BlockMem 1.0 / SmartBlock 1.0 - 5 Neall Verheyde / 1993 Pyxis Software

What it is
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Blockmem is a small utility which takes two memory addresses, and
allocates all of the memory between them, preventing the system (and
OS friendly programs) from using that area of memory.

SmartBlock is a program very similar to blockmem.  It performs exactly
the same operation, but is not restricted to contigious memory chunks
(ie, it "looks" for unused memory within the specified address, and
allocates around memory which is already used).  If the memory is
already used, you can be fairly certain that it's not faulty.


Why???
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If you have bad memory in your computer, and can't get it fixed
immediately, it's much better to simply block the memory off from the
OS, rather than hoping that a program won't try and grab it for itself
and cause the system to blow up.


Pyxis Software is:
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Neall Verheyde                  verheyde@sfu.ca
 - Computer Science
   Simon Fraser University
   British Columbia, Canada

David Griffiths                 dgriff@unixg.ubc.ca
 - Television Broadcasting
   British Columbia Institute of Technology
   British Columbia, Canada


Other Pyxis Utilities:
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  ClockTweek - Helps correct periodic errors in the system clock.

    Purge2.0 - Deletes files in a way that they are "unrecoverable".

    MemWatch - Helps find program memory loss.

    NetUtils - ParNet/SerNet chat, and remote reboot.

    ReqInter - Reqtools.library interface for HiSoft BASIC.

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[generic]                  254     628  40.4% -lh5- 3d73 Apr  5  1993 BlockMem.info
[generic]                 3744    5788  64.7% -lh5- d2a2 Apr  5  1993 BlockMem/blockmem
[generic]                 2006    4404  45.5% -lh5- 99e1 Apr 10  1993 BlockMem/blockmem.doc
[generic]                  242     477  50.7% -lh5- 462e Apr  5  1993 BlockMem/blockmem.doc.info
[generic]                 4242    6896  61.5% -lh5- 7b95 Apr 10  1993 BlockMem/smartblock
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 Total         5 files   10488   18193  57.6%            Apr 10  1993