Memory Introduction

A computer's memory is where it stores all its information. Its initial capacity is already defined, but it can normally be increased when it is needed. This is certainly true of the Z88. Memory is not as we tend to think, simply a storage area like a filing cabinet. All tasks or programs need space in the memory to enable the computer to do them. A good analogy is to compare the to our working area say like an organised office. There is some space taken up by the filing system, but there is also a desk which not only provides space to do work, but also space for in/out trays. Then there are those piles of started work waiting to be finished. Well that's what our desks look like anyway! There's also space for you: the job wouldn't be done if you weren't there. That is the same with computers: it wouldn't be able to anything without its various programs and its operating systems. They all take up space in the memory as well as the text and data that is being in-putted.

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Application	Key	Command	Function
INDEX		CARDS	CARD
INDEX	Image Added	INFORMATION	Image AddedINFO
Pipedream	P	OPTIONS	O
Flashstore	J	SELECT CARD	SC
Eazylink2	L	RAM space displayed on Desktop Computer.

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Free RAM Is the amount of RAM that may be used by the RAM filing system. It is shown on the right-hand side of the window. The RAM device number is selected with the numbers keys. 0, 1, 2 or 3, or by using J, the number will increment to the next available RAM device, which in this case doesn't exist.

System Information <>INFO

The Image AddedINFO command, on the Index COMMANDS menu, shows the Free memory available.

1M/1M FLASH/RAM

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This shows the Free Memory in a1M Flash/1M RAM configuration

512/512K FLASH/RAM

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This shows the Free Memory in a 512K Flash/512K RAM configuration

Free Memory

Select Pipedream and the Options Page. There is plenty of free memory here, 698624 bytes.

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