>it also just adds another dimension to their product, maybe a good reason >to buy TI v HP (?). I think it would. The deal here is that there is an _OFFICIAL_ HP48GX emulator, sold by HP. If TI were simply to buy the emulator and sell it, then everyone would be happy, instead of some of us who have the calc, the emulator, and have NO ABILITY to make a ROM backup file. James Yopp jyopp@pobox.com "Time is the fire in which we burn."