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Extended BASIC programmers canuse the exclamation point at the end ofa program line to enter remarks .. InBASIC, however, TI says the.remarkstatement, REM, is supposed to comeat the beginning of a line. For programmingpurposes, the computerignores anything that follows a 'REMstatement until it reaches the nextprogramming' line. However, theHoosiers Users Group of Indianapolissays the REM statement can be writtenon the same line as a programstatement, with a few limitations.First, the program line, including theREM statement, cannot be longerthan one screen line. This may limitthis technique to remarks followingGOSUBs, GOTOs and other shortcommands. Here's an example: 

 The Hoosiers caution that the linemust end with a blank space. ==How many bytes?==S e v e r a l c a r tr i d g e s. Several cartridges, such asExtended BASIC. , affect the amount ofrandom access memory available tothe user of a TI console. Powered-up inBASIC. , the console has 14.S36 536 bytes ofuser-available memory. Insert aTerminal Emulator II cartridge andthe amount is reduced to 14.024 bytes.Insert the Extended BASIC cartridgeand you've got 13.928 bytes available.If you add a disk drive to your system., deduct another 2088 bytes. <small>'''User Noll's notes is a ('Olumn ol column of tips and idPasdesigm•d ideas designed to lwlp readns help readers put tlwir honw('Ompuh'rs their home computers to helh·r better use. The information pro,·idt'·d hen• <·onwsprovided here comes from many soun"l'Ssources, induding Tl honweompuh'r including TI home computer user group newsletters. Wepm•ourage en•r􀀺·o,w lo ('Ontrihuh· items encourage everyone to contribute forpuhliealion publication in this (column.'Olumn.''</small>