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18-2 Memory Management
8318MEMR.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 1:01 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:40
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To display the
MEMORY
menu, press
y
[
MEM
].
MEMORY
1: Check RAM
...
Reports memory availability/usage.
2: Delete
...
Displays
DELETE FROM
menu.
3: Clear Entries
Clears
ENTRY
(last-entry storage).
4: ClrAllLists
Clears all lists in memory.
5: Reset
...
Displays
RESET
menu (all/defaults).
Check RAM
displays the
Check RAM
screen. The top line
reports the total amount of available memory. The
remaining lines report the amount of memory each
variable type is using. You can check this screen to see
whether you need to delete variables from memory to
make room for new data, such as programs.
To check RAM usage, follow these steps.
1. Press
y
[
MEM
] to display the
MEMORY
menu.
2. Select
1:Check RAM
to display the
Check RAM
screen.
The TI
-
83 expresses memory quantities in bytes.
Note:
The
$
in the left column of
the bottom row indicates that you
can scroll or page down to view
more variable types.
Note:
Real
,
List
,
Y
.
Vars
, and
Prgm
variable types never reset to
zero, even after memory is cleared.
To leave the
Check RAM
screen, press either
y
[
QUIT
] or
‘
. Both options display the home screen.
Checking Available Memory
MEMORY Menu
Displaying the
Check RAM
Screen