Owner`s manual

CHAPTER 6
SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM
This chapter discusses the commands you use to get your computer running, to set up
memory, and to customize your system memory with the programs you use most often.
6.1SHARED MEMORY ALLOCATION (SMEM)
The SMEM command allocates a shared memory pool for programs. The format is:
SMEM size{K}{M}
size is the amount of memory to allocate, K is Kilobytes, and M is Megabytes.
You may put one and only one SMEM command in your .INI file. It must immediately
follow the last SYSTEM command. SMEM uses three queue blocks (and so must come
after the QUEUE command).
Here are some examples of SMEM lines:
SMEM 20000
SMEM 70K
SMEM 10M
The SMEM command at AMOS command level displays information about the shared
memory pool, and lets you remove "stuck" blocks. See the
System Commands
Reference Manual
for more information.
6.2INITIALIZING MEMORY BOARDS (PARITY)
The memory boards in your computer require the presence of the PARITY command in
your system initialization command file to turn on parity error detection and reporting.
The sample system initialization command file in Chapter Two shows the PARITY
command being used after the first TRMDEF. Placing the command here activates
parity error detection during the system initialization command file process and displays
parity error messages on the Operator Terminal.
System Operator’s Guide to the System Initialization Command File, Rev. 03