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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:02:10 PST7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
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To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: RAM check

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Peter forgot Theseus, although "forgot"
may not be the exactly correct word. ;-)

Both Theseus 3 and 4 are available.

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/theseus3/

and for Theseus 4:

This new version does not use a device driver, and works
correctly ONLY with Convenience Packages: Theseus 4000.

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4.5warp/theseus4/

I've read that this IBM program once cost about $200, but is now
freely available. There was some discussion of Theseus about
a year ago at OS2Voice.org. I think it's bundled with eCS.

Theseus may be overkill for simply checking memory available to OS/2,
but it is useful for tracking down memory leaks too.

I used it to verify that Daniela's patchldr.zip fixed
the OS/2 >64MB memory detection defect found with recent BIOSes
on my computer. (Have you considered that?) It's at Hobbes.
You _MUST_ set your BIOS to "non-OS2" for the patch to work.

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On 1/29/02, Peter Skye wrote, in part:
>Ray Davison wrote:
>> How does one determine how much RAM is available.
>
>The obvious answer is to reboot and watch the screen, although some BIOS
>don't display the value.
>
>Or do you mean how much RAM hasn't been used yet? Try Graham Utilities
>or UniMaint, or one of the freeware memory utilities -- MEM428, MemSize,
>MemWatch etc.
>
> http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/system/
> http://os2.rulez.org/~rpapo/pubftp/beta/memsz400.zip
> http://www.powerutilities.no/
>
>I seem to remember a problem with MemWatch if you tried to uninstall it
>-- it deleted the entire contents of the directory where it was
>installed (programmers do the *silliest* things when they write their
>own installer/uninstaller). Thus, you don't want to put it in a
>directory with other programs (like I did). (Good thing I make daily
>backups.) >- Peter
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