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Re: Stacker 2.0!

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From: Adam Jay Geffner
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:52
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>In <5277@calmasd.Prime.COM> bfw@calmasd.Prime.COM (Brian Wilson) writes:
>
>
>>Since I purchase 2.0 on 10/25 I immediately called their BBS to see if
>>I qualified for a free upgrade.  The free upgrade window is 10/26 ->
>>11/30.  I missed it by a day.  What a bummer.  I am not even using the
>>2.0 version because the first time I tried to stack an existing disk
>>it destroyed all my info.  The second time on my newlly formatted hard
>>disk the stacked partition upset chkdsk very much.  I think the
>>problem was with QEMM386.  They say they support it and everything,
>>but I quit using QEMM and my third attempt to create a stacked
>>partition was successful.  Unfortunately, after I loaded a 80 MB
>>stacked partition with a lot of my data (compiler, games, mathmatica)
>>I only got a 1.3 compression ratio and it wasn't worth the trouble.
>
>The new version supposedly recognizes that QEMM optimize is running,
>and you should probably still get 630K freee WITH stacker running.
>
>Phil


	Hi everyone, this is not specifically in response to the above, thats
	why I don't really have it listed as a follow up.  I do however
	have a problem with Stacker 2.0 as well.  Up until now, I've had no
	complaints, no problems, and it has compacted my data at a 2:1 ratio.
		However, starting about 2 weeks ago, my storage space left on
	my 40 meg drive (81 when stacked) which was down to roughly
	5 megs (vs the 81), started top increase in storage space.
 	Even when I staretd to save additional stuff on the computer, it kept
	increasing little by little.  It is now upto about 10 megs, and I have
	saved close to if not over another meg of stuff since then.  On the
	other hadn, when I check my D drive, it shows that about 41 of my 42
	meg drive has been used.  If that is so, which according to further
	probing, seems ot be true, then I should only have about 2 or 3 megs 
	available, not 10.  Also, it is not just that 1 of my programs is      
	reading it incorrectly, as 10 megs, so far, all that I use to check
	it (i.e. Dirworks, Laptop File Manager, dos, etc.) say the same.

		DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON ???
        Please mail all info, or possible reasons to me at my e-mail account!
	Thanx...
			Adam Geffner        nbo@brahms.udel.edu
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