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Stac Announces OS/2 Version of Stacker
Chicago, April 6, 1992 -- Stac Electronics announced today
at COMDEX/Spring '92 that a new version of its award-winning data
compression software is being designed for OS/2* 2.0, IBM's 32-
bit operating system for 386SX PCs and above.
Stacker for OS/2 will allow users to start their systems
with OS/2 or DOS and access their existing Stacker drives without
any modification while running either operating system. It will
also be 100% compatible with Stac's line of coprocessor boards
for maximum speed and compression ratios.
The OS/2 version of Stacker, like the entire Stacker line of
data compression software and coprocessor boards, doubles a
computer's storage capacity with the Stacker LZSTM technology,
which is instantaneous, continuous, and totally transparent to
the user.
"Stac has received strong demand from its installed base for
an OS/2 version of Stacker," said Gary Clow, Stac's president.
"We have been quietly engaged in developing Stacker for OS/2 for
more than a year now, and this summer we will supply a beta
release to the 300,000 OS/2 2.0 beta testers."
Clow said Stacker for OS/2 will be available later this year
through Stac OEMs, the company's existing retail channels or
ordered directly from Stac by calling (800) 522-7822. All
Stacker products come with free technical support.
Stacker OS/2 will join the Stacker line of products that now
includes Stacker 2.0 software for laptop, notebook and portable
computers, and Stacker AT/16 and Stacker MC/16 compression
coprocessor boards for desktop systems.
OS/2 2.0 offers true multitasking and will provide the
broadest selections of applications in the industry, running DOS,
Windows and 16- and 32-bit OS/2 applications unchanged, according
to IBM.
Stac Electronics, based in Carlsbad, California, is the
leading supplier of high-performance data compression software
and silicon. The company's products, designed for corporate-wide
compression applications, are sold direct from the company and
through traditional retail and OEM sales distribution.
*OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation.