Michael Devore wrote:
> Uploaded to ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads are HIMEM.ZIP (compressed 
> HIMEM.EXE file only), and EMM386.ZIP ( the full FreeDOS file set of 
> HIMEM and EMM386 for those few individuals interested in all base files 
> and those updated by this interim release).
> 
> This version of HIMEM contains revisions made by Aitor Santamaría 
> Merino.  Specifically, HIMEM command line feedback has been updated with 
> recent features;  the TESTMEM option has been improved, the standard 
> Microsoft HIMEM option HMAMIN is now supported (although I'm not sure if 
> anything can really use it); and HIMEM now recognizes the suffixes M for 
> megabytes, G for gigabytes, and K for kilobytes in its option values.  
> Note that 'K' was always the default for option amounts, so effectively 
> 'K' doesn't do anything new.  Also note that 'M' and 'G' are true 
> programmer-style multipliers of 1024, and not lamer hard disk 
> manufacturing multipliers of 1000.
> 
> In addition, using the EMM386R3.ZIP latest beta file set as the gold 
> standard, I updated HIMEM source, the EMM386 LSM file based on Tom 
> Ehlert's latest version, and a few doc updates.  This task, incidentally 
> was the work of well over two hours spent mostly on documentation and 
> admin changes and synchronization, to reference my earlier comments on 
> the list about the actual time needed for those type of tasks.
> 
> At some point, the new HIMEM help and history is going to have to be 
> merged and added to the standard EMM386Rx file set and everything 
> cleaned up, but I didn't have time.  Doing everything correctly and well 
> will be the work of many hours -- again, not minutes -- I currently 
> don't have available.  November, perhaps.
> 
> In the HIMEM changes, I slightly updated and corrected to typical 
> technical English several of the original modifications, but that's it 
> for my input on this HIMEM revision.  I have not strongly tested the 
> changes beyond the feedback and booting into the new revision, but it 
> looks good.  Any problems, let me know.
> 
> All hail Aitor Santamaría Merino for his improvements in HIMEM usability.
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