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From: gettys@yacht.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
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Subject: Re: Is Stacker compatible with Dos 5.0?
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Date: 26 Jun 91 13:42:09 GMT
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	Yes, Stacker runs under dos 5 just fine.

	One caution with Stacker (and probably any other compression mechanism), good backup procedures are mandatory. Anytime you put another layer between you and the hardware, there is more chance for things to go wrong. I am happy with my uses of stacker, but I have had to rebuild the system a few times when I've done something that fouled it up. Trying new utilities and disk caches and other stuff that is supposed to enhance your operating doesn't always go as planned. Thus the backups become needed. In a st









able environment - Stacker is also quite stable.

	/s/	Bob

p.s. My average gain is about 1.5 times the space - this is mostly exe type files.