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Re: [TP560] Re: osr2 on 560



On Mon, 15 Dec 97 9:43:56 HST, ross@math.hawaii.edu (David Ross) wrote:
>Yes and no; early versions of doublespace (like the one with OSR1, like you have) had some
>problems (though are still safer than FAT32).  If you can get the later version (i.e.,
>with Plus!, or the even later version off someone's OSR2 CD - it might even be available at
>the MS web site, though somehow I doubt it), this is quite stable.  Still, it is a good idea
>not to compress the whole drive.  What I do is create a 'virtual' compressed drive D, on which
>I put noncritical stuff (i.e., everything I need to boot, and all mission-critical files
>go on C, everything else [including Office 97] on D.  Works very well - I had a very usable
>system even on my old 701, with a 340meg HD.

Any performance degradation or other adverse effects of using the latest version
of doublespace?