Re: A89: ASM in expressions - 2.04


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Re: A89: ASM in expressions - 2.04




It works fine on my AMS 2.04 HW1 TI-89. Now what about HW2?

> I was fiddling around with my AMS 2.04 HW1 calculator yesterday, and I 
typed 
> in "am()+3," that is, the ASM program Another Mario, plus three.  I 
expected 
> it to give me an error message, but to my suprise, Another Mario started 
> right up!  When Another Mario ended (without returning a value to TI-OS, of 
> course) I recieved the error message "internal error."  Then I tried this 
> with a program that does return a value, and found that on my calculator, 
ASM 
> programs can be used in expressions!  TI must have realized their stupidity 
> and changed this in 2.04.
>      There is more to the story, though.  When I tried this on VTI, which 
is 
> reported as a HW2 calculator on the "About" screen, I recieved the expected 
"
> Invalid program reference" error.  Can anyone else confirm that ASM 
programs 
> can be used in expressions on real calculators installed with 2.04?  Or is 
my 
> calculator just a freak?