Question: Latex to Maple TA online tool is broken

The following is taken from p 328 of the Maple TA manual.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{ed}
\begin{document}

\begin{question}{Formula}
% This question uses randomized variables.
\qutext{Find the formula for the inverse of the function
$f(x)=\var{a}x+\var{b}$.}
\answer{(x-\var{b})/\var{a}}
\code{
$a=int(rint(9)+2);
$b=int(rint(9)+2);
}
% The above code chooses random integer coefficients a and b between
% 2 and 10.
\end{question}

\end{document}

Running it though the online compiler generates the following when Service Pack 1 checkbox is UNCHECKED

Note: Successful conversion from LaTeX to QU does not guarantee that your testbank will load into Maple T.A. correctly. Please examine the contents of the box below for any additional errors that may be generated when your testbank is loaded into Maple T.A.

l2e_pkIwct.qu: Error at line 3.
Line ended while reading variable name (missing "=" at end of name?)

(A response of "[OK]" indicates that there should be no problems uploading your converted testbank file to Maple T.A.)

and the following when it is CHECKED

...

[30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44]
[45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52])
(/usr/local/latex2edu/newt4ht/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html-mml.4ht)
(/usr/local/latex2edu/texmf/tex/local/ed/ed.4ht [53] [54]))
(/usr/local/latex2edu/newt4ht/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
(/usr/local/latex2edu/newt4ht/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/unicode.4ht)
(/usr/local/latex2edu/newt4ht/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-uni.4ht)
(/usr/local/latex2edu/newt4ht/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/mathml.4ht)
(/usr/local/latex2edu/newt4ht/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html-mml.4ht)
(/usr/local/latex2edu/texmf/tex/local/ed/ed.4ht))
No file l2e_yQsgNQ.aux.
)
*
! Emergency stop.
<*> \def\production{}\input l2e_yQsgNQ.tex

Output written on l2e_yQsgNQ.dvi (54 pages, 25316 bytes).
Transcript written on l2e_yQsgNQ.log.

What's going on?