From: "Alexander Russell" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Memory size and colors Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:22:50 -0700 Organization: Uniserve Message-ID: <970114709.811400@neptune.uniserve.ca> References: <8qsqc1$455 AT news DOT or DOT intel DOT com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Cache-Post-Path: neptune.uniserve.ca!unknown AT van6d37 DOT dial DOT uniserve DOT ca X-Complaints-To: newsabuse AT supernews DOT com Lines: 18 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Most os'es lie about physical memory. Under dos generally coreleft() or heapfree() tells you how much is available to your program. Clolout output? text or graphics? For text you can use direct video mem access, or built in functions that come with you compiler like textcolor() textattribute() forground() background() etc.. "Haim Cohen" wrote in message news:8qsqc1$455 AT news DOT or DOT intel DOT com... > 1. How to get the size of total physical memory on board? (RAM memory) > 2. How to color output from C++ program? > thanks > >