Message-ID: <3251C64B.3DA6@cs.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 18:33:00 -0700
From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com
Organization: Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>,
        DJGPP Workers Mailing List <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Stub error messages (Was: Re: 'Cannot open')
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[DJVERIFY progress report:  Finished test program compilation routine. 
DJVERIFY is now capable of outputting a complete bug report.  Changed
custom stub to utilize error codes in the 100-110 range and updated the
error messages in the batch file.  Currently working on detection of
system configuration.]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:
> 
> > a bug report.  I am working on test program compilation right now.  I
> > still need information on how to verify the system memory
> > configuration.]
> 
> What information do you miss?

What I would particularly like is a method to determine the base amount
of physical RAM on the host computer, as opposed to the physical memory
remaining when the program is run.  I imagine this would require some
sort of BIOS call.  Charles offered to send me some examples of memory
detection algorithms a while back - if any of those touch on this
question I'd love to see them.

BTW, if anybody here would like to test out the alpha versions of
DJVERIFY, I'd be happy to upload the code to DJ's server or email it to
you.  Any suggestions on output format would be greatly appreciated.  :)

-- 
John M. Aldrich <fighteer AT cs DOT com>                      

* Anything that happens, happens.
* Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen,
  causes something else to happen.
* Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens
  again.
* It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
 
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