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Let's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space. (raduzaharia.medium.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Which came first, DriveSpace or Norton Speed Disk? I thought Norton was first.

[โ€“] LucyLastic 4 points 1 year ago

Didn't speed disk do an optimised defragment operation, putting OS files at the start of the drive etc

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