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Emm386.exe – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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EMM386.EXE

The

EMS

memory manager provided with your computer,

EMM386.EXE

, conforms to version 4.00 of the

Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification
(

EMS

).

EMM386.EXE

enables areas of system memory to be

used as Expanded memory.

The

EMM386.EXE

device driver must be installed before you

can use Expanded memory. To install

EMM386.EXE

in its

simplest form, include the following command line in your

CONFIG.SYS

file before any other

DEVICE

commands that use

Expanded memory (for example,

RAMDRIVE.SYS

) but after

the

HIMEM.SYS

command line. This allows other device

drivers to use the memory manager.

DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE [options]

Parameters (also called switches or options) for the

EMM386.EXE

driver are described in the Microsoft Windows

User’s Guide furnished with your new computer. After it
loads, the memory manager determines the amount of
Expanded memory in the system and performs any
required initialization.

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Note: The 386 enhanced mode of Microsoft Windows allows
you to simulate part of extended memory as expanded
memory using the

EMM386.EXE

device driver. However, this

is not recommended as it degrades system performance.

MS-DOS

also uses

EMM386.EXE

to enable Upper Memory

Area (

UMA

). This allows you to load TSR programs and

device drivers in this area to free up conventional memory.
Again, this may degrade performance. Refer to your
Microsoft Windows User’s Guide or your MS-DOS User’s
Guide
for details.

Memory Device Drivers

F-6 Configuring

Memory