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- Posted by Jim Gilliland in the Fidonet OS2 echo:
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- CHICAGO (APRIL 6) BUSINESS WIRE - Stac Electronics Monday announced at
- COMDEX/Spring '92 that a new version of its award-winning data
- compression software is being designed for OS/2 2.0, IBM's 32-bit
- operating system for 38SX PCs and above.
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- Stacker for OS/2 will allow users to start their systems with OS/2 or
- DOS and access their existing Stacker drives without any modification
- while running either operating system. It will also be 100 percent
- compatible with Stac's line of coprocessor boards for maximum speed and
- compression ratios.
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- The OS/2 version of Stacker, like the entire Stacker line of data
- compression software and coprocessor boards, doubles a computer's
- storage capacity with the Stacker LZS technology, which is
- instantaneous, continuous and totally transparent to the user.
-
- "Stac has received strong demand from its installed base for an OS/2
- version of Stacker," said Gary Clow, Stac's president. "We have been
- quietly engaged in developing Stacker for OS/2 for more than a year now,
- and this summer we will supply a beta release to the 300,000 OS/2 2.0
- beta testers."
-
- Clow said Stacker for OS/2 will be available later this year through
- Stac OEMs the company's existing retail channels or ordered directly
- from Stac by calling 800/522-7822. All Stacker products come with free
- technical support.
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- Stacker OS/2 will join the Stacker line of products that now includes
- Stacker 2.0 software for laptop, notebook and portable computers, and
- Stacker AT/16 and Stacker MC/16 compression coprocessor boards for
- desktop systems.
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- OS/2 2.0 offers true multitasking and will provide the broadest
- selections of applications in the industry, running DOS, Windows and 16-
- and 32-bit OS/2 applications unchanged, according to IBM.
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- Stac Electronics, based in Carlsbad, Calif., is the leading supplier of
- high-performance data compression software and silicon. The company's
- products designed for corporate-wide compression applications, are sold
- direct from the company and through traditional retail and OEM sales
- distribution. OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business
- Machines Corp.
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