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From: Howard.Spindel@p8.f14.n105.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Howard Spindel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: EEMS?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 17:38:29 GMT
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In an article of <12 Dec 89 13:48:30 GMT>, gene@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Majik Thise) writes:

 >A friend of mine has heard of EEMS (Enhanced(?) Extended Memory System) 
 >that in
 >effect blows the 640K memory size limit of multi-tasking programs away.  
 >For
 >instance, instead of only having 640k to run and load multiple programs 
 >under
 >say, Desqview, one could open up your entire extended memory (1.4 megs in 
 >my
 >case) and use it all!
 >
 >Is there such an animal or is this whole thing a cruel trick to entrap 
 >the
 >gullible?

EEMS with Desqview will allow multiple programs to run with the sum
of all memory used > 640K, but each individual program has something
less than 640K available (something being dependent on your hardware
configuration.  The whole solution works very cleanly on 386 machines
but can get somewhat kludgy on non-386 machines.

 >My friend seems to think it has something to do with the AST computer 
 >company,
 >if that will help any.

AST helped produce the original specification for EEMS, and 
manufactured some PC add in boards that conformed to the specification.
Use of AST equipment is not required to use EEMS.


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