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From: walshm@image.soe!clutx.clarkson.edu (Matthew S. Walsh)
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Subject: Re: Indus GT
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Date: 21 Nov 89 16:25:13 GMT
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From article <12254@merrimack.edu>, by AIN1496E@merrimack.edu (DAVID E. SHEAFER):
> 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
> 
>    The Indus GT is compatible with Atari Dos and Sparta Dos, with Sparta Dos
>  you'll get full double density, e.g. like what you would get with the 1050
> with the US doubler, Its a nice disk drive but the original company went out
> of business a couple of years ago, however I believe future systems may still
>  sell/or manufacture them

The Indus is all this and more.  I remember sssing CPM compatibility
through the Indus GT with an on board chip you could buy.  Drive looked 
great and was supposedly built really well.  Some other third party drives
that came out were the Rana, Trac, Indus GT.  The best drive I ever saw
(as far as speed and copying capability and features) is a 1050 with a 
Happy Enhancement.  That drive copied anything and wrote/read faster than
the US doubler in fast mode.

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