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From: archer@stlvm2.vnet.ibm.com ("Gary D. Archer")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Expanz
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Date: 3 Jun 91 23:14:05 GMT
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moose@aoa.UUCP (Bruce Trvalik) writes:

> Has anyone tried a board called Expanz. It is suppose to compress/decompress
> your hard disk on the fly.  They claim that your disk size increases 2-3X.
> I could believe that of text files..but binary?  They also claim a
> "performance" (speed?) gain of the same magnitude.
>
skipm@dorsai writes:
!I never liked these cards, like "Disk Doubler", that compress your
!disk data, and uncompress it on the fly - if you lose your card,
!you lose your data...
!
!Skip

That's why I like and use Stacker.  It has both software and hardware
support, and if the hardware card fails it will go back to software
only at a small cost of performance.  Stacker software version sells for
$85 discounted.

Gary