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From: pclank01@ulkyvx.bitnet (Pat Lankswert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Disk Compression Programs
Message-ID: <1991May28.151436.383@ulkyvx.bitnet>
Date: 28 May 91 19:14:36 GMT
References: <1991May23.231547.6948@cbnewse.att.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Louisville
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In article <1991May23.231547.6948@cbnewse.att.com>, langev@cbnewse.att.com (steve.j.langevin) writes:
> Anyone have any opinions on any of the disk compression programs
> (stacker, etc) that are starting to show up on the market?

For the record, let it be known that I am against these devices...
but that is just my opinion.

> Do they work without causing any problems?

They are capricious at best.  Someone in our building has the hardware version
of STACKER running on one machine and the software version running on several.

Since January, he has rebuilt his hard drive at least once.  Maybe more
times... (after advising him not to get it, I get information on this subject
from another co-worker).

The software version are just as bad...  the people are paranoid when you us
their machines that you are going to corrupt their hard drive.

>  How do they affect the "speed" of your systems?


                 Hardware Version            Software Version
Large Buffer     Excellent                   Better than average
Small Buffer     Better than average         Worse than average

Most of the machines are '286 machines.  I don't have stat's to prove these
findings, so take them with a grain of salt.


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