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ALG48 version 4.2 takes approximately 50Kb of memory and should work in any port of a HP48GX or SX. Because of its size ALG48 version 4.2 cannot be use on a HP48G with 32Kb of memory. The library was developed on a HP48GX version P and tested in ports 0, 1 and 2. Previous versions were reported to also work properly on the HP48SX.
ALG48 can safely be run from a covered port (2-33) of a HP48GX and uses a special technique to avoid the usual slowdown associated with running a library from a covered port. The downside of this special technique, however, is that ALG48 cannot be run from a covered port if the RAM card in Card Slot 1 is merged with user memory. If you try, rather than risking to crash your calculator, ALG48 will generate a ``Missing Library'' error. If you want to keep your card 1 merged you have to put ALG48 in port 0.
Note: If you have ALG48 in a covered port and want to use the special functions library SpecFun or any other library that uses ALG48 internal routines, you must put that library in the same port as ALG48 or in port 0. Also, if you are running the library from a covered port, only use the provided user commands and do not try to access internal routines of the library directly, since this might crash your calculator.