From:	AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject:	Re: How to get the size of available memory ?
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>Hi !
>Is someone know how to get the size of the available memory in the system by
>C/C++ standard routines or assembly commands ?

This topic was discussed just a short while ago in c.o.m.djgpp, and in
c.o.m.programmer.  The short answer was that there's no guaranteed method of
determining the exact amount of free memory under either DJGPP or plain DOS.
DPMI servers may report more memory than /physically/ available (ie virtual
memory), and plain DOS suffers from memory fragmentation.  There is a work
around for the latter, try searching c.o.m.programmer in Deja from the last two
weeks or so.

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