Re: apple to ibm

[hochstrasse@urz.unibas.ch]

In article <1993Apr20.185439.42815@urz.unibas.ch>, hochstrasse@urz.unibas.ch writes:
> In article <di57406@pro-applebcs.cts.com>, aweiss@pro-applebcs.cts.com (Alfred Weiss) writes:
>> Does anybody know of a program with which an IBM floppy drive can read
>> Apple // formatted disks?  Secondly, does anybody know of a program with
>> which an IBM clone (386-33) can run (emulate) programs taken from the
>> drive as per the first question?  
> 
> I'm only aware of a hardware solution: The Trackstar. If my memory still
> serves me, it is a //e emulator PC-slot card. I dont't remember whether
> you need a special floppy drive. In principle, the PC drive should be capable
> of handling Apple floppies, because once upon a time (back in 1984) there was
> another //e emulator board by Quadram, which could do it. (I even played
> Lode Runner and the olympic summer games on it, when I worked for a computer
> equipment trading company which sold that marvel. Of course there, they didn't
> even know what a //e was...).
> There is another PC card which can read/write Apple Floppies, but I don't
> remember the name. (It was initially built to mass copy //e games, but then
> also sold commercially...). There was a feature article in an old A+ issue
> (1986..89?) about all sort of bridges between PCs and Apple IIs.
> 
> Perhaps someone else has a better memory?...[sigh...]
> 

Sorry, folks, I made sort of a mess... but I've found the A+ issue!
It is : AUGUST 1988. Here are the facts about the  PC-A2-PC business:

- Trackstar is a PC card emulating a //e, with 128K RAM, A2-compatible
  disk port and an A2 compatible game connector. It can make your
  PCs 360K 5 1/4" drives A2-compatible.

- MatchPointPC: disk controller card for PCs, enabling 360K 5 1/4"
  drives to read/write PC and A2 disks.

The drive which I told was made for game copying was in fact for mass-
copying PC disks on cheap A2 systems... (the Envoy board)

As I took the present info from that article, I'm not aware of availability
nor do I know whether the info is 100% correct.

 -- Urs
 
 
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