Subj : Re: Using Dos Comms Software with Lantronix UDS-10
To   : Spectre
From : kirkspragg
Date : Fri Jun 07 2024 16:57:54

 Sp> You sure they support EMS and not XMS?  Back then standards were all
 Sp> over the place. If I recall right, XMS is older, and if you're lucky
 Sp> you'll find a driver that will make XMS available as EMS.

Lets be clear about acronyms here as EMS and XMS tend to get mixed up.

By EMS I mean Expanded Memory AKA LIM memory which is the earlier standard developed to support apps using more than 640k on an 8088 class machine.

XMS is extended memory is available on 286+ machines with more than 1mb of memory.

Anyhow I'm currently using EMM286 which emulates EMS/LIM but is quite slow as it copies memory around to simulate how the EMS page frame works.
Hardware support would improve performance a bit, but it's not a big deal for me at the moment.

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