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XMS 3.0 Specification Available
Last reviewed: May 1, 1997
Article ID: Q124436

MS-DOS kbfile

SUMMARY

The file XMS.EXE contains the Extended Memory Specification version 3.0, including text-formatted XMS versions 2.0 and 3.0, sample source code for an XMS 2.0 driver, a C library for the XMS 2.0 functions, test programs for an XMS 2.0 driver, and HIMEM.SYS version 2.04. The following files are included in XMS.EXE: 

XMS      EXE       167,786 06-05-92   2:00a
CLIB     EXE        22,829 06-05-92   2:00a
OEMSRC   EXE        43,875 06-05-92   2:00a
SPEC     EXE        38,277 06-05-92   3:00a
TESTS    EXE        44,238 06-05-92   2:00a
HIMEM    SYS         6,261 08-15-88   2:04a
README   TXT         3,705 06-05-92   3:00a
        9 file(s)        326,971 bytes
For information about obtaining XMS.EXE, refer to the section below.

MORE INFORMATION

You can find XMS.EXE, a self-extracting file, on the following services:

  • Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet 

          On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.
      Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
      Enter kbfile XMS.EXE, and click GO!
      Open the article, and click the button to download the file.
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
      Get XMS.EXE
  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (425) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download XMS.EXE

For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services

KBCategory: kbfile
KBSubcategory: msdos
Additional reference words: S15066
Keywords : msdos kbfile
Platform : MS-DOS

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Last reviewed: May 1, 1997
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