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SUMMARY
Compaq Corporation has its own original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
version of the HIMEM.SYS extended memory manager called HIMEM.EXE, which is
included on the utilities disks that come with COMPAQ 80286-, 80386-, and
80486-based systems. Some of these computers are capable of supporting more
than 16 MB of RAM. These systems are equipped with the Extended Industry
Standard Architecture (EISA) bus.
COMPAQ SYSTEMPROCompaq's HIMEM.EXE driver allows those systems to access extended memory using the Extended Memory Specification (XMS). It also allows access to memory beyond 16 MB while allowing MS-DOS-based programs to use the 64K region of memory located just above the 1 MB address. MORE INFORMATION
HIMEM.EXE, which supports more than 16 MB of memory, is intended to
replace HIMEM.SYS. However, Microsoft Windows operating system version
3.0 does not support more than 16 MB of RAM. If HIMEM.EXE is used with
Windows 3.0 on a system with more than 16 MB of RAM, data loss or
corruption may occur.
If the computer has more than 16 MB of extended memory, the "/ISAONLY"
switch should be added to the DEVICE= line, as follows:
KBCategory: kb3rdpartyKBSubcategory: win30 winmem REFERENCES"COMPAQ User Programs Reference," COMPAQ Utilities. Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a System Pro desk utility
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