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Has anyone been using SuperStor Pro?

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From: Austin Lin
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:25
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I just got an offer in the mail to upgrade the SuperStor
that came with my DR DOS 6.0 to the SuperStor Pro for
$40.  I didn't like the original SuperStor mainly
because it took up too much base 640k RAM, about 40k
if I remember correctly.  This wasn't a big deal for
my serious applications, but with games as big as
they are, I often couldn't load all the options since
I didn't have enough base RAM left.  The flier I got
says that this program will use 52k RAM without UMB/XMS
and 10k with UMB/XMS.  Can someone explain to me what
this means, and whether or not I can expect this
program to only suck up 10k on my system?  It's a
386/40 w/4 megs RAM and I always load the emm386 upon
boot up.

Another thing I really disliked about the old SuperStor
was that decompressing the compressed partition meant
losing the whole thing.  The ad for the Pro version
states that "Deinstall can return your disk to its
original pre-SuperStor condition."  Does this mean
that it will know to bring compressed files over into
the uncompressed partition before it wipes it out?

Any other comments pertaining to this product would
be greatly appreciated (like can I get this for less
than $40 elsewhere? :)  Thanks in advance...

Austin
lin@ee.umr.edu
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