Re: stacker 3

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From: Scott Alfter
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:25

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In article <BxvyyF.2sB@cup.hp.com> runyan@cup.hp.com (Mark Runyan) writes:
>As for the Windows interface, it is suppose to have a nifty
>display to show how much of your disk is in use.

It does have that...and it works in real-time, even if the
"Stackometer" is iconized.  I don't use Windoze, though, so the
benefit of that (for me) is nil.

>But, I don't think you'll see the compression is any better.  If I'm
>wrong, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

By tuning v3.0 to emphasize compression over speed, they say you can
get about 10% better compression.  Overall speed is supposed to be
about 25% better.  I just won a copy at COMDEX today...I'll have a
chance to play with it a bit. :-) (Don't know how much extra space
it'll create on a drive full of ZIPs, GIFs, etc.)

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From: sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: stacker 3
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