this is my assessment of the situation. my opinion could change...
@0x47df I might still have a smart response xe kicking about if you wanted to try coding a calculator firmware for that https://hackaday.com/2021/06/29/smart-response-xe-turned-pocket-basic-playground/
SMART Response XE Turned Pocket BASIC Playground

Ever since the SMART Response XE was brought to our attention back in 2018, we’ve been keeping a close lookout for projects that make use of the Arduino-compatible educational gadget. Admitte…

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@en4rab oh, yeah, i think i have five of them kicking about in a box?

i think i picked mine up because of the specan firmware, well before nanoSA was a thing. kinda just rotted in a box since, i had trouble with counterfeit TI modules.

i also wanted to write some baudot-encoding/decoding firmware to try doing some autotuning+autobauding RTTY on them as a nice little companion to my radio, or at least see if i could make it agree with speaking to a real ultratec, but the math for doing fft with little resource was something i struggled on.

i should find where i put them...
@0x47df after I got the LCD working and Mick got them in hackaday everyone started buying them thinking they were going to make money reselling them so I lost all interest. There is a super start trek firmware id like to try https://github.com/Subsystems-us/Smart-Response-Super-Star-Trek
GitHub - Subsystems-us/Smart-Response-Super-Star-Trek: A port of the 70's great text adventure game for the Smart Response XE

A port of the 70's great text adventure game for the Smart Response XE - Subsystems-us/Smart-Response-Super-Star-Trek

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@en4rab i found this ! https://hackaday.io/project/193043-rpn-basic-on-smartresponse-xe

it's not quite what i want but, well, i suppose it is a start. now to find where on earth i put the funny little pogo guy...
RPN + BASIC on SmartResponse-XE

Adding a RPN style calculator to the BASIC on the SmartResponse-XE is straightforward and really enhances the usefullness of the surplused device.