Re: TIB: slow calc

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Subject: Re: TIB: slow calc
From: "Thomas J. Hruska" <thruska@tir.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:00:13 -0500
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At 02:21 PM 2/18/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Can anyone tell me why my calculator slows down so much with more
>programs in memory?

The calculator has a "defrag" routine in memory and has to constantly move
variables and programs around.  The more programs you have in memory, the
more the calc has to move around to keep it defragmented, therefore the
whole calc slows down.

                 Thomas J. Hruska -- thruska@tir.com
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TIB: slow calc

From: Garth Johnson <gbjohnson@yahoo.com>

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