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- initialism dated, computing Extended Memory Specification
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The sooner you put your expenses into Concur/XMS and file them, the sooner you get your dollars back.
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Subscriptions and book purchases that appear on individual XMS expense filings will be disallowed, unless there is a note from the department or section head justifying the purchase.
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Subscriptions and book purchases that appear on individual XMS expense filings will be disallowed, unless there is a note from the department or section head justifying the purchase.
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The sooner you put your expenses into Concur/XMS and file them, the sooner you get your dollars back.
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When you lock mem block, XMS driver arranges memory governed by it in a way the locked block forms one contiguous area in linear address space and returns you starting address of the memory.
FAQ: The x86 Assembly Language FAQ by Raymond Moon (Part II) 1998
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AH = 8, call [XmsDriverAddr] - returns ax = largest free XMS memory block size in kB (0 if error).
FAQ: The x86 Assembly Language FAQ by Raymond Moon (Part II) 1998
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Errors for XMS calls (except AH = 7 - Query A20) are signaled by AX = 0.
FAQ: The x86 Assembly Language FAQ by Raymond Moon (Part II) 1998
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AX = 4300h, int 2Fh, verify AL = 80h (means XMS installed).
FAQ: The x86 Assembly Language FAQ by Raymond Moon (Part II) 1998
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Add any other lines as required for your application (like CD-ROM or networking), but do not include any XMS, EMS, mouse, or memory management device drivers.
OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List by Timothy F. Sipples 1993
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XMS, DPMI, and EMS memory allocations to the bare minimums required for maximum performance; turn off VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION unless necessary; adjust IDLE_SENSITIVITY; turn off DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION if not needed; change the HW_TIMER setting (particularly for games); enable VIDEO_FASTPASTE if possible; turn on HW_ROM_TO_RAM.
OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions List by Timothy F. Sipples 1993
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