NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/misc/16460

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From: [e-mail] (Mark Runyan)
Subject: Re: Help - Stacker and other Hard Disk Programs.
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[e-mail] wrote:
>I recently bought a 386sx computer with an 80M hard drive. Some friends of mine
>have told me about some hard drive doubling programs (ie. Stacker). I am aware
>in the past Stacker has had some problems. Have they fixed these bugs? and
>are there other better "Stacker"-like programs out there that would do the
>job better?
>    Also, do "Stacker"-like programs slow the computer significantly?

There are other "Stacker-like" programs available.  At the moment, I can
only remember "Double disk" and "SuperStor".  I use Stacker 3.0 and I don't
notice any significant slow down on my 386sx 80M hard drive.  Accessing the
stacker disk is reasonably fast (no I haven't run bench marks).  But, be
aware that Stacker also sells hardware that can do the Stacking for you
if you find the software emulation too slow.  While I haven't tried that
route, I would expect a piece of hardware to be quite a bit faster than
the software emulation.

BTW, various rumors indicate that DOS 6.0 (should it ever come out) would
have a disk doubling program within it.  Perhaps others can expand on that
rumor.

Mark Runyan