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Message   peanut    JONNYCARSON   Re: unneccessary files?   August 21, 1995
 2:26 PM *  

Re: Re: unneccessary files?

> > ZR#@>> HR#@> doublespaced.
> > ZR#@>> DBLESPACE floppies???  WHY???  For what reason???
> > ZR#@>> There's a ton of utilities out there that are safer and easier to us
> > ZR#@>> that can put up to 2megs on a 3 1/2.  DBLSPACE can't even do that wi
> > ZR#@>> the hassle of mounting and unmounting drives.  Not to mention that t
> > ZR#@>> disks are totally useless to anyone else unless they have DBLSPACE t
> > ZR#@>>... DBLESPACE.....FEH!!!!
> > Just PKZIP it! Not a hassle and alot safer IMHO!!
> > ---
> PC dos reformats 1.44 floppies to an Xtended format, allowing 1.88 megs on a
> floppy without compatibility problems.  Also, Stacker 4.0 allows 3 megs on a
> disk without having to have stacker on any other machine to read it.
> JC

   We have always been able to format a floppie to a higher format than
   intended. What we found was that anything stored on the disk would start
   to fade after 3 0r 4 months.
   Question?  Will this still happen with PC dos and stacker.
       pEanut
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