Mail Archives: opendos/2000/12/07/01:32:57
No Cooment.
Read some other posts about virtual memory.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert W Moss" <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: BASIC & EMS (was: Optimizing CONFIG.SYS...)
> Virtual memory is not "memory". It is the swap space on the
> hard drive which is used to opn up space in real memory by
> copying frequently used information out to the hard disk
> where the program can call it up when needed.
> It is slow because it is limited to the access speed of the hard drive.
>
> BOB 'DOMAN" MOSS 'Chocolate is a vitamin, but also a vegetable,
> since it comes from a bean.
> Everyone should
> eat their veggies.)
>
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 12:31:06 -0700 "Patrick Moran" <pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com>
> writes:
> >
> > That is what I have been trying to say, it is extended memory and
> > yes it is
> > real physical memory, it is not virtual memory. You can touch the
> > chips,
> > feel them get warm and use that memory. XMS itself is a memory
> > manager,
> > however the memory used through XMS is refered to as XMS memory.
> > Pat
> >
> >
> >
>
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