Show free chip ram in Blitz2?

Coagulus · 16 September 2012, 13:19

Hi all,

Hope this is the right place.

Is there a way in Blitz 2 to report the available chip ram? I would like it conditional that I load the music if there's enough memory.

Cheers.

StingRay · 16 September 2012, 13:46

Since Blitz supports inline ASM you could simply use Exec's AvailMem() function.

Coagulus · 16 September 2012, 14:38

Cheers stingray, I tried

_availmem
putreg d0,a
print a

it shows a figure but I can't seem to pass any attributes to availmem to report Chip ram.

[edit] ah, the underscore goes at the end! a=availmem_(requirements)

[edit2] a.l=AvailMem_(2) seems to do the trick in Blitz...

[edit3] found on aminet that a.l=AvailMem_($20002) is the same as a.l=ChipFree

fishyfish · 21 September 2012, 14:56

Ah, cool, that cleared up something for me too.
I'd just recently found a variation on this:

#any=0
#chip=2
#fast=4
#biggest=$20000
#total=$80000

nprint "ChipRAM: ",AvailMem_(#chip|#total)

I partway knew what was going on, but this filled in the blanks for me

16 September 2012, 13:19	#1
Coagulus Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 468	Show free chip ram in Blitz2? Hi all, Hope this is the right place. Is there a way in Blitz 2 to report the available chip ram? I would like it conditional that I load the music if there's enough memory. Cheers.

16 September 2012, 13:46	#2
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 4,547	Since Blitz supports inline ASM you could simply use Exec's AvailMem() function. __________________ Makes me sick when I hear all the shit that you say So much crap coming out, it must take you all day There's a space kept in hell with your name on the seat With a spike in the chair just to make it complete

16 September 2012, 14:38	#3
Coagulus Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 468	Cheers stingray, I tried _availmem putreg d0,a print a it shows a figure but I can't seem to pass any attributes to availmem to report Chip ram. [edit] ah, the underscore goes at the end! a=availmem_(requirements) [edit2] a.l=AvailMem_(2) seems to do the trick in Blitz... [edit3] found on aminet that a.l=AvailMem_($20002) is the same as a.l=ChipFree Last edited by Coagulus; 16 September 2012 at 20:25. Reason: got it wrong! and more info

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21 September 2012, 14:56	#4
fishyfish Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 445	Ah, cool, that cleared up something for me too. I'd just recently found a variation on this: #any=0 #chip=2 #fast=4 #biggest=$20000 #total=$80000 nprint "ChipRAM: ",AvailMem_(#chip\|#total) I partway knew what was going on, but this filled in the blanks for me

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