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- From: rpb0804@zeus.tamu.edu (BATES, ROBERT PATRICK)
- Subject: Re: STACKER OR PC STORE OR ????????
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- Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
- References: <i10.1@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 05:26:00 GMT
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- In article <i10.1@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca>, i10@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca writes...
- >I need more hard disk space but can't afford a larger hard disk at this
- >time. Hence, I am looking at on the fly compression products. I've heard a
- >lot about STACKER but relatively nothing about the newcommer PC STORE (I
- >think that's what it's called). A comparison of these two products would
- >greatly be appreciated, as well as any information on alternative products.
- >
- >Thanks a million
- >
- >Dan Sullivan
-
- DON'T SCREW WITH STACKER 2.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- That SOB almost took out some vital info on my hard drive last semester, and
- restricted drive access to some of my software (I forget which ones...). Sure,
- it gave me nearly 2x the space after compression, but it just wasn't worth it.
- I figured that between losing important data and shelling out $350 for my
- ST3144A, the IDE drive was a far better deal... As for the other program, I
- don't know about it... The only one I've heard of otherwise is SUPERSTORE on
- DR-DOS 6, and some people have complained about it, too.
-
- Good luck, and have fun!
-
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