In a message dated 3/23/98 11:11:08, you wrote: <<What is the purpose of the asmprgm and asmcomp commands on the 86? How can u write asm on the calc? Is it all in hex?>> asmprgm is used at the beginning of a prog (first line) asmcomp is a command you do after you finish the assembly program it will cut the size of the program in half by converting to hex however, it becomes write protected, so beware