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From: dillon@ucbvax.ARPA (The Sherif "Matt D.")
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Subject: Re: Inquiry about INDUS GT disk drives for C64.
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Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 19:32:38 EST
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Summary: 

>     INQUIRY about  INDUS GT (/C64?) Disk Drives 
>    ==============================================
>            - Does anyone out there own one and have anything good/bad
>               to say about them?
>            - What about performance: ie. disk load speed compared to 
>                   the 1541 or MSD.
>            - The magazine Ad boasts 100% compatible to 1541.  Can 
>               this be true? (is anything compatible to a 1541 desirable?)
>            - And lastly: Any known hardware/software problems?? 

These drives are CLOSE to %100 compatible. I would put it at about %92.
Don't expect much of a speed improvement for most things. The drive does,
however have a copy of 'Quickload' on ROM that you can load in. This will
give a %300 speed increase on the FEW programs it works with.
The original Indus drives ALL failed due to heat after about 1/2 hour.
Fortunatly the drive has a long warranty...
As I recomndation I generally like to go with the product put out
by the manufacturer of the computer...  to ensure compatibility. The 
new 1541's from Commdore are as slow as ever, but they HAVE fixed the
heat problem.