Free Memory

[tkgshow]

Hey

If I repeatedly ctrl-A-A to restart Workbench
Check the Free Memory gadget at the top of the main screen
I'm given the following readings

887,144
887,176
896,080
887,200
887,144 (thought this was predictable now)
887,176
887,120 (sadly not)
887,120
887,120

after 9 restarts

I didn't take any more readings

Does anyone know whats going on here in RAM?

kgs

[tkgshow]

i guess i'm assuming
1 a reboot starts with empty RAM
2 booting should be the same each time
3 that the mem taken by workbench should be unchanging
i can't see what here should have a diff of 1k
i'd like to find out though  :-)

[tkgshow]

oops
>>> i can't see what here should have a diff of 1k
actually 10k

[tkgshow]

unless free mem is different before the boot process
i dont know how to check that...

[tkgshow]

thanks for the replies
where can i discover more?
is there a way for me to mess with the boot?
i want to see this stuff in action
how can i dump mem during boot?
can i bypass the amiga rom boot?
where can i read about AmigaOS?
:-?  :-?