XMS files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.xms file type #1: AutoCAD external message
An xms file extension is related to the AutoCAD a 3D modeling tool. An xms file contains external message.
Further details:
The xms file extension is also used by AutoCAD a CAD and CAM modeling tool for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X operating systems developed by Autodesk.
The xms file stores external message data.
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AutoCAD
Leading 2D and 3D CAD development software from Autodesk
AutoCAD for Mac
A Mac version of popular Autodesk AutoCAD software
.xms file type #2: Amiga XMash disk archive
Files with XMS extension found on Amiga platform are disk archives in Xmash format.
Further details:
The XMS file extension was also in the past used for one of the disk archive formats used on Amiga platform - the Xmash format.
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The Unarchiver
A decompression utility used to replace default unpacker software on Mac
.xms file type #3: Microsoft eXtended Memory specification data
An xms file extension is related to the Microsoft eXtended Memory Specification settings used by MS-DOS operating system.
Further details:
The xms file extension is related to Microsoft's Extended Memory.
Extended Memory Specification or XMS is the specification describing the use of IBM PC extended memory in real mode for storing data (but not for running executable code in it).
Memory is made available by extended memory manager (XMM) software such as HIMEM.SYS.
The XMM functions are accessible through interrupt 2Fh. XMS should not be confused with the somewhat similar EMS (expanded memory specification).
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MS-DOS
Old operating system by Microsoft dominant in 1980s
.xms file type #4: ViewCafé XML markup session
An xms file extension is related to the ViewCafé XML markup session file format.
Further details:
The xms file extension is associated with ViewCafé, a document viewing, markup, and collaboration tool that enables businesses to access, share, distribute, and cooperatively review documents, by OpenText Corporation.
The xms file stores markup session data.
The ViewCafé is now called Open Text Thin-Client Viewer.
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Open Text Thin-Client Viewer
An online document handling platform