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- MemPri
-
- Small utility to change the priority of any memory block
- By Barry McConnell, 17th August 1993
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- Distribution:
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-
- MemPri is Public Domain. Do what you like with it, but don't jump on me if it
- crashes your machine, wipes your hard drive, or otherwise inconveniences you.
- The source code is included in case its current incarnation does not quite
- meet your requirements.
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-
- Requirements:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Any Amiga computer, with at least one block of memory. :-) MemPri is really
- intended for people with accelerator cards and 32-bit memory, to allow you to
- load certain programs (e.g., your BBS system) into specific types of memory.
-
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- Usage:
- ~~~~~~
-
- With no arguments, MemPri gives information about the memory in your Amiga.
- It tells you the starting location of each memory board (in hex), the size
- (in K), the amount available (in K), the priority, and the name. As such, it
- is similar to the "avail" command, except you can easily see how much of a
- particular type of memory you have remaining ("avail" will group all your
- Fast RAM boards together).
-
- If you give it two arguments, this tells it to change a certain memory block
- to a new priority. For example, if entering the command "MemPri" on its own
- gave you this output:
-
- MemPri by Barry McConnell
-
- Block Address Size Free Priority Name
- 0 $1500000 2560 564 10 32Bit Fast Memory
- 1 $200000 2048 1585 0 expansion memory
- 2 $400 1023 660 -10 chip memory
-
- ...then entering this command:
-
- MemPri 0 -5
-
- ...would have the effect of lowering the "32Bit Fast Memory" down to a
- priority below the "expansion memory". This is best used in your
- Startup-sequence, say just before you launch a caching program, to ensure
- your valuable 32-bit memory does not get chewed up by the cache. Afterwards,
- you could enter:
-
- MemPri 1 10
-
- ...to restore things back the way they were (as block 0 would have become
- "expansion memory", so block 1 is now the one you want to change).
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- Contacting me:
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- Snail Mail: Barry McConnell,
- "Piper's Hollow",
- Hillcrest Road,
- Dublin 18,
- Ireland.
-
- Internet: bmccnnll@unix1.tcd.ie
- FidoNet: 2:263/150.2
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