Hackers' Pub

Hackers’ Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Cassandrich @dalias@hachyderm.io

6/27/2025, 1:27:51 AM

Public

Retro computing friends,

Has anyone done a reverse engineering of the Stacker compressed disk volume format (stacvol.dsk)? It was a predecessor to DoubleSpace/DriveSpace via third-party software for DOS.

I have a volume compressed with it that might have data of historical significance, but I believe there was some fs damage, so sufficient knowledge to process it manually would probably be better than trying to setup a VM capable of reading it only to be greeted with errors and no tooling to debug them.

Boosts for reach welcome!

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