DOC ERR: XMS Specification Available

ID: Q84426

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

The "Microsoft Windows Resource Kit" manual for Windows operating system version 3.1 needs clarification on page 450. The "Microsoft Windows Resource Kit" says that the eXtended Memory Specification (XMS) is available from the Microsoft Information Center.

To obtain the XMS specification, see the "Instructions for Downloading" section below.

Instructions for Downloading

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

The following file(s) are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

~ Xms.exe

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

Keywords : kbfile win31 winmem
Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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