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Chapter 17: Memory Management
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Checking Available Memory
The MEM (Memory) Menu - ™
RAM DELET RESET TOL ClrEnt
check-RAM memory/default clears ENTRY
screen reset menu storage area
memory delete tolerance
menu editor
Checking Memory Usage - ™ &
When all memory is cleared and all defaults are set, the
standard TI
-86 has 98,224 bytes of available random-access
memory (RAM). As you store information to RAM, you can
monitor memory allocation on the Check RAM screen.
MEM FREE reports the total number of bytes available in
RAM. Conversely, all other numbers on the screen report
the number of bytes that each data type currently occupies. For example, if you were to
store a 50-byte matrix in memory, the
MATR total would increase to 50 bytes, while the MEM
FREE total would decrease by 50 to 98174 bytes.
To display the number of bytes that a specific variable occupies, display the DELETE screen
for that data type (page 231). Scroll the screen, if necessary.
For information on TOL (the
tolerance editor), refer to the
Appendix.