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Re: XMS programming info?

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From: Rolf Michelsen
Date: Thu, 02 May 1991 09:45
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In article <1991Apr30.151406.1403@netcom.COM>, resnicks@netcom.COM (Steve Resnick) writes:
|> In article <l.zgb9l@rpi.edu> coxs@itsgw.rpi.edu (Sean Cox) writes:
|> >
|> >     Does anyone know where I can find info on using XMS in programs? I 
|> > have some info about EMS, but I'd rather use XMS since it's become much
|> > more common (and I don't feel like reconfiguring my system a lot :).
|> >     Thanks in advance!
|> >
|> 
|> I beleive you can call Microsoft in Redmond Wa. (I don't have their number
|> but you can get from directory info for 206) and ask them for information on
|> XMS programming. I did this about 18months ago, and they sent me a short 
|> bookelt/long pamphlet about XMS standards, drivers and programming. They also
|> sent me a diskette with XMS driver source code. This was free for the asking 
|> then.
|> 
|> 
|> Hope this helps....
|> Steve
|> 
|> -- 
|> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> 	resnicks@netcom.com, steve@camphq, IFNA:	1:143/105.0, 
|>  Real life: Steve Resnick. Chief Software Architect, Process Scientific, Inc
|>  Flames, grammar and spelling errors >/dev/null
|>  0x2b |~ 0x2b, THAT is the question.
|>  The Asylum OS/2 BBS - (408)263-8017 12/2400,8,1 - Running Maximus CBCS 1.2
|> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The mentioned disk is also available from the Simtel FTP-site (26.2.0.74) and
includes XMS documentation, a C library, HIMEM.SYS source etc. It can be 
downloaded as:
	pd1:<msdos.sysutl>xms20.arc


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From: rmich@Lise.Unit.NO (Rolf Michelsen)
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Subject: Re: XMS programming info?
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Date: 2 May 91 09:45:50 GMT
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