Re: Questions about the new product code

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: Questions about the new product code
From: Ray Kremer <raykremer@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 00:22:16 -0500
Reply-To: Ray Kremer <raykremer@HOTMAIL.COM>

>1. Using the new product code when my TI-89 crashes and I remove the
>batteries to reset the calculator will I have the original software or
>will the new product code be in place?

The new code.  Only RAM is reset when the calc crashes, the AMS is stored on
the Flash ROM, which is non-volatile memory (doesn't need power to keep
data).

>2. Is this new code installed on the latest calculators being sold?

Not yet, but it will be eventually.

>3. I’m a teacher whose uses the TI-89 in class and my students have too
>TI-89’s too. How will a mixture of old and new product codes effect my
>students and my teaching?

Not much.  The new code only added a few features, and is fully compatible
with the old code commands.

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