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Borland C++ 3.1 › <bios.h>

biosmemory

raw OCR

Returns memory size.

Defined in header <bios.h>

Syntax

#include <bios.h>
int biosm.emory(void);

Portability

DOSUNIXWindowsANSI CC++ only
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Remarks

biosmemory returns the size of RAM memory using BIOS interrupt 0x12. This does not include display adapter memory, extended memory, or expanded memory.

Return value

biosmemory returns the size of RAM memory in IK blocks.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <bios.h>

int main(void)
{
   int memory_size;
   memory_size = biosmemory ();   /* returns value up to 640K */
   printf("RAM size = %dK\n", memory_size) ;

   return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Modern references

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Stable link: /3.1/bios.h/biosmemory/ · short form /3.1/biosmemory/