[A86] Re: FRAG!

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A86] Re: FRAG!
From: "Elliott Bäck" <firstkiwi@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 01:41:54 -0000
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

Ah. So it's for flash.  the Casio Fx 2.0 has flash, the 86 does not-

Thanks for explaining the difference.

Not exactly.  Exactly true for flash, but not for RAM.
RAM is never fragmented in the first place.  Variables
are all kept contiguous.  The 86 doesn't have or need
a defragmenter.  When variables are added, altered,
or deleted, it immediately deals with the change in
used RAM.

In a message dated 3/21/01 6:04:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
david@acz.org writes:

 > The 86 does have a memory defragmenter.  In fact, all of the TI graphing
 > calculators do.  You'll notice that on the flash ones, after you've 
deleted
 > a lot of stuff, it will ask to run garbage collection (i.e. memory
 > defragmentation).  The only reason the flash ones ask is because it 
involves
 > writing to the flash memory more times than normal (you can write to 
regular
 > ram as many times as you want).
 >

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