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Re: compression software and os2

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From: Gerard Lardner
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 00:00
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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 20:01:34, netnews@nanabozo.demon.co.uk (Warren 
Hughes) wrote:

> In <3508778F.B041D023@driftwood.demon.co.uk>
> steve <steve@driftwood.demon.co.uk> wrote:-
> 
> >        Does anyone know where I could buy 2nd hand copies of stacker
> >for os2 warp or zip stream that don't cost an arm and a leg?
> 
> Well, you might get more responses in one of the comp.os.os2.* groups.
> 
> That aside IIRC, stacker will only stack FAT drives, so I'd give it a
> miss.
> 
> Onestop - at http://www.onestop-group.com
> 
> From what I remember they aren't the cheapest.
> 
> --
> Warren...

Stacker does work in OS/2 - there is an OS/2 version, and it works very 
nicely. It is restricted to compressing FAT file systems, I think. 
However, my copy's not for sale :-)

Gerard Lardner
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Date: 1998/03/21
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