50g

> quiet observer of this group. As it appears HP are no longer
> developing calculators,

Hmm. News to me as I am busy building calculators for HP right now.

> has this group [or a subset of this group] considered obtaining
> permission from HP to develop a new ROM which is based on the
> native ARM instructions instead of running through a SATURN emulator.

You can always build a ROM, but don't expect HP to provide source code. Corporations never give things away. . . (save a few very rare exceptions)

> My apologies if this is the wrong forum to raise this topic, or if
> it has already been raised and dismissed.

Not dismissed, but rather you are seriously underestimating the amount of work to recreate a 50g level machine. You are talking 5+ years of work there with a dedicated team that knows what they are doing.

Also, you wouldn't WANT to reuse the code that is existing. That is the whole reason it is difficult to do anything with the 50g. Lecacy code and issues have been patched, extended, and hacked so many times it is incredibly difficult to deal with. . . :-(

TW