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Memory info                                           Alt + F5
 This command lists the memory-resident  programs  which  are
 currently occupying system memory.

 The Address  column  is  the segment address of the start of
 the program's memory block, in hexadecimal.
 The Blocks  identifies how many blocks of memory are used by
 the program.
 The Size  column  lists  the  sum of the sizes of all memory
 blocks allocated by the program.
 The Program  column  identifies  the  program if its name is
 available,  or specifies one of the DOS system area, Unknown
 owner, or Free memory.
 Hooked Vectors  lists the interrupt vectors which point into
 memory owned by this program.

 The resident programs which can be removed are marked by '.'.

    Action        Result
    --------      -------------------------------------------
    Cursor keys   Use the cursor keys to scroll  through  the
                  list (use also Home, End, PgUp, PgDn).

    Ins           Select/unselect a program marked by '.'.

    Gray +, -     Select/unselect all programs which  can  be
                  removed.

    Enter         Remove  selected   programs  or  a  program
                  currently pointed by the cursor.

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   Notes:
     .  TSR stands for Terminate and Stay Resident. This type
        of program leaves all or part  of  itself  in  memory
        when it returns control to DOS.

     .  Often a TSR with a lower address  controls  interrupt
        not listed here, but some other TSR (loaded after the
        first) has  seized primary control of that interrupt.
        Most  TSRs are  careful enough to pass control to the
        previous owner.

     .  If a TSR was removed from memory, it often  leaves  a
        large block of unused memory in low RAM. That  memory
        might be used by a smaller  program, but  it  is  not
        available for a larger program. The  solution  is  to
        load such a TSR last, and remove  it  before  loading
        any other TSR.

     .  You can remove TSRs which were loaded  after  loading
        the  Commander.  To  install  the  resident  programs
        automatically make a batch file, for example auto.bat,
        including these TSRs and type it in command line when
        the Commander starts:

                           VC auto.bat

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