Re: Memory fragmentation?

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Subject: Re: Memory fragmentation?
From: Zackary Tippett <zlt@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 02:44:29 GMT
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It probably does, just like in a PC.  That is why they have programs
such as MagnaRam and SoftRam for defragmenting, as well as compressing
memory.  I doubt that it is noticable that memory is fragmented since
things are read from memory several times faster than disk.

On Sun, 6 Jul 1997 00:18:48 -0700, Bert Kuo <bertk@BLARG.NET> wrote:

>Ok, I was just wondering... Does memory usage on the TI-8x caculators ever
>become fragmented, like how a hard drive would?  Like, if I had 300 bytes
>free, then wrote programs A,B, and C, each 100 bytes in length.  Then i
>deleted programs A and C, and wrote a 200 byte program, D.  Would this
>program D span two separate blocks of memory?  if it doesn't, why not, andif
>it is a normal/routine occurence, how does the calculator know where to read
>to next?
>
>Bert Kuo
>(bertk@blarg.net)

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Memory fragmentation?

From: Bert Kuo <bertk@BLARG.NET>

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