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Ben Heck's DIY Graphing Calculator

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Sorunome:
element14....that are the guys who made the wolfson audio card for the pi!

c4ooo:
Are qwerty keyboards really that important? (Given that you can easily attach a keyboard via usb)
I was just thinking, should a diy calc future a qwerty key layout? I mean, if you keep the vertical design, like most calculators do, there is no way you can fit a qwerty keyboard on there. And if you flip the calc on its side, like the voyager, then becomes very awkward and un-calculatorish, (https://education.ti.com/en/us/~/media/Education/images/rightcolumn/products/graphing/Voyage200_L.jpg?mw=280).
So, is a qwerty keyboard really worth that awkward, vertical design? (Most people want qwerty, seemingly at no matter what cost) Remember that for a diy calc, a usb for a keyboard is more then likely.

TIfanx1999:
I think the success of the TI-83 Series shows that QWERTY isn't necessary. I think they just wanted to multipurpose their device, but it made it a bit awkward imho.

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