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- Contact Information
- Stac Electronics
- Lisa Gunderson (619) 431-7474
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- Jennings & Company
- Greg Spector (415) 349-8400 For Immediate Release
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- Stac to Ship OS/2 Version of Stacker
- Award-Winning Technology Makes Doubling Storage Capacity Safe and Easy
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- ATLANTA, May 24, 1993 Stac Electronics (NASDAQ:STAC), the leading supplier
- of data compression products for personal computers, today announced the
- availability of Stacker(r) for OS/2(r) & DOS, a new software product that
- automatically and transparently doubles the storage capacity of systems
- running OS/2 2.0 and later, and DOS 5.0 and later. Now users can compress
- OS/2, Windows and DOS files.
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- "Stacker for OS/2 & DOS is a true lifesaver for those of us using the FAT
- file system," said Ron Kiyomura of McDonnell-Douglas Inc. "With the demands
- the OS/2 operating system puts on disk storage, Stac Electronics has provided
- a way to relieve disk storage problems at a fraction of the cost of new
- hardware."
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- Like its sister product for Windows and DOS, Stacker for OS/2 & DOS is based
- on the company's patented Stacker LZS(tm) compression technology that is
- relied upon daily by more than 4 million computer users worldwide. It is 100
- percent compatible with OS/2, its applications and all hard disk FAT drives.
- Stacker for OS/2 & DOS contains device drivers for both OS/2 and DOS
- giving users access to compressed disks from either operating system.
- Furthermore, it is easy to install and operates continuously, without any
- perceptible degradation to system performance.
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- "Stacker for OS/2 & DOS is a means of making OS/2 accessible to more users,"
- said Gary Clow, Stac's president. "Stacker for OS/2 & DOS makes it possible
- to run OS/2 and its applications, as well as Windows and DOS and their
- applications, on a large number of computers that have sufficient CPU
- horsepower but come up short on storage capacity."
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- "Before the user even begins creating a word processing document, spreadsheet
- or database, the average OS/2 system and applications require nearly 80
- megabytes of storage," added Clow. For example, on a 100-megabyte OS/2 boot
- drive, OS/2 and a typical collection of applications including word processor,
- spreadsheet, graphics and databases, occupy 76 megabytes of space, leaving
- just 24 megabytes free. Add Stacker for OS/2 & DOS to the system and the
- amount of free space grows to 112 megabytes.
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- Easy Installation
- Users are given a choice of Express or Custom Setup with Stacker for OS/2 &
- DOS. Express Setup assesses the system and automatically installs Stacker
- on all of the system hard drives that use the FAT file system. Stacker's
- Custom Setup offers the user a variety of configuration options for maximum
- control of the system.
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- For those who need more disk space in order to install OS/2, users simply
- compress the data on the drive first and then OS/2 will be compressed
- on-the-fly as it is being installed.
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- Transparent Operation
- Once installed, Stacker for OS/2 & DOS operates instantaneously, continuously
- and transparently to the user. Stacker for OS/2 & DOS works with systems
- with only an OS/2 boot partition as well as also Dual Boot and Boot Manager
- systems.
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- Other Stacker for OS/2 & DOS features include:
- o Stacker AutoProtect(tm) - detects disk errors at boot time and
- immediately protects your Stacker volume.
- o Stacker AutoRecovery(tm) - automatically repairs errors on the disk.
- o Stacker Optimizer(tm) defragments a Stacker drive for optimal
- performance.
- o Compression Reporting - provides the compression ratio for files in a
- Stacker drive.
- o Extended attributes support - fully supports OS/2s ability to attach
- additional information to files.
- o Support for 2 GB Stacker drives - creates Stacker drives up to two
- gigabytes in total capacity.
- o Unstack - restores a drive to its uncompressed condition and
- deactivates the Stacker software.
- o Online help - includes context-sensitive help throughout setup
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- Pricing and Availability
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- Stacker for OS/2 & DOS has a suggested retail price of $199. It will be
- available in volume during the first week of June to end-users through
- dealers or can be ordered directly from Stac, and comes with 90 days free
- telephone support and unlimited electronic support.
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- The Company
- Stac Electronics is the leading supplier of high performance data compression
- products for personal computers. Implemented in software and silicon, Stac's
- products are sold direct from the company and through retail and OEM sales
- distribution channels worldwide.
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