MEM v1.5. Copyright (c) 2001-2004
Release date: 2004/01/01


License
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MEM is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
For further information please read the file COPYING.


Description
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Display the amount of used and free memory in system.


Details
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MEM displays extended memory only if you have memory installed above the
1MB boundary. MEM displays expanded memory only if it conforms to version
4.0 of the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification (LIM EMS).

Allocating extended memory: to allocate both Interrupt 15h memory and XMS
memory, use the int15 switch when you load FD(X)XMS.SYS, HIMEM.EXE or
HIMEM.SYS.


Different types of memory
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Total conventional memory is the amount of memory on your computer up to the
first 640K. Free Conventional Memory is the amount of conventional memory
FreeDOS has for operating your computer, including the memory it needs for
itself.

Total EMS memory is the amount of expanded memory on your computer. Free EMS
memory is the amount of expanded memory available to programs. If you use
EMM386 to simulate expanded memory, that memory appears in these two values.

Available XMS memory is memory managed by an extended-memory manager such as
HIMEM.SYS, and available to programs that can use it.


Compiling
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MEM source tested with Borland C++ 3.1. To compile MEM run cc.bat batch
file. To compile or delete temporary files, the MAKE utility also can be
used (see makefile).


Known problems
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None known at now.


Credits
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Joseph Cosentino: creator.
Michal Meller: convmemfree routine.
Martin Str|mberg
Bart Oldeman
Martin Stromberg
tom ehlert
Alain Mouette
Arkady V.Belousov <ark@mos.ru>: bugfixes, optimizations and features.

Ralf Brown <ralf@pobox.com>: author of Interrupt List (a great collection
  of system specific information).
Joergen Ibsen / Jibz <jibz@hotmail.com>: author of aPACK (an excellent
  executables packing program).


Contacts
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mailto:ark@mos.ru
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/mem/arkady/
