If The Memory Screen Shows Enough Free Space; The Garbage Collection Process - Texas Instruments TI-83 Manual Book

If the
MEMORY
Even if the
MEMORY
variable or store an application, you may still get a
message or an
When you unarchive a variable, the
immediately, but the space is not actually available until after the next
garbage collection.
If the
Archive free
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:
Deletes unarchived variables from
the user data archive.
Rearranges the remaining
variables into consecutive blocks.
Note: Power loss during garbage collection may cause all memory (RAM and
Archive) to be deleted.
TI-83 Plus Memory and Variable Management
Screen Shows Enough Free Space
screen shows enough free space to archive a
ERR: ARCHIVE FULL
amount shows enough available space for your
message.
amount increases
Archive free
variable A
variable D
Garbage Collect?
Sector 1
Sector 2
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