Re: A89: Internet Link(Debate about Aol on calc)

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Subject: Re: A89: Internet Link(Debate about Aol on calc)
From: ZeromusMog@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:23:44 EST
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In a message dated 1/11/99 3:06:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ComAsYuAre@aol.com writes:

> well, if ti thought about us programmers a bit more, they would've put the 
> VAT
>  in the archive, so that all archived variables would still be usable after
a
>  crash.  as is, the archived data is still there, but since there is no
entry
>  in the VAT, the calc doesn't know they're there.  maybe the next upgrade to
>  the rom will move the VAT...

The VAT changes a lot, and you do NOT want any kind of thing that constantly
writes to memory to be in the Archive! You'll ruin the flash ROM! To get
anything else on the ROM, all the pointers to it, etc. would be added to a
backup. It would (most likely) not be something you just send to your calc. :)

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