96 Memory and Variable Management
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:
Note: Power loss during garbage collection may cause all memory (RAM
and Archive) to be deleted.
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.
1. Press y N to display the CATALOG.
2. Press † or } to scroll the CATALOG until the selection cursor points
to the GarbageCollect command.
3. Press Í to paste the command to the current screen.
4. Press Í to display the Garbage Collect? message.
5. Select 2:Yes to begin garbage collection.
• Deletes unarchived variables
from the user data archive.
• Rearranges the remaining
variables into consecutive blocks.
variable A
variable D
Sector 1
Sector 2