From: "Lance W. Patterson" <lancep AT bcm DOT tmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: EMM386 and DPMI
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:38:59 -0500
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> CWSDPMI or something.  However I find that loading EMM386.EXE in the
> CONFIG.SYS seems to be enough to get these programs working?  Is this
> correct, does EMM386 provide DPMI?

Microsoft's "EMM386.EXE" is used primarily for two things.

1.  Freeing up "real mode" memory.
2.  Providing EMS memory(a joke), if needed.