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_at_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_at_northernway.net | *not* be your first career choice.
zmerch->
Received on Fri Mar 20 1998 - 16:21:18 GMT