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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert D Goodearl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Microsoft's XMS spec
Message-ID: <1990Jul12.145418.4419@world.std.com>
Date: 12 Jul 90 14:54:18 GMT
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In article <15173@reed.UUCP> minar@reed.bitnet (Nelson Minar) writes:
>
>In the neverending quest for a use for my extended memory, I have
>chanced upon Microsoft's package for XMS...

>However, do any applications use it?

>... Is there a RAMdisk program out there for extended memory that
>will coexist with XMS?

This XMS spec is the basis for himem.sys (the latest version of which is
shipped with windows 3.0).  The disk cache program smartdrv.sys and the
ram disk program ramdrive.sys, which ship with windows 3.0, both are
compatible with XMS.  I understand that there is a working group of
protected mode product houses who are (have?) modifying(ed) the XMS spec
so that various protected mode products (ala Windows 3.0 in standard or
extended mode, QEMM, etc.) can work together in the same system.