Re: Whats the deal with TimesTwo???

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From: Terry Thiel
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:43

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rick@wam.umd.edu (Frederick E. Brown) writes:
>Ok, so what's the deal on TimesTwo?  I know
>its a driver level compressor/decompressor in the
>mold of Stacker for the PC but has anyone actually
>used it?  Is it stable?  Also, how does it install?
>Do you have to reformat the drive in order to use it
>or can you just pop it on a REALLY full drive.  Sounds
>like a much better solution than AD or SS but is it?
>What kind of performance hit will I have to endure as well?
>Lots of questions, anyone have the answers?  Thanx...
>rick@wam.umd.edu

This is rumor but I was just told today that it has been withdrawn from
some mail order houses becasue it was screwing up people's data.  You might
want to check into that...
-Terry

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