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- Viewmem - A Window into Core Memory
- (C) Copyright 1993 by Tim Gerchmez
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- Viewmem provides you with a window into the core memory of your
- computer. It gives you a "real-time" display, so you can see what's
- happening in memory as it happens. It should work with any kind of video
- monitor, color or mono. It won't work under many multitasking systems, as
- it PEEKS into any section of memory directly, and it's my understanding
- that many multitaskers disallow this.
-
- To run Viewmem, simply enter VIEWMEM at the DOS prompt. You'll see
- a screen filled with moving, sparkling characters. This is the first part
- (low memory) of your machine's memory, displayed as ASCII characters. Use
- the cursor keys to scroll forward or backward in memory. The number display
- in the upper left corner of the screen gives you the segment:offset address
- of the memory you're currently looking at (representing the byte in the upper
- left corner of the second line of the screen. You can move up by one segment
- (actually 64K) by pressing +, or down by pressing -. Viewmem allows you to
- view all 16 64K segments (1MB) of memory in your machine. If you have less
- than 640K (1MB) of main memory, results will be unpredictable if you try to
- view what's not there. It's doubtful you'd do any damage, however.
-
- To get help in Viewmem, press F1, and you'll be presented with a
- menu showing you which keys and commands are active in the program. You can
- change screen and command-line colors, search for strings of text in memory,
- jump to any memory address, dump memory to disk, and toggle ASCII only or
- all characters to be displayed.
-
- Viewmem is written in PowerBASIC 3.0, and the source code is
- included. I am releasing the program as freeware, no charge of any kind
- for use. However, the program is still copyrighted, and you may not
- alter and then redistribute it under your own name. Any distribution must
- be complete and unaltered, and include this .DOC file.
-
- I hope you find Viewmem to be interesting and educational.
- If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me on the PowerBASIC
- BBS (1-813-629-9145) or at the address given below.
-
- Tim Gerchmez
- 12648 S.E. 81st Pl.
- Renton, WA 98056-9121
-
- Disclaimer: You use Viewmem at your own risk, and I cannot be held liable
- for any damages which may result from the use or abuse of the program.
- I offer the program entirely without warranty of any kind.
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