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

Nightshft · 18 September 2019, 20:16

Just wanted to write my own avail function - this works fine.

Note that for just available ram (not total, and not largest(=biggest) you just don't add any constant.
So available chipram is just #$2

PS:
I looked into EXEC_MEMORY_H and searched for the constant to add for simple "available memory". There is none and that's the point.

idrougge · 19 September 2019, 00:28

You can also just call ChipFree (or FastFree).

Nightshft · 22 September 2019, 17:32

Yes thanks!

Found this 2 functions AFTER learning how to use the system calls (which is quite interesting). I didn't find these in the BB2 manual. Is there any documentation to additional commands out there?

idrougge · 23 September 2019, 03:53

The BUMs added commands continuosly and came with corresponding documentation in Amigaguide and paper format. All BUMs are included on the Ultimate Blitz CD.

Do also note that there are two different Blitz manuals. The later edition is in a ring-bind folder where you could add the BUM addenda.

16 September 2012, 13:19	#1
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 862	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, 14:38	#3
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 862	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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16 September 2012, 13:46	#2
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Since Blitz supports inline ASM you could simply use Exec's AvailMem() function.

21 September 2012, 14:56	#4
fishyfish Banned Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 475	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

18 September 2019, 20:16	#5
Nightshft Registered User Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Austria Posts: 617	Just wanted to write my own avail function - this works fine. Note that for just available ram (not total, and not largest(=biggest) you just don't add any constant. So available chipram is just #$2 PS: I looked into EXEC_MEMORY_H and searched for the constant to add for simple "available memory". There is none and that's the point.

19 September 2019, 00:28	#6
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	You can also just call ChipFree (or FastFree).

22 September 2019, 17:32	#7
Nightshft Registered User Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Austria Posts: 617	Yes thanks! Found this 2 functions AFTER learning how to use the system calls (which is quite interesting). I didn't find these in the BB2 manual. Is there any documentation to additional commands out there?

23 September 2019, 03:53	#8
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	The BUMs added commands continuosly and came with corresponding documentation in Amigaguide and paper format. All BUMs are included on the Ultimate Blitz CD. Do also note that there are two different Blitz manuals. The later edition is in a ring-bind folder where you could add the BUM addenda.

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