What Programs Can Use TREMM?

If you have a "memory enhanced" Palmtop, you have the opportunity to use some of the extra memory as extended memory. This will let you run some programs that take advantage of this memory swapping technique.

Here is a list of some of the programs that use EMM. Many are still commercially available. You might also look on eBay.com or one of the auction sites or at www.recycledsoft ware.com for used copies.

PKZIP/UNZIP: PKWare's file compression programs

Software Carousel and Super Software Carousel from Thaddeus Computing, Inc.

Framework from Ashton-Tate, Symphony and Lotus 1-2-3, release 2.4 from Lotus Dev. Corp.

Enable from Enable Corp.

Word Perfect's Office Suite (ver. 3.01) with its group of applications: Word Perfect(5.1), PlanPerfect, DrawPerfect.

For example, WordPerfect will use EMS to load up to 300K bytes of menus, error messages and overlays. This dramatically speeds up the program even on the Palmtop.

Some program compilers may also use EMS: you'll need to check the manuals for which ones.

MAXDOS: freeware, available on the S.U.P.E.R. site (www.palmtop.net) which will let you roll everything in working memory to EMS and let you have all memory to load memory hungry DOS programs.

This list is not exhaustive nor all inclusive. The best tip is to look for DOS software that came to market in the early '90s. If you have access to the software manuals, they should tell you if the program can use EMS. Also, look for whether the program requires a '286 processor or better. Usually, such programs will not work on the Palmtop.