15 Sep
1999
15 Sep
'99
3:38 a.m.
--- Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
If I remember, someone marketed an apple II on a card
that fit in an ISA PC.
I don't remember how the drives hooked up but I do remember the software that
came with it included Central Point's drive conversion program. It would read
Apple at the very least. I had two of these NIB at one time.
Anyone else know of these?
Paxton
Was that a "TrackStar" card? I have a complete Apple ][ on an ISA card, but
I've never even installed it in a machine. It looked interesting, but I never
really needed to use it.
-ethan
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15 Sep
4:10 a.m.
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
Hmmm... I don't know about the 'TrackStar' name, but I definately remember
the card. It was a complete Apple ][ implemented on a single, full length
ISA card for use in a PC.
You ran a cable from your existing (CGA) video board to a connector on the
'Apple' card, and then plugged the monitor into a second connector. As
for the drives, you connected the cable from the normal 'PC' controller to
a connector on the 'Apple' card, and then connected the cable from the
drives to a second connector. This way the 'PC' operated normally (at
least as normal as ever) until the 'Apple' was booted. I seem to recall
either a boot disc or keyboard sequence to select/activate the 'Apple'
card.
I can't for the life of me put my finger on the name of the vendor who put
out the card, tho it seems to be hanging right on the edge... of...
QuadRam! Hmmm... now was that the name of the company, or one of their
products??? If was definately 'Quad'-something... I think 'QuadRam' is
the company name...
Product boxes always in a deep blue color scheme... I know I had one once
upon a time, but don't think I still do...
-jim
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If I remember, someone marketed an apple II on a
card that fit in an ISA PC.
I don't remember how the drives hooked up but I do remember the software that
came with it included Central Point's drive conversion program. It would read
Apple at the very least. I had two of these NIB at one time.
Anyone else know of these?
Paxton
Was that a "TrackStar" card? I have a complete Apple ][ on an ISA card, but
I've never even installed it in a machine. It looked interesting, but I never
really needed to use it. 
4:50 a.m.
Apple on a card for PC:
QuadLink by QuadRam. Nice idea, but out of several dozen units,
we had a 70% DOA rate. We also had a 70% DOA rate on the replacements.
Two of the replacement units had their connectors misinstalled, showing
that QuadRam had NOT tested even REPLACEMENT units.
Trakstar 128 by Diamond. Was also available for a while through
RS!
Boards to go between FDC board and drives for file transfer:
Apple Turnover from Vertex. Supported AppleOS, CP/M, Pascal,
ProDOS. Don't talk to me about Vertex.
Matchpoint? from MicroSolutions (maker of Uniform, now involved
only in external drive units)
Deluxe Option Board from Central Point. Original option board
could not do it.
Anybody have software for the "Transcopy" board?
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9:09 a.m.
Now that you mention it, we have one of those too.
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
If I remember, someone marketed an apple II on a
card that fit in an ISA PC.
I don't remember how the drives hooked up but I do remember the software that
came with it included Central Point's drive conversion program. It would read
Apple at the very least. I had two of these NIB at one time.
Anyone else know of these?
Paxton
Was that a "TrackStar" card? I have a complete Apple ][ on an ISA card, but
I've never even installed it in a machine. It looked interesting, but I never
really needed to use it.
-ethan
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