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What exactly is the WP 43S - Harold A Climer - 11-16-2013 Maybe I am kind of dumb,but exactly what is the WP43S,as opposed to the 34S, that I already have. Re: What exactly is the WP 43S - Walter B - 11-16-2013 Harold, No, you're not kind of dumb - at least you're intelligent enough to ask. This calculator will be the first non-HP RPN calculator designed from scratch after quite some decades. It's a hobbyist's project again: Eric S. and Richard O. are designing and building the hardware, Pauli, Marcus and I are dealing with firmware and UI. Please search for '43S' in the forum archives and you'll find out more about it.
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Re: What exactly is the WP 43S - Helge Gabert - 11-16-2013 Hello Dieter, Concerning the development of the 43S - - any possibility that complex numbers will be handled "naturally" (like in the 50G) without having to enter a special, complex mode (like what the 34S provides)? The screenshots with the COMPLX menu underneath the "i" key indicate that it probably won't happen. :(
Re: What exactly is the WP 43S - Walter B - 11-16-2013 Although I'm not Dieter :-?, please allow me to answer quoting a manual which you can't read yet: Quote:No idea whether that qualifies for being a "natural" handling - I'm reluctant calling complex calculations natural at all ;-)
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Re: What exactly is the WP 43S - Helge Gabert - 11-16-2013 My apologies, Walter! I mixed up the two names. Probably because I saw a d:-) at the end of your posting - - and somebody with the name of Dieter also posts regarding 34S issues. Thanks for the explanation. This is great news. I was looking for a behavior similar to the 48/49/50 series, where complex numbers are handled just like reals, in that sqrt(-1) doesn't require setting any flags or calling sqrt with a complex version of sqrt. That was all!
Re: What exactly is the WP 43S - Jonathan Cameron - 11-16-2013 Here are a couple of threads on the 43s and the prototype underlying hardware (DIY543) on the archive: http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv021.cgi?read=253355
Edited: 16 Nov 2013, 4:03 p.m.
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