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is on the face of the unit behind the door, but remains readable even with the door closed. Buttons beside the display allow the user to select among track number, most recent error code, and the type of formatting on the disk, single, enhanced (or dual), or double-density. A fourth button enables
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to 38.4 kbit/s. A later version, "SuperSynchromesh", improved this further to 68 kbit/s. One complaint was that the
Synchromesh software took a long time to load, so modified boot disks appeared to improve this. It was considered a high-quality unit, regarded by many as the best floppy
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290:"A Look At Synchromesh"
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328:RUN Magazine Issue 20
215:Fox, Richard (1985).
138:"Indus GT Disk Drive"
43:Atari 8-bit computers
363:Storage devices for
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71:Western Digital 2797
277:"Disk Drive Survey"
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578:Lt. Kernal
574:Hard drive
500:Serial CBM
481:Hard drive
123:References
102:Atari 1050
89:software.
382:Datasette
365:Commodore
203:User 1983
98:Atari DOS
75:Zilog Z80
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258:COMPUTE!
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