Think of the WP 34S and 31S.

d:-)