Re: A92: 458738 bytes of archive memory!

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Subject: Re: A92: 458738 bytes of archive memory!
From: "Rusty Wagner" <river@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 13:09:22 -0400
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>
>does it erase some of the original programming or something?
>

The ROM code does not take up all of the non-archive memory.  There is
approx. 160k unused memory right before the archive (most likely used for
add-on applications).  This program utilizes this left-over memory, and thus
does not overwrite any ROM code.

One drawback, however, of this program is that garbage collection does not
work quite right.  If you have less than 393k archived, garbage collection
will cause the calculator to revert to using only 393k archive memory (you
may be able to run the program to recover the other 64k).  If you have more
than 393k archived, garbage collection will not work at all (you will get an
Error: Memory).  This will not pose a problem if you use archive memory just
to store games and programs and don't unarchive much.

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