From:	Ludvig Larsson <ludvig AT club-internet DOT fr>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: free RAM available
Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 1999 02:36:14 +0100
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Apester000 AT aol DOT com wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >How can I get the free RAM available ?
> 
> An easy (while not entirely accurate way) is just to make a little loop
> allocating memory until malloc failes.  i.e.:

I think the DPMI will just continue to allocate virtual memory(on disc)
until there are no more which will provide an answer containing a total
of your free memorysize and your discs free memory size.
I guess that it also might trouble an OS which depends on virtual
memory(ex Win95 etc..)

Ludvig Larsson

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