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From: minar@reed.bitnet (Nelson Minar,L08,x640,7776519)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Microsoft's XMS spec
Message-ID: <15173@reed.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 90 19:59:26 GMT
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Reply-To: minar@reed.bitnet (Nelson Minar)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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In the neverending quest for a use for my extended memory, I have
chanced upon Microsoft's package for XMS - a supposed standard for
using extended memory.

It looks pretty nifty to program, including an extra 64k segment for
free if you know where to ask for it.

However, do any applications use it? I am aware that 4DOS 3.0 will
swap into XMS, and that this even works.. Any other programs take
advantage of it?

Is it possible to get XMS and vdisk.sys to coexist? The documentation
says no. Is there a RAMdisk program out there for extended memory that
will coexist with XMS?

Thanks..