---
title: "FREE Blocks"
type: "article"
slug: "free-blocks"
url: "http://localhost/article/free-blocks/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/free-blocks.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:13:33+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-05-26T13:18:45+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "This routine allows you to find the number of free blocks with out displaying the catalog. It will return the number of free blocks in the BC register, so it can be accessed from basic with PRINT USR FREEBL or LET K=USR FREEBL."
category:
  - name: "Update Magazine"
    slug: "update-magazine"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/update-magazine/"
post_tag:
  - name: "LARKEN Electronics"
    slug: "larken-electronics"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/larken-electronics/"
  - name: "TS 2068"
    slug: "ts2068"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/"
  - name: "Type-in program"
    slug: "type-in-program"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/type-in-program/"
model:
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
    slug: "ts-2068"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/"
indiv:
  - name: "Larry Kenny"
    slug: "larry-kenny"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/larry-kenny/"
publication: "TS-2068 Up-date"
publication_r:
  id: 10283
  title: "Update Magazine"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/update-magazine/"
authors: "Larry Kenny"
issues_articles:
  - id: 26483
    title: "Update April 1988"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/ts-2068-up-date-april-1988-2/"
pages: "34-35"
pubdate: "April 1988"
archive_link: false
volumeissue: "v1n3"
companies_articles:
  - id: 11042
    title: "LARKEN Electronics"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/larken-electronics/"
---

# FREE Blocks

This routine allows you to find the number of free blocks with out displaying the catalog. It will return the number of free blocks in the BC register, so it can be accessed from basic with PRINT USR FREEBL or LET K=USR FREEBL.