Woodstock

[Paul Dale]

If we use DM hardware it will be for the WP-43S. The layout and functions are designed already (and look great) but it will remain a huge implementation task (which neither Marcus not I are able to commit to presently). I'd expect it would take two to three years to craft the required firmware -- this is in the same ball park as the 34S took and newRPL has taken.

The seven segment display is a huge limitation. The 12c probably isn't viable (I wish it were). It only has ten digits: lose 3 for the programme line number plus a fourth for a gap and there are eight positions left. A command with an argument will reduce this by three at the minimum which doesn't leave enough to reasonably display the function name. The woodstock has two extra digits which might just cope. The classics have three more but has the decimal limitation. Still, calculator corpse availability is a determining factor -- at least until a 3D printed body is available (anyone?).

We did agree on a name, the WP 29S. However, a woodstock based WP seems quite unlikely at this point.

I was thinking 3D printed keys which would be much cheaper than moulded keys (which are clearly not possible). Assuming we could find a 3D printer that could handle two colours.


Still, thanks everyone for the responses,

Pauli