andrew@meler.us Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Anyone selling plexiglass front cover for Indus drive? I bought mine on ebay, arrived cracked... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Where did it crack? Front? or the side (internal) hangers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 May want to check with Mr. Disk Drive Repair Guy of the century. Mr. Paul V. Alhart, Lom Loc, Ca. He may have some spare Indus GT drive parts laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew@meler.us Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Faicuai said: Where did it crack? Front? or the side (internal) hangers? It cracked on the front. I epoxy'd the 2 parts together. Sanded it down and covered it in black vinyl. Looks really good (almost sinister), but would prefer OEM look. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
777ismyname Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 7 hours ago, andrew@meler.us said: It cracked on the front. I epoxy'd the 2 parts together. Sanded it down and covered it in black vinyl. Looks really good (almost sinister), but would prefer OEM look. Post pics, please The Indus GT is the coolest looking disk drive ever made, IMO. Also, if anyone that sees this has one they’d like to sell, hit me up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) I love the Indus GT's too. I have 2 of them and a CA-2001 clone, though the CA-2001 isn't nearly as elegant as the GT's and came with a different face-plate that doesn't use a plexiglass cover unfortunately. I was looking for a GT front cover to swap on it for a while. But it was in rough shape so I just ended up painting it to match my XL system. The GT's are good cosmetically and will stay their elegant original selves. I just got 3 sram upgrades for all of them I'm about to install. I can't wait until I have them all running in Super Synchromesh mode at speeds faster than my Warp Speed 1050's. Here is a picture of my GT's for you @777ismyname . I guess I need to re-clean their covers, I see streaking from wiping them the last time in the photo...I almost want to paint my 800 black to match them, but I'd never do that to an 800 unless it was one with a smashed case that needed rebuilding and body work done so it would have to be painted. Edited February 26, 2021 by Gunstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 ah just get one of the GT's that are made and broken for some other computer platform/brand and steal parts from that drive (good as donor for many parts). Put that puppy on your Atari iNDUS and call it a day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Good idea @_The Doctor__, I never thought of that for my CA-2001! And I'm surprised I didn't as I usually think of that type of stuff. I've been collecting Infocom games from other computers and just removing the stickers for the other brands at the bottom and writing Atari .ATX's on their floppies, because those versions sell for a fraction of what the Atari ones are going for... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew@meler.us Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Here is mine with the cracked front, covered with Black Vinyl... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
777ismyname Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 hours ago, andrew@meler.us said: Here is mine with the cracked front, covered with Black Vinyl... Now that is badass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Great job! Good solution. The VADAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
777ismyname Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 5 hours ago, Gunstar said: I love the Indus GT's too. I have 2 of them and a CA-2001 clone, though the CA-2001 isn't nearly as elegant as the GT's and came with a different face-plate that doesn't use a plexiglass cover unfortunately. I was looking for a GT front cover to swap on it for a while. But it was in rough shape so I just ended up painting it to match my XL system. The GT's are good cosmetically and will stay their elegant original selves. I just got 3 sram upgrades for all of them I'm about to install. I can't wait until I have them all running in Super Synchromesh mode at speeds faster than my Warp Speed 1050's. Here is a picture of my GT's for you @777ismyname . I guess I need to re-clean their covers, I see streaking from wiping them the last time in the photo...I almost want to paint my 800 black to match them, but I'd never do that to an 800 unless it was one with a smashed case that needed rebuilding and body work done so it would have to be painted. Nice setup, @Gunstar! I have such a soft spot for the Indus GT. BITD I luster after them, but never had the $. When I had the $, I was too busy playing baseball, partying hard, and chasing girls ? I have two, too I’m going to make that four of them this year, just because that is what I wanted way back then. I don’t have much use for them, pragmatically speaking, but ehhh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) After restoration, back when I bought them: (still today!) Gram-by-gram, byte-for-byte, FINEST drive ever produced for Atari 8bit series! (I DO like the "robo-cop" re-finish shown up-there... NOT BAD at all !!!) Edited February 26, 2021 by Faicuai 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Hello guys How hard would it be to create these front covers out of dark sheets of plexiglass? Since the plexiglass is dark, you wouldn't see the seams very well if you put them in the right place. Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, 777ismyname said: Nice setup, @Gunstar! I have such a soft spot for the Indus GT. BITD I luster after them, but never had the $. When I had the $, I was too busy playing baseball, partying hard, and chasing girls ? I have two, too I’m going to make that four of them this year, just because that is what I wanted way back then. I don’t have much use for them, pragmatically speaking, but ehhh. Ditto for me and my life experience on everything (except exchange baseball for motorcycles) you said there. Here is my CA-2001 GT clone. Originally all gray matching the XE line, but all parts were originally painted gray and it was all scratched up, I even had to fill in some gouges in the metal case before re-painting to closely match my XL peripherals. Though I've found a brown paint that better matches the dark XL brown now, so I may repaint the face plate. Edited February 27, 2021 by Gunstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Somebody needs to 3d model them for Resin printers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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