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- From: runyan@cup.hp.com (Mark Runyan)
- Subject: Re: Opinions on Stacker
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:30:14 GMT
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- References: <1992Sep12.163838.27498@wariat.org>
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- catfood@wariat.org (Mark W. Schumann) writes:
- >runyan@cup.hp.com (Mark Runyan) writes:
- >>Gordon.Edwards@AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards) writes:
- >>>What are people's opinions on Stacker?
- >> Of course, any diskettes that I've
- >>stacked can't be taken to another system unless the other system is
- >>running Stacker...
- >...Unless you "stack" the floppy drive itself--and I don't know
- >anyone who does--files copied to diskettes are UnStacked there. ...
-
- I didn't make myself clear. Yes, I `stack' the 3.5" floppy. Only
- sometimes. With Stacker 2.0, I can do that optionally. I can write
- normal floppies (as you do), which can easily be read elsewhere, so
- Stacker isn't a problem there. It is only if I stack the floppy and
- write to it via Stacker that I can't (at least, I don't think I can)
- read the floppy on a non-stackerized system. [A stacked floppy has
- a stackvol file on it, and the only way I know to access that is
- through stacker].
-
- Now, I've seen claims (on their box) that SuperStor can compress a
- floppy and the floppy can then be read on non-SuperStorized machines.
- I was merely trying to indicate that Stacker 2.0 doesn't appear to
- have that ability.
-
- Mark Runyan
-