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Disk Compression
- To: tp750@CS.UTK.EDU
- Subject: Disk Compression
- From: george@cs.nps.navy.mil (Robert George)
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 94 09:32:22 PST
- In-Reply-To: Mail from 'Michael J Sears <sears@ecn.purdue.edu>' dated: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 22:58:15 -0500
> Stacker and Double Space are mentioned here, but what about Super-Stor/DS in
> PC DOS 6.1? Does it work in discrete blocks? Also, out of curiosity, has
> anyone ever had any problems using SuperStor? So far (knock on wood :) it
> has worked just fine for me.
I was told by IBM sales staff that the PC DOS compression was licensed from
Stac Technolgies (Stacker). Considering this information came from the sales
staff, it is possible it is wrong.
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