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From: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: more himem.sys facts
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Date: 30 Jul 90 12:56:14 GMT
References: <1990Jul29.135510.5423@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1990Jul29.135510.5423@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
>More info on the Win 3.0 distributed himem.sys:
>
>Before using any program - or .sys file - that uses extended memory,
>the bios call 0x88 that returns the amount of extended memory
>gives the correct result. After using Windows or if the Win 3.0 smartdrive.sys
>is used, it returns ** zero ** amount of extended memory. It or Win 3.0
>is not releasing the extended memory it uses.

>This proves that it is indeed a bug.

>Microsoft: When will this bug be fixed?? How do we get fixes?
>Didn't they TEST this?

>Doug McDonald

PLEASE READ THE XMS DOCUMENTATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     
and stop your bug reports ! :-)
(I can send it to you if needed.)

Kai Uwe Rommel
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