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From: tom@wcc.oz.au (Tom Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Stack Compaction and large distributions
Message-ID: <1700@wcc.oz.au>
Date: 18 Apr 91 03:23:33 GMT
References: <16495@chaph.usc.edu>
Organization: Webster Computer Corp, Melbourne, Australia
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In article <16495@chaph.usc.edu>, hashem@aludra.usc.edu (BaSiL hAsHeM) writes:
> Dear n-ether-lan-ders,
> 
> 1. What exactly does File menu command "Compact Stack" do?  What is compacted?

Garbage collection. Throws out all the waste space that collects in HC
stacks. I only wish that MicroSoft Word had the same function :-).

> 3. What are some techniques that some of you have used to distribute a multi-
> disk stack? ...  Is HDBackup is only appropriate choice?  

A most inappropriate choice. HDBackup has been discontinued by Apple
as of System 6.0.5, so...

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