>>><<<›          -----------------------›           SUPERDOS V5.0 and the›           Indus GT disk drives.›          -----------------------›          by Joe Leber, Member of›     the OL' HACKERS AUG, N.Y. (OHAUG)›› INDUS + SUPERDOS V5.0 = PROBLEM!››      If you are the owner of the INDUS› disk drive and are contemplating using› SUPERDOS V5.0-be aware that there is a› problem in "booting" this version.›› READING & CURIOSITY FINDS A PROBLEM››      I  came  upon this problem out of› curiosity after reading the review  of› SUPERDOS  V5.0  by  Tom Curtner, which› appeared in the Jan./Feb.  1994  issue› of  the  OL'  HACKERS  Newsletter.   I› booted  my  copy  of   SUPERDOS   V5.0› normally  and  it  began  to load.  It› only loaded  a  few  sectors  when  it› stopped  loading.  I then rebooted the› DOS and the same  thing  happened.   I› rebooted  a  third  time  and again it› stopped.    I  sat  there  awhile  and› thought I must have a bad  disk.   All› of  a  sudden it continued to load and› AGAIN it stopped.  What  is  going  on› here?   While  scratching  my head for› awhile it AGAIN continued to load, and› then  the  READY  prompt  appeared.  I› then typed DOS and the  SUPERDOS  V5.0› menu  appeared.   I  rebooted  the DOS› several more times to verify what  had› happened  and   I   thought   I   most› definitely MUST have a bad disk (or so› I thought).›› WHAT SHOULD I DO?››      I contacted my good  friend  ALEX› PIGNATO, (President of the OL' HACKERS› AUG) whom I know uses SUPERDOS  V5.0. › I informed him of the problem and told› him that I must have a bad  disk.   As› he  suggested,  I  sent him my copy so› that he could check it out (Typical of› ALEX  and  the OL' HACKERS).  Within a› few days, ALEX sent me a new  copy  of› the DOS.›› AH! PROBLEM SOLVED???››      AH, Now I have  a GOOD  copy  and›  immediately I booted up my new gem. I› could not believe it!  AGAIN  the  DOS› loaded a few sectors and then stopped. › Zzzzzzzz (snore, snore!)›› About a minute and a half went by when› a  few  more  sectors loaded, and then› stopped.  Another minute  and  a  half› went by when the DOS loaded some more,› and  then  the  READY  prompt  finally› appeared.  It  behaved  in  the  exact› same manner as my original copy before› sending it to ALEX.   I  was  confused› because  I knew the DOS worked with no› problem on ALEX's system.›› INSPIRATION HITS!››      After a couple of days  I  had  a› bright  idea!  Could it be my glorious› INDUS drives causing the problem?  No,› no  way,  but  then again, maybe???  I› decided to test the DOS  on  my  ATARI› 1050 disk drive which was not attached› to my system.  I disconnected  my  two› INDUS  drives and temporarily attached› my ATARI 1050 drive, and  then  booted› up the copy of SUPERDOS V5.0 that ALEX› sent me to replace mine.  Eureka!   It› booted  normally.   I then proceded to› boot my original copy of SUPERDOS V5.0› and it too loaded normally.›› AND SO.....››      The  obvious  conclusion  is that› SUPERDOS V5.0 does not  load  normally› on the INDUS GT disk drives.  However,› the   older   version   of  this  DOS;› SUPERDOS V4.4, does load normally, and› without problem on the INDUS drives.›› A CHALLENGE TO ALL!››      Perhaps  some  of  you   computer› "brainiacs"  out  there can figure out› the technical aspects of my discovery. › AS FOR ME AND MY INDUS:›› In the meantime, I think I'll stick to› my   trusty   trouble-free  ATARI  DOS› V2.5.››                >>><<<›