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From: tim@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu (Tim Conrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP48SX: How much room needed to edit?
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Date: 8 Jun 91 22:59:31 GMT
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Hi all,

  I apologize if this has been hashed over on the net already.

  Could someone please briefly describe what happens when the hp48
edits a large object, particularly wrt how much room is needed? I
only have the standard user manuals, so a reference to one of the other
manuals or books won't help.

  This request is prompted by the following: I have a 2442 byte program
object. With >9k available in the calc I got an "insufficient memory"
message upon hitting ENTER after editing the program (I only made a 1
character change). I was surprised by this. I tried turning off the
last stack, last cmd and last arg memories and got the same result. I
also tried recalling the object to the stack, purging the variable, and
then editing. Still no soap.

  What gives?

  (BTW, I have only 32k born with the calc. and the eqlib card.)

-- Tim
tim@ipac.caltech.edu