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From: ncastellano@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Indus GT
Message-ID: <3839@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 20 Nov 89 07:24:09 GMT
References: <192@sunriv.UUCP> <4350@nigel.udel.EDU>
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In article <4350@nigel.udel.EDU>, gdtltr@toffee.it.udel.edu (Gary Duzan) writes:
> In article <192@sunriv.UUCP> ronh@sunriv.UUCP (Ronnie Hughes) writes:
>>What is an Indus GT disk drive?  Is it compatible with Atari DOS
>>and/or Sparta DOS?  How much can it store?
>>
>>Ronnie Hughes uunet!sunriv!ronh
> 
>    I don't know much about it, but I believe it would be roughly similar to
> a 1050 with a US Doubler installed. It should work with most DOSes, but
> SpartaDOS X is the only DOS I know of that lets you use the high speed mode.
> 


I have 2 Indus GT's.  They are much better than 1050's.  They work with all
software.  I have used SpartaDos, Dos II, Dos 2.5, Dos III, SmartDos, MyDos,
Dos-XL, you name it, i've used it or seen it used on an indus.  They offer true
double density, higher speed than 1050's, nice track readout, push-button write
protect, high-speed "synchromesh" mode from dos-xl, a whole bunch of other
stuff.  I don't know if they are still available, I don't keep up-to-date on
the 8-bit world anymore...

                             nick