19 Mar
1998
19 Mar
'98
5:05 a.m.
<the trackstar was made years ago in the late 1980s. in fact, radio shack
<to have it in the catalog for sale! you might want to check out ebay.com
<they did have some of these cards for ~$20 about two months ago. it's a f
<length isa card that you plug a standard disk ][ into. dont know about vi
<though. supposedly they were quite compatible and one could run just abou
<anything on that card.
I have one of these. A Diamond Trackstar 128k, has two 65c02s and 128k of
ram. It can use the standard 360k drives and the apple ones as well.
What I don't have for it is the software. Looks really neat and useful.
I don't know if it would work in anything later than an XTclass machine
and without software it's hard to determine that.
Allison
19 Mar
19 Mar
5:53 p.m.
;-) Clearing the snow from my glasses, I saw Allison J Parent typed:
I have one of these. A Diamond Trackstar 128k, has two
65c02s and 128k of
ram. It can use the standard 360k drives and the apple ones as well.
What I don't have for it is the software. Looks really neat and useful.
I don't know if it would work in anything later than an XTclass machine
and without software it's hard to determine that.
Again, I'm not an Apple Junkie (but for the record I'm thinking of getting
one of these boards, just for the halibut ;-) but you can buy the TrackStar
E board (Apple 2E board) for $19 + $6 shipping from these guys:
http://www.ahhz.com/
I am a potential customer of these guys, but nothing more...
Also, if you'd like to find out more (including software drivers, Allison)
try here: http://www.ahhz.com/docs/trakstar.htm
They have a picture, a copy of the TrackStar FAQ, and elsewhere on the site
they say there is the software available for it.... lemme go look....
http://www.ahhz.com/drivers.htm
but, alas, they only seem to have the drivers for the E board (size: 169K)...
Hope this helps,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
BTW, as stated on the page (I cannot verify this), it's a dual-processor
board... a 65C02 and a Z80 to run CP/M as well...
--
Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed,
Owner, MerchWare | nuclear warhead disarmament should
zmerch(a)northernway.net | *not* be your first career choice.
20 Mar
20 Mar
11:21 a.m.
If anyone wants to volunteer to store the junk that used to
be on the classiccmp web site, I'll forward it on. Part of
it is my little trackstar archive which has some info, drivers,
pdf file of the TS128 manual, and the little FAQ I wrote for
the a2 newsgroups a few years back.
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Bill Whitson bcw(a)u.washington.edu
Network Administrator (425) 352-5209
University of Washington - Bothell Help Desk: 2-5275
On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Roger Merchberger wrote:
zmerch->;-) Clearing the snow from my glasses, I saw Allison J Parent typed:
zmerch->
zmerch->>I have one of these. A Diamond Trackstar 128k, has two 65c02s and 128k of
zmerch->>ram. It can use the standard 360k drives and the apple ones as well.
zmerch->>What I don't have for it is the software. Looks really neat and
useful.
zmerch->>I don't know if it would work in anything later than an XTclass machine
zmerch->>and without software it's hard to determine that.
zmerch->
zmerch->Again, I'm not an Apple Junkie (but for the record I'm thinking of
getting
zmerch->one of these boards, just for the halibut ;-) but you can buy the TrackStar
zmerch->E board (Apple 2E board) for $19 + $6 shipping from these guys:
zmerch->
zmerch->http://www.ahhz.com/
zmerch->
zmerch->I am a potential customer of these guys, but nothing more...
zmerch->
zmerch->Also, if you'd like to find out more (including software drivers, Allison)
zmerch->try here: http://www.ahhz.com/docs/trakstar.htm
zmerch->
zmerch->They have a picture, a copy of the TrackStar FAQ, and elsewhere on the site
zmerch->they say there is the software available for it.... lemme go look....
zmerch->
zmerch->http://www.ahhz.com/drivers.htm
zmerch->
zmerch->but, alas, they only seem to have the drivers for the E board (size: 169K)...
zmerch->
zmerch->Hope this helps,
zmerch->Roger "Merch" Merchberger
zmerch->
zmerch->BTW, as stated on the page (I cannot verify this), it's a dual-processor
zmerch->board... a 65C02 and a Z80 to run CP/M as well...
zmerch->--
zmerch->Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed,
zmerch->Owner, MerchWare | nuclear warhead disarmament should
zmerch->zmerch(a)northernway.net | *not* be your first career choice.
zmerch->
11:30 a.m.
I've already stuck the FAQ on my page, so feel free to send me a copy. It
certainly won't hurt to have more than one mirror if others want to host
it as well.
-- Doug
On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Bill Whitson wrote:
If anyone wants to volunteer to store the junk that
used to
be on the classiccmp web site, I'll forward it on. Part of
it is my little trackstar archive which has some info, drivers,
pdf file of the TS128 manual, and the little FAQ I wrote for
the a2 newsgroups a few years back.
--------------------------------------------------------
Bill Whitson bcw(a)u.washington.edu
Network Administrator (425) 352-5209
University of Washington - Bothell Help Desk: 2-5275
On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Roger Merchberger wrote:
zmerch->;-) Clearing the snow from my glasses, I saw Allison J Parent typed:
zmerch->
zmerch->>I have one of these. A Diamond Trackstar 128k, has two 65c02s and 128k of
zmerch->>ram. It can use the standard 360k drives and the apple ones as well.
zmerch->>What I don't have for it is the software. Looks really neat and
useful.
zmerch->>I don't know if it would work in anything later than an XTclass
machine
zmerch->>and without software it's hard to determine that.
zmerch->
zmerch->Again, I'm not an Apple Junkie (but for the record I'm thinking of
getting
zmerch->one of these boards, just for the halibut ;-) but you can buy the TrackStar
zmerch->E board (Apple 2E board) for $19 + $6 shipping from these guys:
zmerch->
zmerch->http://www.ahhz.com/
zmerch->
zmerch->I am a potential customer of these guys, but nothing more...
zmerch->
zmerch->Also, if you'd like to find out more (including software drivers,
Allison)
zmerch->try here: http://www.ahhz.com/docs/trakstar.htm
zmerch->
zmerch->They have a picture, a copy of the TrackStar FAQ, and elsewhere on the site
zmerch->they say there is the software available for it.... lemme go look....
zmerch->
zmerch->http://www.ahhz.com/drivers.htm
zmerch->
zmerch->but, alas, they only seem to have the drivers for the E board (size: 169K)...
zmerch->
zmerch->Hope this helps,
zmerch->Roger "Merch" Merchberger
zmerch->
zmerch->BTW, as stated on the page (I cannot verify this), it's a dual-processor
zmerch->board... a 65C02 and a Z80 to run CP/M as well...
zmerch->--
zmerch->Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed,
zmerch->Owner, MerchWare | nuclear warhead disarmament should
zmerch->zmerch(a)northernway.net | *not* be your first career choice.
zmerch->
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