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- From: Andrew McCallum <andrewm@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: Re: increasing memory...
- X-To: DAVID NAUMOWICZ
- Organization: The Zoo of Ids
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:46:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.024158.7182@zooid.guild.org>
- References: <denaumow.721323289@vela>
- Sender: Andrew McCallum <andrewm@zooid.guild.org>
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- From denaumow@vela.acs.oakland.edu (David Naumowicz)
- >Stacker (either software version only or with a card for better
- >efficiency)- This will keep all your files in compressed format on
- >the harddrive and uncompress them on-the-fly when you need them... I
- >personnally don't use it, but I have some friends who swear by it.
- >However, I am not sure if it will work on a 286 machine (I don't see
- >why not - but you might want to check into it...)
-
- Stacker will run on anything down to an 8088. I know, I've done it.
- Slightly slow, but if it give you space some people don't care.
-
- It won't compress ZIP files. I've heard that it will actually make them
- larger than the origional media wise.
-
- There is a VERY slow but workable Stacker freeware clone called SQUISH.
- If you get it, I suggest you only use it for storing DATA, not programs
- since it's pretty slow.
-
- Andrew
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