Extended memory: Revision history

28 May 2025

• curprev 01:3501:35, 28 May 2025 Kvng talk contribs m 9,338 bytes −24 rm unnec pipe undo

24 May 2025

• curprev 12:4012:40, 24 May 2025 2a00:23c5:fe1c:3701:8c0b:6fe9:4746:3e03 talk 9,362 bytes +25 fix link undo

2 May 2025

• curprev 06:3406:34, 2 May 2025 Ylee talk contribs 9,337 bytes +777 →Overview: Extended memory goes to waste at first; EMS widely adopted undo

19 November 2024

• curprev 19:1919:19, 19 November 2024 Kvng talk contribs 8,560 bytes +72 foldoc attribution undo

25 September 2024

• curprev 07:1607:16, 25 September 2024 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 8,488 bytes +40 Dating maintenance tags: {{Clarify}} {{Fact}} undo
• curprev 05:1505:15, 25 September 2024 100.34.21.250 talk 8,448 bytes +142 →References: I hope this works. Even so, this is not the best way to do this--Better would be something like the wiki format in Expanded Memory, where the citations are all in the {reflist} template and cited by name from the text. I'm afraid I know little about WP templates, and lack time to figure it out. Anyone? undo
• curprev 05:0405:04, 25 September 2024 100.34.21.250 talk 8,306 bytes +1,429 →{{anchor|XMS}}Extended Memory Specification (XMS): Added detail and clarification about XMS 2.0 and 3.0 (which this author recently studied carefully) undo
• curprev 04:2304:23, 25 September 2024 100.34.21.250 talk 6,877 bytes 0 →{{anchor|XMS}}Extended Memory Specification (XMS): copy edit: fixed run-on sentence ("comma splice") undo
• curprev 04:2204:22, 25 September 2024 100.34.21.250 talk 6,877 bytes +56 →{{anchor|XMS}}Extended Memory Specification (XMS): Correction: XMM functions is not called through INT 2Fh; only the XMM address to call is obtained through INT 2Fh. See the XMS 2.0 and XMS 3.0 specifications to confirm this. undo
• curprev 04:1804:18, 25 September 2024 100.34.21.250 talk 6,821 bytes +9 →Overview: Any CPU can address any amount of RAM, technically. The limitation of a CPU is on its address space, which limits the memory that the CPU can /directly/ address. By multiplexing addresses, unlimited memory can be mapped into the limited adress space. undo
• curprev 04:1604:16, 25 September 2024 100.34.21.250 talk 6,812 bytes +205 Correction: UMBs are not extended memory. undo
• curprev 04:1004:10, 25 September 2024 100.34.21.250 talk 6,607 bytes +7 A device driver is/becomes part of the operating system, so anything that is in the OS but not in a driver must be in the OS kernel (or in an application program that is considered part of the OS). undo

4 July 2024

• curprev 10:3910:39, 4 July 2024 Renamed user 9220ef750dbbe3e65ca843236439ad44 talk contribs 6,600 bytes +6 mentioned API acronym 1st time undo

1 April 2024

• curprev 08:1708:17, 1 April 2024 217.123.177.87 talk 6,594 bytes −1 typo undo

10 March 2024

• curprev 02:1402:14, 10 March 2024 86.154.158.40 talk 6,595 bytes +12 Changed reference to Intel 486 as first CPU to support 4GB Extended Memory to Intel 386DX. undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• curprev 02:1102:11, 10 March 2024 86.154.158.40 talk 6,583 bytes 0 No edit summary undo Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

5 March 2024

• curprev 01:5501:55, 5 March 2024 Remember the dot talk contribs 6,583 bytes +118 clarified where extended memory begins and ends in the image caption undo

2 May 2023

• curprev 12:5512:55, 2 May 2023 Stephen Kitt talk contribs 6,465 bytes +36 Update KB links to the PCjs archive undo

23 April 2021

• curprev 21:0421:04, 23 April 2021 Crash48 talk contribs m 6,429 bytes +28 →{{anchor|XMS}}Extended Memory Specification (XMS) undo

20 April 2021

• curprev 14:0314:03, 20 April 2021 Comp.arch talk contribs m 6,401 bytes +21 No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

21 March 2021

• curprev 01:0601:06, 21 March 2021 FobTown talk contribs 6,380 bytes +6 No edit summary undo

8 March 2021

• curprev 20:2720:27, 8 March 2021 85.249.199.10 talk 6,374 bytes +24 →Extended Memory Specification (XMS) undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

3 January 2021

• curprev 18:3218:32, 3 January 2021 GuccizBud talk contribs 6,350 bytes 0 →Overview undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

16 November 2020

• curprev 12:3612:36, 16 November 2020 Yaroslav Nikitenko talk contribs 6,350 bytes +96 →References: all 3 Microsoft links are dead (page not found). Could not find any on web.archive.org. Try other searches pls. undo

14 September 2020

• curprev 11:4011:40, 14 September 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,254 bytes −124 CE, removed the cn tag, as the XMS 3.0 spec is given in the references already undo
• curprev 11:3311:33, 14 September 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,378 bytes +344 Undid revision 977934188 by 100.34.19.222 (talk) Super XMS is part of XMS 3.0 as of 1991. undo Tag: Undo

11 September 2020

• curprev 21:1921:19, 11 September 2020 100.34.19.222 talk 6,034 bytes −344 →eXtended Memory Specification (XMS){{anchor|XMS}}: Deleted reference to "SXMS" for which no reference has been provided in the 7 years since a {{fact}} tag was added requesting that reference. If someone finds a reference to substantiate the name "SXMS", it can be reintroduced. undo

28 August 2020

• curprev 03:1303:13, 28 August 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,378 bytes −12 →External links: moved FOLDOC to talk page undo

27 August 2020

• curprev 09:4609:46, 27 August 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs m 6,390 bytes +1 →top: CE undo
• curprev 09:4509:45, 27 August 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,389 bytes −3 →Overview: not specific to MS-DOS only undo
• curprev 07:3707:37, 27 August 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,392 bytes −23 Undid revision 843506338 by 108.16.105.21 (talk) Previous description was more correct undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 07:3207:32, 27 August 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,415 bytes +16 Undid revision 973251833 by FrescoBot (talk) Not an improvement, linking was correct before to link to both Intel and 80286 undo Tag: Undo

16 August 2020

• curprev 05:4805:48, 16 August 2020 FrescoBot talk contribs m 6,399 bytes −16 Bot: link specificity undo

8 February 2020

• curprev 17:2417:24, 8 February 2020 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,415 bytes +7 →References: improved ref undo

4 May 2019

• curprev 14:0014:00, 4 May 2019 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 6,408 bytes +44 refined date undo

29 May 2018

• curprev 15:5915:59, 29 May 2018 108.16.105.21 talk 6,364 bytes +23 correction: UMA is part of conventional memory, not extended memory undo

30 April 2017

• curprev 18:1318:13, 30 April 2017 109.139.93.35 talk 6,341 bytes −1 →eXtended Memory Specification (XMS){{anchor|XMS}} undo

13 February 2017

• curprev 08:1308:13, 13 February 2017 123.201.34.66 talk 6,342 bytes +1 →eXtended Memory Specification (XMS){{anchor|XMS}} undo

11 November 2016

• curprev 23:3223:32, 11 November 2016 Oshwah talk contribs m 6,341 bytes −1 Reverted edits by 201.160.130.34 (talk): Editing tests (HG) (3.1.22) undo Tag: Huggle
• curprev 23:3223:32, 11 November 2016 201.160.130.34 talk 6,342 bytes +1 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 June 2016

• curprev 17:3417:34, 26 June 2016 Widefox talk contribs 6,341 bytes +32 Added {{no footnotes}} tag to article (TW) undo

24 January 2016

• curprev 06:1006:10, 24 January 2016 Dcirovic talk contribs m 6,309 bytes 0 Reverted 1 edit by 91.4.67.242 identified as test/vandalism using STiki undo

16 August 2015

• curprev 08:4108:41, 16 August 2015 91.4.67.242 talk 6,309 bytes 0 m undo

31 May 2015

• curprev 14:2114:21, 31 May 2015 Bumm13 talk contribs m 6,309 bytes +15 pointed "bank switch[ed]" wikilink to "Bank switching" article undo
• curprev 14:2014:20, 31 May 2015 Bumm13 talk contribs m 6,294 bytes +12 →Overview: pointed "80286" wikilink to "Intel 80286" article undo
• curprev 14:2014:20, 31 May 2015 Bumm13 talk contribs m 6,282 bytes +46 pointed "80286" wikilink to "Intel 80286" article; pointed "VCPI" wikilink to "Virtual Control Program Interface" article undo

17 May 2014

• curprev 02:0902:09, 17 May 2014 BD2412 talk contribs m 6,236 bytes −15 Fixing links to disambiguation pages using AWB undo

25 October 2013

• curprev 18:5018:50, 25 October 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 6,251 bytes +107 →References: fix dead link, using another source undo
• curprev 18:3218:32, 25 October 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 6,144 bytes 0 ...but megabyte is not a proper noun undo

21 October 2013

• curprev 13:4513:45, 21 October 2013 86.145.240.230 talk 6,144 bytes +61 Per WP:MOSNUM: quantify which of the flavours of kB, MB and GB being discussed. Also 'M' as in 'Mega' is always upper case. undo