Microsoft KB Archive/78290

= Intel EMM.SYS Dated June 1990 or Later with MS-DOS =

Article ID: 78290

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q78290



SUMMARY
Intel recommends that the EMM.SYS driver for Above Board be dated later than June, 1990 when used to access expanded memory on 8088, 8086 or 80286 machines with MS-DOS 5.0 and later.



MORE INFORMATION
EMM.SYS is Intel's expanded memory manager for the Intel Above Board. The EMM.SYS version must be dated June, 1990 or later. Using versions earlier than June, 1990 with MS-DOS 5.0 and later may result in the inability to access expanded memory.

For more information, query on the following words here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

EMM.SYS and Intel

The product included here is manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 hardware 3rdparty EMS 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB78290

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