How HP48 ASCII headers are supposed to work

[Joe Horn]

(09-07-2024 05:00 AM)vcolella Wrote:  Hi Bruce,

What I'm asking is how is the header used by the calculator (if at all). I thought it was a "how to parse this program" kind of information, but from my experiments it doesn't seem to work that way.

It is only used by the calculator if the header is at the top of an ASCII program listing in a plain-text file on a computer, AND if that file is imported into the calculator via I/O (wire or IR) in ASCII mode. That "header" should never be keyed into the calculator directly. The calculator's command line doesn't use it. I hope that made sense!