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- From: oleg@crumpet.cts.com (Oleg Rovner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Ways to double hard drive capacity???
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- Date: 6 Sep 92 20:12:25 PST
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- In article <6SEP199217035148@venus.tamu.edu> jma1128@venus.tamu.edu (Jason) writes:
- > I have a standard Amiga 2000HD with a 52 meg hard drive. Is there a program,
- > such as "Stacker" for the IBM, that can be installed on the hard drive and
- > will automatically double the capacity of the drive without any special
- > work everytime something is added or removed. Your information would be
- > appreciated.
- >
- > Jason Adams
- > JMA1128@ZEUS.TAMU.EDU
-
- That's it. The last goddamned straw. If I see one more post about "doubling
- the capacity of the drive" I'm getting a job at the post office. Can't the
- Stacker people be sued for false advertisement? I mean, is it so hard to
- say "compress the information" instead of "double the capacity of the
- drive"?
-
- If you want something that compresses data, I think the Amiga approach which
- lets one choose WHICH files get compressed and is transparent only after
- compression is better. Try PowerPacker or Turbo Imploder. Turbo Imploder is
- PD, PowerPacker is not.
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