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- METZ Freemem version 3.4 May 18, 1990
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- METZ Software
- P.O. Box 6042 Support (206) 641-4525
- Bellevue, Wa., 98008-0042, U.S.A. Fax (206) 746-4655
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- GEnie: A.METZ Compuserve: [73567,1637]
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- Overview
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- Freemem.exe is a moveable, popup, free memory display compatible with
- Microsoft Windows 2.x and 3.0.
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- - If EMS is detected the amount free is displayed along with
- conventional memory free. A plus sign separates conventional from
- expanded, with expanded on the right.
- - Freemem will keep itself on top of other windows so that it is always
- visible.
- - With the left mouse button, click and drag Freemem to move it to the
- desired location on your screen. This position will be stored
- in the current WIN.INI for subsequent startups. (The default startup
- position is the upper left corner of your screen.)
- - Add Freemem to the LOAD or RUN line of your WIN.INI.
- - As a Windows applications developer I have found freemem to be a
- useful tool for detecting memory managment problems within applications.
- Since FREEMEM remains visible, tracking memory usage is simplified.
- - The option to compact global memory every 1 to 99 seconds is
- usefull for windows developers who want to test their memory
- management.
-
- -Non-mouse windows users can interact with Freemem.
- When Freemem has the input focus the following function keys work:
- (Alt+Tab to shift focus between windows, since Freemem has no caption
- bar it is difficult to tell if it does have the focus, see the
- Microsoft Windows Users Guide for more info.)
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- F1 - displays the about box, which contains configuration options.
- ALT+F7 - allows you to move Freemem with the keyboard arrow keys, press
- enter when done.
- ALT+F4 - closes Freemem.
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- Mouse users:
- Freemem can be moved with a click and drag motion.
- The right mouse button clicked on Freemem will close it.
- A double click on the Freemem window will display the About box containing
- configuration options.
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- Freemem is 'Freeware', no payment is necessary for this application.
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- Update notes
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- An option to compute the total of all the free memory fragments has
- been added (Bean-Counting). With this method, Freemem has to allocate
- each available block of memory in order to determine the total amount
- of memory free. This does affect performance, so use the option with
- discretion (try to use a larger number of seconds). As a developer, I
- find it necessary to monitor memory usage closely and Bean-Counting
- provides such a tool.
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- Note: For Windows 386 users, according to Microsoft there is no direct
- way to determine how much conventional memory Windows has available.
- Thus, under Windows 386 Bean-Counting is the method used to approximate
- the amount of memory free.
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- Regular method:
- The amount of conventional memory free that is displayed is actually
- the largest single block of memory free.
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- Freemem does report the total amount of all the free memory fragments
- in the About box (double click on Freemem), as well as total EMS, and
- EMS free.
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