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SYNCRO EXPRESS,the backupsystem for all Atari ST computers ?
In germany the firm 'Eurosystems' sells the syncro express.You're
able to get it in two different kinds.As an update-version for
your A-COPY ST or as your first order.The price for the update is
59 marks and the complet price is 129 marks.
You get the SYNCRO BACKUP in a simple styroporpackage with a
manual ( as a twosided german copy ) and the disk with the
refiner software for backups or to format a disk ( runs in
monochrome and colour,this time in english ).
If you want you can also get the latest version of A-COPY ST
(version 1.2p).The modul must be put into the centronics-port and
with the other end of the wire ( only 10 cm ,much to short ) into
the output of diskdrive A. Then we've got to connect our second
drive with last output of the backup modul. I ,using a mega ST ,
have got to lengthen the wire !
After the installation one has got to start the contained program
on the disk ('EXPRESS.PRG'). The copying starts after selecting
'auto','single' or 'double' ! 'Auto' says the automatic
recognition of single- or doublesided disks.We can also put in
the start- and endtrack of the disk.The 'ESC'-key stops the
copying directly !
Now let's try the quality of our latest copy-system.First we'll
have a copy of the latest shoot'em up 'XENON II'.First disk,
second disk and then I was able to shoot with the new masterbackup
as good as with the original.O.K ,great ,but we want to know
more!
After this first positiv test ,we tried to copy ten originals.
Only three doesn't really want to work ! I had some problems with
the game 'Starglider II' safed in the 'dual-inline-format' which
runs on a ST and on an A.... ( you know ! ) .
You should also use quality disks for your backups because
sometimes the backup has got no right copied protection and
so the copy doesn't want to work.This means:use the right disks
for your 'backups' !
The time for a onesided copy is about 27 seconds and for a double
sided copy you need about 45 seconds.They get this speed by using
both drives at once.Both drives will be started and stopped at
the same time.A special chip is able to do so and this is also
the only technical part within this modul.The firm C.C.T
developed this new chip.C.C.T. stands for 'COAST to COAST
TECHNOLOGIES'.The construction was very simple and well done.
The disk also contains a special format program which allows to
format a disk with several different sector and tracknumbers.To
format a doublesided disk with 81 track and 11 sectors you need
about 1 minute and 40 very long seconds.Afterwards you'll get
9011220 Bytes as a result.
Let's turn back into the normal ST usermode. If you think you can
use the second drive you're realy wrong.We'll have to change all
the outputs into their normal position ! I'd like a short program
as an ACC or within the Autoorganizer,to use the second drive.This
new system has got only two limitations:first that you've got to
have two diskdrives and secondly that you can't use the second
drive within the normal ST mode.We won't be able to copy all
originals because the softwarefirms will be one step before us !!
article by GSt