Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!unido!gmdzi!strobl From: strobl@gmdzi.UUCP (Wolfgang Strobl) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Microsoft's XMS spec Message-ID: <3094@gmdzi.UUCP> Date: 13 Jul 90 17:31:41 GMT References: <15173@reed.UUCP> Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany Lines: 21 minar@reed.bitnet (Nelson Minar,L08,x640,7776519) writes: >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? MS Windows 3 uses XMS. And it comes with a RAM disk which uses XMS. Wolfgang Strobl #include