Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!amdahl!cerebus!wjvax!grinch!luis From: luis@grinch.UUCP (luis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Uses for Lotus/Intel Extended Memory Message-ID: <268@grinch.grinch.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 23:52:05 EST Article-I.D.: grinch.268 Posted: Fri Nov 27 23:52:05 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Dec-87 05:45:07 EST References: <1640@houxa.UUCP> <875@cblpf.ATT.COM> <810@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> Reply-To: luis@grinch.UUCP (Luis Chanu) Organization: Textural Software, San Jose, CA. Lines: 24 Keywords: EMS, EEMS, PC-DOS 3.4 Summary: How about EEMS? Where does it fall into all this? In article <810@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> ward@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Ward) writes: >In followup to lamentations on how to make use of extend memory >(EMS/LIM expansion memory boards), here is a little info: > >With the coming advent of PC-DOS 3.4, the operating system will >support EMS memory. This will be transparent to any program, allowing >any program to take advantage of the extra memory. > >Of course, it remains to be seen how well this works, but removing the >EMS support from programs and putting it into the OS is the right way >to go. Hardware EMS memory compatible with EMS 4.0 will be compatible >with PC-DOS 3.4 which is rumored for April-June '88 release. I am wondering about one thing though... Where will EEMS (Extended Memory) fall with all this? I have heard rumers that EMS 4.0 and EEMS are the same thing... Is this true? If not, then how do they differ? I guess, I am wondering if my 2MB EEMS memory in my AT will work? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luis Chanu "Live every day as if it were your last, UUCP: ...ihnp4!sun!aeras!grinch!luis because one day you will be right." UUCP: ...pyramid!wjvax!grinch!luis -Benny Hill Disk-Claimer: That's not your disk, that's my disk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------