>>><<<¢ -----------------------¢ 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.¢¢ >>><<<¢
