Indus GT - 2x Odd Faults

[Guest]

Hi

got an Indus GT that is functionally fine, but it does have a couple of interesting faults i'd like to fix

 

 

1] doesn't eject disks - when trying to eject a disk, the mechanism operates and the disk ejects enough that very edge of the disk is just about visible, i then need to "help" it out of the slot.

2] the clear perspex facia doesn't lift properly without assistance. again pressing the button, releases the facia, but it doesn't move without some help

 

 

any advice on these appreciated

[Guest]

well, i've managed to rectify the facia problem...sometimes taking the whole things apart and putting it back together is the only way to get the tension right.

 

no joy on the disk eject thing tho

[Roydea6]

Does the Indus GT have spring to eject the floppy when the leaver toggles open.?? Not sure if does have a spring for ejecting floppy. My Indus doesn't have this problem, but I have a Rana Drive that refuses to eject a floppy because the spring is broken and I have never bothered to find another good spring.

[Guest]

it's a weird one, because if i flick the drive door lever very quickly it sometimes ejects the disk, but under normal use it refuses

[Rybags]

Rotate lever type depends on good spring tension. Also inside the drive there might be accumulation of dust, glue residue or other crap on guiding parts that impede movement of the disk.

[_The Doctor__]

yep make sure it all clean... the metal catch that holds the disk by it's ends might be bent or have a piece of old label or write protect notch cover in it.... I have seen that malady many times as the stickers come off..

[Kyle22]

If you have a Tandon mech (which is most likely), it is the same as the one used in the 1050. That shiny little metal piece could be sticky or bent, or the spring may have come off. I took an Indus apart and took a couple of photos with my iPhone.

 

Look at the little metal thing pointed to by the yellow tipped ball point pen.

 

Attached are pictures, first with disk out and second with disk in (latch flipped down).

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

 

Do you see how the metal thing has moved and tensioned the spring?

 

I believe that your problem most likely has to do with that lever/spring thing.

 

Edit: Now I gotta put my Indus back together... But, it was good to verify which is which. This is the one with no RAMCharger or front panel display or buttons. Cheap model, I guess. This one has the UltraSpeed EPROM in it. I selected this one for the ROM swap because you can't boot CP/M anyway without buttons. The other one has the normal front panel / buttons, so it has the RAMCharger.

 

Edit:edit: Added pic of Indus without front panel. I don't think these were that common, but D.E.L. CompuCable / D.S.I. had a bunch of them. I don't think anyone will remember where they came from, but I'll ask.

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2017 by Kyle22

[+slx]

Interesting. While I always drooled over the Indus ads, I can't remember the 'cheap' version at all.

 

 

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[trub]

This is the one with no RAMCharger or front panel display or buttons. Cheap model, I guess.

That is a surprise. Can you check if the 'cheap' model has the same mainboard as the regular one ? Is the front panel connector soldered ? What about ROM version ?

It seems to me that there may have been another reason for removing the panel. I don't think that this would cut down the price at lot.