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STACKER NOTE                                                   STACKER NOTE
Title: Stacking a Palmtop Computer with Stacker 2.0
STAC FAX Index #2005 - 3/26/92                           
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Background.

   Stacker works great on DOS-based palmtop computers with hard RAM drives, 
   however, a simple procedure must be followed in order to install it.  This 
   procedure necessitates the use of a second "host" computer with a hard 
   drive and file transfer capability to the palmtop.  The host computer 
   should have at least 2 MB of free space on the hard disk.


Procedure.

   1.  Run the Stacker install program on the host computer.

   2.  While in install, you want to "build an empty stacker drive".  For
       the size of the drive you want to make it about 100k smaller than your 
       palmtop ram card. (Minus any "boot" files you require.)

   3.  Reboot that computer so the stacker drive is mounted.  Transfer all
       the files from the palmtop to that stacker drive.

   4.  Delete everything but the "boot" files from your palmtop ram card.
       Boot files are the DOS system files and device drivers installed in
       the Config.sys file.

   5.  Transfer STACKER.COM and the STACVOL.DSK you created to the root
       directory of the ram card.

   6.  Edit Config.sys on the ram card and add the line:
          
    DEVICE=C:\STACKER.COM  C:\STACVOL.DSK

   7.  Reboot the palmtop computer.  You should now have a new drive 
       containing the data previously on C:.  This new drive is assigned the 
       next available drive letter, which in most cases will be drive D:.  
       Some programs may have to be reconfigured due to their relocation.
    
   8.  If you wish to "SWAP" drives C: and D:, transfer SSWAP.COM to the root 
       directory of the ram card and add the following lines to your 
       Config.sys:  

       DEVICE=C:\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK /SYNC
       SHELL=D:\COMMAND.COM


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