{"id":827,"date":"2004-07-16T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-17T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-03-24T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:36:29","slug":"827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/827","title":{"rendered":"Why am I getting a memory error when I transfer the DataMate application to my TI-83 Plus calculator?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This happens when your calculator doesn&#8217;t have enough free memory available to hold the DataMate program. You will need to delete some or all of the existing applications on the calculator.<\/p>\n<p>We strongly suggest that you clear the calculator memory (RAM) prior to transferring any of our software. This will help avoid most memory issues.<\/p>\n<p>For some time in 2001 and 2002 TI shipped TI-83 Plus and TI-83 Plus Viewscreen calculators with many installed applications, leaving insufficient space for DataMate. In order to transfer any new applications like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/5078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"EasyData (opens in a new tab)\">EasyData<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/5112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"DataMate (opens in a new tab)\">DataMate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/5152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Physics, PhySci or ChemBio (opens in a new tab)\">Physics, PhySci or ChemBio<\/a>, you will need to delete at least one of the existing applications from the calculator\u2019s memory. Use the following procedure to delete an application:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong>[2nd][ + ]<\/strong> (this is the MEM function<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>2:Mem Mgmt\/Del&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>A:Apps&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Use the up and down arrow keys to move the cursor adjacent to the application that you would like to delete, then press the <strong>[DEL]<\/strong> key.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>2:Yes<\/strong> when asked: Are You Sure?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Deleting a single application from a calculator right out of the box should free up enough memory to transfer any of the Vernier applications. NOTE: If you wish to preserve one or more of your applications, you can back them up on a computer using a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/glc-usb\" target=\"_blank\">TI Connectivity Cable<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"TI Connect software (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/education.ti.com\/ticonnect\" target=\"_blank\">TI Connect software<\/a>. They can also be accessed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/education.ti.com\/en\/software\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Texas Instruments web site (opens in a new tab)\">Texas Instruments web site<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This happens when your calculator doesn&#8217;t have enough free memory available to hold the DataMate program. You will need to delete some or all of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8976,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[207,802,237,742,201,801,800],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-calculator","tag-datamate-transfer","tag-memory","tag-ti-83-plus","tag-ti-83","tag-ti-83plus","tag-ti-83pvs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}