Re: Apple IIe Emulation Card for PC?

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Gary Kratochvil <et@fishhead.com> wrote:

>I saw some info about an Apple IIe emulation card in the FAQ's. It did
>not mention anything about a card that would go into a PC. Is there such
>a thing?  Am I better off with an emulation program like Apple Oasis? I
>still need to get my data from my Apple IIe to my PC. I found a serial
>card for the Apple. Does anyone have the pin out for the cable I would
>need to go from the IIe to PC? Can I just buy this cable from somewhere?

The emulation card is called the Trackstar.  There were II+ and
IIe versions.  The advantage over a software emulator is that the
Trackstar, at least in the form that it was originally sold, enabled
the PC 5.25" drive to read and write Apple II disks.

If you go the cable route, I think http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech
Electronics will provide you with one if you tell them what you
want to do.

Incidentally, there was also the reverse of the Trackstar, called
the PC Transporter.  It was a Turbo XT on a Card emulator for
the IIe.  If you find one of these, you can save to PC disks on the
IIe and run old MS-DOS programs too.