Re: Memory, where did it go??


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Re: Memory, where did it go??



Todd Stanley wrote:
>
> Stuff like the pixels on the grpah screen, for storing what mode your
> in, the contast level, whats in the "Entry" buffer, etc.  Remember, the
> graph screen is 128x64 pixels on the 85 (the 83 is 96x64 I do believe),
> and picture files are ~1k.  Also, text on the screen has to be accounted
> for too - that's 21x8 characters on the 85, 8x16 on your 83.
>
> Now the big question is where has all the memory on the 86 gone?  While
> the 85 has 32k of ram, with 28k user memory, the 86 has 128k ram but
> only 98k user memory.  What gives?  There is 30k missing!
>
> Todd
>
> Jack the Klipper wrote:
> >
> > On the TI83 box, it says that there is 32K of RAM. Neat. Only 27K can be
> > accessed. What exactly is the last 5 K used for?? Is it reserved for
> > math operations?? or does the ROM take it??

the 86 has way more stuff used in defaults. I would assume BUILT IN asm
had something to do with so much memory usage.

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