Msg: 833 *Conference*
11-07-91 08:49:58
From: TRACY ALLEN
To : RICHARD HANSON
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #803 (HOW ABOUT A DATE?)
Dear Rick, CLEAR by itself does not reset the string space allotment nor the himem setting. But Robert has pointed out that just going back to the MENU frees up the string space, and BASIC reallots 256 bytes no matter what you had set string space to before. Himem stays where you set it, even when you go back to the main menu and back to BASIC. When you return to the main menu, the file buffer space is reclaimed, but when you reenter BASIC, the number of file buffers you had set before is remembered and restored. So unless you have good reason to do so, it is best to quash excess file buffers. So I favor the following: CLEAR,MAXRAM:NEW:MAXFILES=1:MENU (subject to change!!? Robert?) -- Tracy