Re: Confused about disk images... FishWings

["Richard A. Cini, Jr." <rcini@msn.com>]

Charlie:

    I must be the 6th person that's using the TrackStar :-)

    Actually, I'm trying to get mine to work, but I can't seem to boot from
the external Apple ][ disk and Turley's Web site is now gone, so the APP
images are no longer available.

    I would appreciate it if you could ZIP some of the APP files and email
them to me so that I can give my TrackStar E a shot.

    Thanks.


--
Rich

Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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"Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com> wrote in message
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> I downloaded a couple of .app image files from www.grin.net .  At first
> glance they seem to have a 128 byte header for each  track and the tracks
> are encoded as nibbles.  I haven't gotten into it enough to know if the
> encoding is the same as normal Apple II encoding.  FishWings as yet
doesn't
> handle .nib images.  Maybe someday.
>
> Charlie
>
> "pilgrimer" <you@there@sothere.there> wrote in message
> td17mj6manqk81@corp.supernews.com">news:td17mj6manqk81@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > >
> > >What are Transtore .app files?
> > >
> > OOPS! a Typo!!  I meant a "Trackstore"  .app file..
> > The Diamond Trackstar is a "Apple II on a board" that fits in an early
XT
> or
> > AT style PC.. I hear they work on a 486 but never tried.  Mine is on a
> 386.
> >
> >   The Trackstar stores Apple Disks in a emulated disk file specific to
> this
> > device.  The files have a .app extension.
> > Charlie:  Don't worry about these.  There are maybe 5 of us in the world
> who
> > still use this gadget ;)
> >  If you are curious I could email you a standard ProDOS disk in app
> format.
> > Though this does bring to mind yet ANOTHER format: The old Central Point
> > Options Card  Disk image format.  I have this card and have read of
this,
> but
> > have never tried it....humm  what do I have scheduled tonite?...
> > -Bart
> >
>
>