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MEM COMMAND
Purpose: Displays information on the system memory usage and device
drivers or loaded programs.
Syntax: MEM [<switch>[+|-]...]
where
"+" - switch is on
"-" - switch is off
By default: MEM /S/E/X/Y
Type: External command
Switches:
/D Display the Memory Control Block (MCB) list
/I Display the installed Device Drivers list
/C Display the installed Memory Resident Programs list (TSR)
/S Display the summary using of system memory
/E Display the information about Expanded Memory (EMS)
/X Display the information about Extended Memory (XMS)
/Y Display the information about System location
/H Display the list of EMS blocks
/B Display the list of XMS blocks
/L Display the list of file locks
/F Display the information about System Data location
/K Pause between information blocks
/A Display all information
For example, running MEM command without any parameters, you will get
the following information:
655,360 bytes total conventional memory
591,472 bytes free conventional memory
590,608 largest executable program size
3,407,872 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
10,240 bytes total XMS memory available
10,240 largest XMS memory block size
PTS-DOS resident in High Memory Area