Texas Instruments TI-84 - Manual (Page 547)

Chapter 18: Memory and Variable Management 544
When you unarchive a variable, the Archive free amount increases immediately, but the
space is not actually available until after the next garbage collection.
If the Archive free amount shows enough available space for your variable, there
probably will be enough space to archive it after garbage collection (depending on the
usability of any empty blocks).
The Garbage Collection Process The Garbage Collection Process The Garbage Collection Process The Garbage Collection Process
The garbage collection process:
Note: Power loss during garbage collection may cause all memory (RAM and Archive) to
be deleted.
Using the GarbageCollect Command Using the GarbageCollect Command Using the GarbageCollect Command Using the GarbageCollect Command
You can reduce the number of automatic garbage collections by periodically optimizing
memory. This is done by using the
GarbageCollect command.
To use the GarbageCollect command, follow these steps.
• Deletes unarchived variables
from the user data archive.
• Rearranges the remaining
variables into consecutive
blocks.
v a ria b le A
v a ria b le D
Sector 1
Sector 2